The Baikal bottom sediments (borehole BDP-96-2) are stratigraphically characterized in detail (with a 500 year resolution) within the Brunhes Chron. The sediment section 35 m thick shows a distribution of diatoms (25 species ...
A unique diatom biostratigraphy of the Brunhes chron in Lake Baikal revealed by detailed studies of pelagic diatom paleo-assemblages, indicates that dramatic changes in insolation during the past 800 ka BP produced ...