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https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-71-91-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-71-91-2022
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24 May 2022
Research article |  | 24 May 2022

Holocene vegetation reconstruction in the forest–steppe of Mongolia based on leaf waxes and macro-charcoals in soils

Marcel Lerch, Julia Unkelbach, Florian Schneider, Michael Zech, and Michael Klinge

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Charcoals and leaf waxes from vegetation accumulate in the soil and provide information about past vegetation because they are mostly resistant against physical and biological degradation. Analyzing and comparing ratios of both element types helped us to improve the evidence for vegetation reconstruction. We found that the accumulation processes and preservation of these elements depend on different environmental conditions at forest- and steppe-dominated sites in the Mongolian forest–steppe.
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