UPPER QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS OF GYDAN PENINSULA AND ARCTIC ISLANDS: EVIDENCE OF RELATIVE KARA SEA LEVEL CHANGES SINCE 50 KA
Abstract
Field data on Quaternary sediments of several outcrops at Gydan Peninsula and Beliy Island and their comparison with literature data have shown that the relative sea-level changes in the southeastern part of the Kara Sea since MIS 3 differ from the average sea-level changes in the World Ocean. MIS 3 (Kargin time) marine sediments lie at elevations of up to 2–2,5 m a.s.l. at Beliy Island, Sibiryakov Island and some other Arctic islands; they are covered by the Holocene marine sand with allochtonous peat aged about 8 kA (radiocarbon). At Yavay Peninsula, marine silts and sands lie at the bottom of the coastal cliff and are overlaid by peat aged from 24 500±220 (LU-7972) to 30 710±420 (LU-7971) radiocarbon years. Above them, Holocene lacustrine sandy loam with peat and wood with ages of about 8 kA outcrop, implying that sea-level did not rise above its present position since MIS 3. In the southern part of Mammoth Peninsula, sea-level did not rise above present at least since MIS 5 (Kazantsevo time). MIS 3 deposits are continental silts with mammoth fauna, covered by the Holocene alluvium and lacustrine sediments. The range of RSL change scenarios evidences the general uplift of the Earth’s crust at Gydan Peninsula and the south-eastern part of the Kara Sea since MIS 3, accompanied by differential block movements.
About the Authors
A. V. Baranskaya
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Laboratory of Geoecology of the North, Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
F. A. Romanenko
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Laboratory of Geoecology of the North, Scientific Researcher; Department of Geomorphology and Palaeogeorgaphy, Leading Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
Kh. A. Arslanov
Saint-Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Institute of Earth Sciences, Laboratory for Geomorphologic and palaeogeographic investigations of polar regions and the World Ocean, Leading Scientific Researcher, D.Sc. in Geology and Mineralogy, Professor
A. Yu. Petrov
Saint-Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Institute of Earth Sciences, Laboratory for Geomorphologic and palaeogeographic investigations of polar regions and the World Ocean, Leading Scientific Researcher, D.Sc. in Geology and Mineralogy, Professor
F. E. Maksimov
Saint-Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Institute of Earth Sciences, Laboratory for Geomorphologic and palaeogeographic investigations of polar regions and the World Ocean, Senior Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
Russian Federation
Institute of Earth Sciences, Laboratory for Geomorphologic and palaeogeographic investigations of polar regions and the World Ocean, Senior Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
Z. V. Pushina
FBSI «VNIIOKEANGeologiya im. Gramberga»;
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Senior Scientific Researcher;
PhD. in Geology and Mineralogy
A. N. Tikhonov
FSBIS Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Scienses (ZIN RAS);
Institute of Applied Ecology of the North, North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Director of Museum;
Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Biology
N. E. Demidov
Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academу of Sciences
Russian Federation
Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geology and Mineralogy
Russian Federation
Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geology and Mineralogy
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Baranskaya A.V., Romanenko F.A., Arslanov Kh.A., Petrov A.Yu., Maksimov F.E., Pushina Z.V., Tikhonov A.N., Demidov N.E. UPPER QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS OF GYDAN PENINSULA AND ARCTIC ISLANDS: EVIDENCE OF RELATIVE KARA SEA LEVEL CHANGES SINCE 50 KA. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2018;(6):56-71. (In Russ.)
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