Сlimatic and phytocenotic events of the Late Pleistocene (MIS 5–MIS 3) at the southeastern coast of the Gulf of Finland
https://doi.org/10.55959/MSU0579-9414.5.79.3.8
Abstract
The paper analyses a debatable issue concerning the ranking of climatic-stratigraphic units within two marine isotope stages (MIS) – MIS 5 and MIS 4. Palynological records from the Mikulino interglacial sections of the northwestern Russian Plain which are most critical for correlations are reviewed. A representative series of numerical dates obtained by the IR-OSL method, and detailed palynological records enabled a detailed climatic-chronostratigraphic division of the Late Pleistocene sequence of the Voka reference section on the southeastern coast of the Gulf of Finland. The representative palynological spectra provide strong evidence of a warm interval of interglacial rank in the latter half of MIS 5, corresponding to the standard M6, M7, and M8 Mikulino palynozones. Additionally, they highlight a period of significant cooling during MIS 4, characterized by the dominance of periglacial vegetation formations in the study area. This challenges the viewpoint of the extensive Kalinin glaciation during that time, believed to have spread many hundreds of kilometers south of the Gulf of Finland. Data for MIS 3 reveal a two-fold alternation of interstadial and stadial (periglacial) climate intervals during the period between 39 ka and 33 ka.
For the first time, detailed reconstructions and datings of climate-phytocenotic successions of paleoclimatic events approximately between 100 ka and 30 ka have been provided for the territory of the East European Plain (and Northern Eurasia as a whole). These events correspond to the latter half of MIS 5, MIS 4, and an interval between 39 ka and 33 ka during MIS 3.
Supporting agencies: The paper was prepared under the research themes of the MSU Faculty of Geography “Paleogeographical reconstructions of natural geosystems and forecast of their future changes” (121051100135-0) and “Cenozoic evolution of the environment, dynamics of the relief, geomorphologic hazards and risks of landuse” (121040100323-5) (N.S. Bolikhovskaya), and within the framework of grants no. 5440, 6112 и 8425 from the Estonian Science Foundation (A.N. Molodkov).
About the Authors
N. S. Bolikhovskaya
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Leading Scientific Researcher, D.Sc. in Geography; Professor
Faculty of Geography, Research Laboratory of Recent Deposits and Paleogeography of the Pleistocene, Department of Geomorphology and Paleogeography
A. N. Molodkov
Tallinn University of Technology
Estonia
Estonia
Head of the Laboratory, D.Sc. in Geology
Department of Geology, Research Laboratory for Quaternary Geochronology
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Bolikhovskaya N.S., Molodkov A.N. Сlimatic and phytocenotic events of the Late Pleistocene (MIS 5–MIS 3) at the southeastern coast of the Gulf of Finland. Lomonosov Geography Journal. 2024;(3):89-107. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.55959/MSU0579-9414.5.79.3.8
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