Palaeoclimate evolution in Siberia and the Russian Far East from the oligocene to pliocene – evidence from fruit and seed floras

Özet: Batı, Doğu Sibirya ve Rusya Uzak Doğu’sunun Senozoyik karasal tortulları karpolojik (tohum-meyve) kayıtları temel alınarak en iyi şekilde tanımlanmıştır. Paleoiklim evrimi, sıcaklık, yağış ve bu parametrelerin yıllık ortalama uzanımlarından elde edilmiş verilere dayanarak sayısal olarak (Birarada Olma Yaklaşımı) yeniden düzenlenmiştir. İklim eğrileri, Geç Oligosen’den Orta Miyosen İklimsel Maksimum’a çok sıcak ve nemli koşullardan, Pliyosen süresince serin ılıman koşullara geçişi belgelemektedir. Diğer zaman aralıkları ile karşılaştırıldığında, Miyosen iklimi en kapsamlı olarak yeniden şekillendirilmiştir. Sibirya ve Uzak Doğu’su Orta Miyosen’i için veriler, Avrasya geniş ölçeğinde sıcaklık ve yağış modellemelerinin sentezi ve tartışmasını sağlayacak şekilde, benzer zaman dilimi için elde edilmiş ‘NECLIME veri seti’ ile biraraya getirilmiştir. Avrasya geniş ölçeğinde yıllık ortalama sıcaklık (YOS) modeli, Rusya Uzak Doğu’sundan Çin’e kuvvetli enlemsel sıcaklık artışı ve Batı Sibirya’dan Avrupa, Karadeniz alanı ve Doğu Akdeniz’deki daha ılık koşullara iyi ifade edilmiş boylamsal değişimi göstermektedir. Batı Sibirya’dan elde edilmiş yıllık yağış miktarı (YYM), Avrasya veri setindeki verilerin çoğundan daha düşük fakat Kuzey Çin’in kıta içinden elde edilmiş veriye yakın olup, 1000 mm civarındadır.

Sibirya ve Rusya Uzak Doğu’sunda Oligosen’den Pliyosen’e paleoiklim evrimi – meyve ve tohum floralarından veriler

Abstract: The Cenozoic continental deposits of Western Siberia, Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East are best described on the basis of carpological records. The palaeoclimate evolution has been reconstructed quantitatively (Coexistence Approach) providing inferred data on temperature, precipitation and the mean annual range of these parameters. Climate curves document the transition from very warm and humid conditions in the Late Oligocene via the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum to a cool temperate climate during the Pliocene. Compared with other time intervals the Miocene climate is the most comprehensively reconstructed. For the Middle Miocene the Siberian and Far Eastern data are combined with the ‘NECLIME data set’ available for the same time slice, thus allowing a synthesis and discussion of temperature and precipitation patterns on a Eurasia-wide scale. The MAT pattern on a Eurasia-wide scale shows a strong latitudinal temperature increase from the Russian Far East to China, and a well expressed longitudinal gradient from Western Siberia to warmer conditions in Europe, the Black Sea area and the Eastern Mediterranean. The reconstructed MAP of Western Siberia is around 1000 mm, which is close to the data obtained for the continental interior of Northern China but lower than most of the data in the Eurasian data set.

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