Long Continental Records from Lake Baikal

Front Matter....Pages II-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Long-Term Late Cenozoic Global Environmental Changes Inferred from Lake Baikal Sediments....Pages 3-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Paleoclimate Records from the Lake Baikal Sediments and Lava Formations of the South Baikal Volcanic Area....Pages 23-41
Geothermal Studies of Underwater Boreholes in Lake Baikal....Pages 43-60
Geomorphological Development of the Tunka Depression in the Baikal Rift Zone in Siberia, Russia....Pages 61-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Paleoenvironmental Changes in the Eurasian Continental Interior during the Last 12 Million Years Derived from Organic Components in Sediment Cores (BDP-96 and BDP-98) from Lake Baikal....Pages 75-94
Paleoenvironmental Changes during the Last 12 Million Years in the Eurasian Continental Interior Estimated by Chemical Elements in Sediment Cores (BDP-96 and BDP-98) from Lake Baikal....Pages 95-109
Pliocene-Quaternary Vegetation and Climate History of the Lake Baikal Area, Eastern Siberia....Pages 111-122
Vegetation Changes in the Baikal Region during the Late Miocene Based on Pollen Analysis of the BDP-98-2 Core....Pages 123-135
Residual Photosynthetic Pigments in the Sediment of Lake Baikal as Indicators of Phytoplankton History....Pages 137-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Glacial/Interglacial Changes in the Carbon Cycle of Lake Baikal....Pages 163-185
Lake Hovsgol in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene: On-Land Geological Evidence for a Change in Its Level....Pages 187-206
Pollen Record from the Chivyrkui Bay Outcrop on the Eastern Shore of Lake Baikal since the Late Glacial....Pages 207-218
Sedimentary Fe/Mn Layers in Lake Baikal as Evidence of Past and Present Limnological Conditions....Pages 219-229
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Paleomagnetism and Paleoenvironmental Magnetism Studied on BDP-98 Sedimentary Cores from Lake Baikal....Pages 233-243
Exploratory Studies of Dating the Baikal Drilling Project Sediment Core (BDP-96) Using Cosmogenic 10 Be: Observations and Implications of Higher 10 Be Concentrations in Sediments Older than 2.7Ma....Pages 245-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Origin and Diversity of the Diatom Genus Eunotia in Lake Baikal: Some Preliminary Considerations....Pages 259-269
Diatom Succession in Upper Miocene Sediments of Lake Baikal from the BDP-98 Drill Core....Pages 271-282
Late Pliocene Spongial Fauna in Lake Baikal (from Material from the Deep Drilling Core BDP-96-1)....Pages 283-293
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
A Conceptual Model of Sedimentation Processes for a Hydrogeomorphological Study in Lake Baikal....Pages 297-312
Inorganic Characteristics of Surface Sediment from Lake Baikal: Natural Elemental Composition, Redox Condition, and Pb Contamination....Pages 313-327
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
Suspended and Dissolved Forms of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus in Lakes Baikal and Hovsgol (Snow, Tributaries, Water, Sediments)....Pages 329-347
The Contribution of Eolian Material in the Composition of Suspended Matter in the Snow Cover of Ice from the Buguldeika Saddle and Academician Ridge in Lake Baikal....Pages 349-367
Back Matter....Pages 369-370