Chirpoi Island (Geographic Keyword)
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KBP Archaeological and Geological Profile Correlations (2010)
Kuril Biocomplexity Project Archive (NSF 0508109)
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Tephra and radiocarbon date correlations between geologic sections and archaeological profiles from all 3 years of fieldwork in the Kuril Islands during the KBP.
Kuril Biocomplexity Project Archive (NSF 0508109)
PROJECT
A broadly interdisciplinary, international team investigated the complex web of cultural, ecological, geological, and climate systems in the Kuril Islands. The Kurils provide uniquely laboratory-like conditions for this study, permitting examination of past changes in local climates and ecosystems along an island chain. The islands are situated along a latitudinal gradient extending from temperate Hokkaido Island (north of Japan) to subarctic Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia. Evidence of human...