Connectivity of Edaphic and Endolithic Microbial Niches in Cold Mountain Desert of Eastern Pamir (Tajikistan) [PDF]
Biology, 2021 Microbial communities found in arid environments are commonly represented by biological soil crusts (BSCs) and endolithic assemblages. There is still limited knowledge concerning endoliths and BSCs occurring in the cold mountain desert of Pamir.
Nataliia Khomutovska +3 more
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Oligocene clockwise rotations along the eastern Pamir: Tectonic and paleogeographic implications [PDF]
Tectonics, 2014 International audienceDespite the importance of the Pamir range in controlling Asian paleoenvironments and land-sea paleogeography, its tectonic evolution remains poorly constrained in time and space, hindering its potential for understanding deep to ...
Bosboom, Roderic +4 more
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IMAGERY OF THE KURTEKE ROCK-SHELTER (EASTERN PAMIR)
Теория и практика археологических исследований, 2022 The Kurteke rock-shelter images in the Eastern Pamirs were discovered in 1958. Later, in 1960, V.A. Ranov studied the paintings as well as the archaeological layers.
Л.В. Зоткина +1 more
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Fossil birds from the Roof of the World: The first avian fauna from High Asia and its implications for late Quaternary environments in Eastern Pamir. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 The Eastern Pamir (eastern Tajikistan) is a high-mountain plateau with elevations up to 7000 m, currently characterized by extremely severe environmental conditions and harboring a specialized montane fauna, which in part is shared with that of the ...
Nikita Zelenkov +2 more
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Nature's patchwork: How water sources and soil salinity determine the distribution and structure of halophytic plant communities in arid environments of the Eastern Pamir. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The eastern part of the Pamir Mountains, located in Central Asia, is characterized by great climatic continentality and aridity. Wetlands developed in this hostile region are restricted to spring areas, terraces of shallow lakes or floodplains along ...
Monika Mętrak +6 more
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Examining geodetic glacier mass balance in the eastern Pamir transition zone [PDF]
Journal of Glaciology, 2020 Glaciers in the eastern Pamir have reportedly been gaining mass during recent decades, even though glaciers in most other regions in High Mountain Asia have been in recession.
Mingyang Lv +7 more
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A decreasing glacier mass balance gradient from the edge of the Upper Tarim Basin to the Karakoram during 2000–2014 [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 In contrast to the glacier mass losses observed at other locations around the world, some glaciers in the High Mountains of Asia appear to have gained mass in recent decades.
Hui Lin +4 more
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Unanticipated similarities and expected differences in the taxonomic composition and potential toxicity of cyanobacteria in biological soil crusts across hot and cold deserts [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThe hot deserts of California and the cool, mountainous deserts of the Eastern Pamir region are geographically and climatically distinct, yet they share a common feature.
Małgorzata Sandzewicz +7 more
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The first large scale rDNA amplicon database of soil microbiomes from Pamir Plateau, China [PDF]
Scientific DataThe Eastern Pamir, distinguished with high altitude, extremely arid and cold climate, limited nutrients and sparse vegetation, is a unique ecological reservoir.
Jing Zhu +5 more
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Palynological Evidence of Late Holocene Paleo‐Monsoon in Eastern Pamir
Geophysical Research Letters, 2019 The Tibetan Plateau, which is climatically dominated by the westerlies and the Asian monsoon, has a major influence on the atmospheric circulation and water resources of Asia.
Keliang Zhao +3 more
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