The PLOT (Paleolimnological Transect) Project in the Russian Arctic

Raphael Gromig1, Andrej Andreev1, Marlene Baumer1, Dmitri Bolshiyanov2,3, Grigory Fedorov2,3, Larisa Frolova4, Sebastian Krastel5, Elodie Lebas6, Anna Ludikova7, Martin Melles1, Hanno Meyer8, Larisa Nazarova9, Lyudmila Pestryakova10, Larisa Savelieva11, Lyudmila Shumilovskikh12, Dmitry Subetto13, Bernd Wagner1 and Volker Wennrich1, (1)University of Cologne, Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Cologne, Germany, (2)St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, (3)Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St.Petersburg, Russia, (4)Kazan Federal University, Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies, Kazan, Russia, (5)Kiel University, Institute of Geosciences, Marine Geophysics and Hydroacoustics, Kiel, Germany, (6)University of Kiel, Institute of Geosciences, Kiel, Germany, (7)Institute of Limnology RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia, (8)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, (9)University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Potsdam, Germany, (10)Norht-East Federal University in Yakutsk, Institute of Natural Sciences, Yakutsk, Russia, (11)St. Petersburg State University, Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, (12)Georg-August University, Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics, Goettingen, Germany, (13)Karelian Research Centre RAS, Northern Water Problems Institute, Petrozavodsk, Russia