Sheinkman V.S., Sedov S.N., Bezrukova E.V. Paleoecology of the North of West Siberia in the Last Epoch of the Pleistocene: New Evidences And Scenarios // Ecosystems: Ecology and Dynamics. No. 4. 2022. P. 89-104. | Abstract | PDF | Reference |
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- The valley of the middle reaches of the Taz River, with a drained terrace on the right and a floodplain on the left (photo by V.S.Sheinkman)
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- Drained sandy terrace in the middle reaches of the Taz River, photographed from a helicopter (photo by V.S.Sheinkman)
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- Dune with aeolian sands on the site of a burnt forest in the lower reaches of the Nadym River (photo by V.S.Sheinkman)
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- Relief with depressions and a larch forest where the underground ice has thawed, in the upper reaches of the Right Khetta River, the lower reaches of the right tributary of the Nadym River (photo by V.S.Sheinkman)
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- Relief with depressions and a pine forest where the underground ice has thawed in the middle reaches of the Vakh River, the middle reaches of the right tributary of the Ob River (photo by V.S.Sheinkman)
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- The local fish is enough of a reason to make a Mexican professor happy during his taiga visits (photo by V.S.Sheinkman)
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- Discussion held at the profile in the valley of the Levaya Khetta River, the lower reaches of the left tributary of the Nadym River; S.N. Sedov on the left (Leading Researcher of the Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Science Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), V.S. Sheinkman on the right (Leading Researcher of the Earth Cryosphere Institute), V.P. Parnachev in the center (Professor at the National Research Tomsk State University; photo by V.S. Sheinkman). Taiga after a wild fire in the middle reaches of the Taz River, photographed from a helicopter (photo by V.S.Sheinkman)
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- Taiga after a wild fire in the middle reaches of the Taz River, photographed from a helicopter (photo by V.S.Sheinkman)
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- Work carried out at the profile in the middle reaches of the Taz River; S.N. Sedov on the left (Leading Researcher of the Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Science Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), V.S. Sheinkman on the right (Leading Researcher of the Earth Cryosphere Institute), V.P. Parnachev in the center (Professor at the National Research Tomsk State University; photo by V.S.Sheinkman)
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- Cleared cliff of the 20-meter terrace of the Kheygiyakha River, the lower reaches of the left tributary of the Nadym River (photo by V.S.Sheinkman)
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- Pine forest on a drained terrace in the middle reaches of the Taz River (photo by V.S.Sheinkman)
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- An area of a swampy floodplain near Nadym (photo by V.S.Sheinkman)
In this article we present the materials in respect to the Quaternary paleocryological, paleosoil and paleobotanic development in the north of the West Siberian Plain. Data demonstrating wide distribution of polygonal-wedge structures in the region are elucidated. The structures represent polygonal ice wedge pseudomorphs and initially ground wedges. The former developed in the terminal phase of the Pleistocene in the end of marine isotope stage-2 (MIS-2), and are the successors of the epigenetic polygonal ice wedges which cut the Karginian (MIS-3) alluvial mass, whereas the second formed in the syncryogenetic alluvial deposits in the course of MIS-3. Redeposited material of cryohydromorphic paleosols has been revealed in the filling of the pseudomorphs; fragments of humus horizon are included – they are used for 14C-dating. Spore-pollen spectrum in that filling shows prevalence of boggy tundra and tundra-steppe vegetation. The set of obtained data casts doubt on hypothesis of prevalence of cold deserts and ice sheets in the study area and shows existence of developed vegetable cover at a background of sufficient and, in places, superfluous moistening. It occurs on account of close position of the permafrost roof. Also the conclusion in respect to non-glaciated development of the region in the cryochrons, which are similar to MIS-2, is concluded.
Keywords: permafrost, paleocryogenesis, polygonal-wedge structures, paleoecology of West Siberia, spore-pollen spectra, Pleistocene paleosols, polygonal ice wedge pseudomorphs.
Funding. This research was funded for the State Assignments No. 121041600042-7 of the Earth Cryosphere Institute of the Tyumen Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Researching the Ways of Formation, Structure and Variability, and Forecasting of the Cryosphere Condition, Including Permafrost and Cryogenic Landscapes”; No. 121042000078-9 of the Tyumen Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Development of Methodological Foundations for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Role of the Cryosphere in the Evolution of Substantial and Energetic Interactions on the Earth’s Surface, in the Life Support Mechanisms of the Biosphere and the Ecological Aspects of Human Life. Assessing and Forecasting the Changes in Cryogenic Landscapes and Ecosystems in the North Part of West Siberia under the Influence of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors”; No. 0284-2021-0003 of the A.P. Vinogradov’s Institute of Geochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Spatio-Temporal Ecosystems and Climate Variability in Eastern Siberia during the Late Pleistocene-Holocene”.
DOI: 10.24412/2542-2006-2022-4-89-104
EDN: HRMOLP