Paleocryogenesis in soils of the periglacial zone of the Valdai glaciation
Abstract
The role of ancient paleo-features and paleo-processes in the formation and functioning of modern soils under the changing climate is actively studied for reasoning of the existence of a large variety of soils. The paper presents the results of paleocryogenic effects on the East European plain. The influence of paleocryogenesis on the variability of soil profile structure was compared for the Eastern and Western peripheries of the periglacial zone of the Valdai glaciations (Chernozems of the Samara region and sodpodzolic soils of the Vologda region, respectively). The intensity of influence and the degree of manifestation of these processes in different parts of the periglacial zone in the direction from West to East are revealed. The palecriogenic processes in soils manifest themselves in the form of large wedge-shaped ground structures, the tongue-wedges and the tongue-wedges concentrations. The intensity of the relics of paleocryogenic processes decreases over the East European Plain from the western to the eastern border of the periglacial zone of the Valdai glaciation.
Paleoecological processes of the Late Pleistocene significantly affect the properties of the present-day soil cover. It was found that sedimentation processes with deposition of different types of material, soil formation, and cryogenic (paleocryogenic) processes were all synchronous and periodic.
Specific feature of paleocryogenesis in the studied soils is attributed to their facial characteristics at the final stage of the Valdai glaciation – the Late Glacial.
Keywords
soil formation,
soil-forming rocks,
paleocryomorphic features,
Pleistocene,
the late Valdai time,
Holocene,
facies
Supporting agencies: The study was carried out under the State task no. 0191-2019-0046 and financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (projects no. 17-04-00078-a and 19-29-05178-mk).
About the Authors
A. Yu. Ovchinnikov
Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Deputy Director for scientific work, PhD. in Biology
V. M. Alifanov
Russian Federation
L. A. Gugalinskaya
Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Laboratory of nitrogen and carbon cycles in soils, Leading Scientific Researcher, D.Sc. in Biology
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Ovchinnikov A.Yu., Alifanov V.M., Gugalinskaya L.A. Paleocryogenesis in soils of the periglacial zone of the Valdai glaciation. Lomonosov Geography Journal. 2021;(2):44-53. (In Russ.)
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