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RUSSIAN-GERMAN COLLABORATION IN THE ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2011-4-3-85-113

Abstract

The overview of the 20-years joint Russian-German multidisciplinary researches in the Arctic are represented in this article. Data were obtained during numerous marine and terrestrial expeditions, all-year-round measurements and observations. On the basis of modern research methods including satellite observation, radiocarbon (AMS 14C) dating of the Arctic sea sediments, isotope, biochemical and other methods, the new unique records were obtained. Special emphasis devoted to the latest data concerning modern sea-ice, ocean and sedimentation processes, evolution of the permafrost and paleoenvironments in the Laptev Sea System.

About the Authors

Yelena Polyakova

Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University


Heidemarie Kassens

Germany
Leibniz Institute of Marine Geosciences, Kiel University


Jörn Thiede

Germany
German Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Literature/Faculty of Geography, St.-Petersburg State University


Alexander Lisitzin

Russian Federation
P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS


Ivan Frolov

Russian Federation
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute


Leonid Timokhov

Russian Federation
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute


Henning Bauch

Germany
Leibniz Institute of Marine Geosciences, Kiel University (IFM-GEOMAR)/German Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Literature


Igor Dmitrenko

Russian Federation
Leibniz Institute of Marine Geosciences, Kiel University (IFM-GEOMAR)


Dorothea Bauch

Russian Federation
Leibniz Institute of Marine Geosciences, Kiel University (IFM-GEOMAR)


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