Dendroecological analysis of the dynamics of Lake Mashej, Altai-Mountains, Siberia

马舍吉湖位于西伯利亚阿拉泰山脉，由一座大坝形成，大坝由覆盖着岩石冰川的末端冰雹和侧向的落石碎屑组成。在2012年7月爆发之前，该湖在过去400年里一直发展到最大限度的扩张。临时淹没的湖盆内的枯树树干根据它们死亡的时间点和它们年度记录中的环境条件记录了湖泊的延伸。通过对已经采样的树干进行树生态分析，将破译湖泊的发育以及相关的气候和环境信号。之前的一次随机测试表明，年轮中遗传了大量数据。除了湖泊本身的开发，这些数据可能会填补关于位于欧洲和中亚中心之间的地区自然环境发展知识的一个重大空白。

Lake Mashej, located in the Siberian Altai Mountains, is formed by a dam consisting of a terminal moraine with a covering rockglacier and lateral rockfall debris. Until its outburst in July 2012, the lake developed during the last 400 years up to its maximum extension. Dead tree trunks within the temporary inundated lake basin loged the extension of the lake by the point of time of their death and the environmental conditions within their anual records. By dendroecological analysis of the already sampled tree trunks the development of the lake and the related climatological and environmental signals will be decoded. A previous random test indicated a significant amount of data inherited in the tree rings. In addition to the development of the lake itself, the data might fill a significant gap on the knowledge of the natural environmental development of the area located between Europe and the heart of Central Asia.