ICE-WEDGE ICE MINERALIZATION AS AN INDICATOR OF LANDSCAPE CHANGES
Abstract
Rare geochemical phenomena within the polygon landscapes, namely the brackish ice wedges with marine and continental type of mineralization are described. The marine type of mineralization of the Holocene syngenetic ice wedges in the mouth of the Mongatalangyakha River in the north-western Siberia represents local (within the laida fragment) changes of water migration class from neutral hydrogen sulfidechloride to weakly acidic and neutral gley. The continental mineralization of the Late Pleistocene syngenetic ice wedges in the Mamontova Gora section in Central Yakutia is indicative of the local (within the alas depression) changes of water migration class from slightly alkaline gley to acidic gley. Both radial and lateral variability of the chemical composition of the ice wedges was revealed.
About the Authors
Yu. K. Vasil’chuk
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Landscape Geochemistry and Soil Geography, Professor, D.Sc. in Geology
A. C. Vasil’chuk
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Laboratory of Geoecology of the Northern Territories, Senior Scientific Researcher, D.Sc. in Geography
N. A. Budantseva
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Landscape Geochemistry and Soil Geography, Senior Scientific Researcher, PhD in Geography
Yu. N. Chizhova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Landscape Geochemistry and Soil Geography, Senior Scientific Researcher, PhD in Geography
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Vasil’chuk Yu.K., Vasil’chuk A.C., Budantseva N.A., Chizhova Yu.N. ICE-WEDGE ICE MINERALIZATION AS AN INDICATOR OF LANDSCAPE CHANGES. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2016;(6):96-103. (In Russ.)
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