Kahl, Ralf-Dietrich / Mol, Dick:
Glacial large mammals of the Siberian Arctic
The Cerpolex / Mammuthus expeditions on Taymyr.
With a contribution by Hans van der Plicht
and an introduction by Frederick F. Steininger
2005, 96 pages, 51 color ills., 22x21cm
(Senckenberg Books, 77) ISBN 978-3-510-61374-8
hardback, € 19.80
http://www.schweizerbart.de/pubs/isbn/sng/senckenber-3510613740-desc.html
remnants of the glacial mammoth fauna fascinated people for millennia. In particular, from the Arctic permafrost of Siberia are continually reported impressive fossil finds of woolly rhinoceroses, giant Ice Age bison, musk oxen and other cold-adapted mammals in an incomparable tradition of quality. The spectrum of shock-frozen fossils ranges from organic molecules to complete mammoth carcasses.
Ralf-Dietrich Kahl and Dick Mol, participants of the international Cerpolex / Mammuthus-Polar Expeditions on the Siberian Taymyr Peninsula to report first hand about the latest discoveries of Pleistocene life remains far above the Arctic Circle. Will be presented during months of field campaigns in the most difficult climatic conditions discoveries recovered and placed in national contexts of the Ice Age paleontology.
The authors report both on the strategy of the technically-equipped expeditions, using helicopters and boats to identify new sites, as well as in storage and analysis of the fossils in a frozen state days. Fresh mammoth discoveries provide interesting data on the glacial landscapes they inhabit. Their tusks can be derived using a completely new method provides details of individual life history of animals. Newly discovered remains of Ice Age bison, moose evidence of the northernmost of the Earth and 13,000 years old reindeer skeleton with skin and hair complete the picture of the glacial biota. Towards the end of the Pleistocene Ice Age, many of the large animals disappeared forever. Not in all cases we are the reasons known. The book discusses research approaches aimed at elucidation of their fate.
The two expert authors of the new Senckenberg book has succeeded as the current research results, both for readers interested in science explain for the group of academics exciting and understandable. They combine a wealth of some for the first time information published with the reflection of personal experiences Expedition and the tracing of local color in the Siberian Arctic. The tape in considerable numbers accompanying, often spectacular illustrations support this request and also give an impression of the incomparable beauty of today's Tundrenlandschaften.
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