Part I
Geological and Paleoecological Events of the Late Pleistocene
and Holocene in Northern Eurasia
1 Geological and Paleoecological Events of the Late
Pleistocene along Eurasian Coastal Areas of the Arctic
Ocean ........................................................ 3
General Upper Pleistocene Stratigraphic Scheme for Northern
Eurasia ...................................................... 3
Duration of the Mikulino Interglaciation ..................... 5
Correlation of the Natural Events Correlative with MIS
5d-5a in Northern West Europe and Northwestern Russia ........ 6
2 Late Pleistocene Geologic-Paleoecological Events in the
North of European Russia .................................... 11
Relationship between Land and Sea Areas during the
Mikulino Interglacial in Northern Eurasia ................... 11
Genetic Types of Continental Sediments ...................... 14
Marine Sediments of the Boreal Transgression in the North
of European Russia .......................................... 15
3 Main Geologic-Paleoecological Events of the Late
Pleistocene in the North of Western Siberia ................. 31
4 Geologic-Paleoecological Events of the Late Pleistocene in
the Northern-Siberian Lowland and Taimyr Peninsula .......... 37
5 The Late Glacial Time and Holocene of Northern Eurasia ...... 43
6 Outlines of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene History of
the East Arctic Seas ........................................ 47
7 The Deglaciation Time and Holocene of Northern Eurasia ...... 57
Part II
Marine Sedimentation in the Arctic Ocean and Subarctic Seas
8 The Seas of West Subarctic Region ........................... 61
Geologic and Oceanographic Setting .......................... 61
History of Sedimentation .................................... 68
History of Sedimentation Rates ........................... 68
History of Sedimentation on the Vøring Plateau During
the Last 25 ka ........................................... 88
History of Sedimentation at the Continental Margin of
Eastern and South-Eastern Greenland During the Last
130 ka .................................................. 107
9 The Arctic Ocean ........................................... 113
Recent Environment ......................................... 113
Morphostructure, Oceanographic and Sea-Ice Setting,
Recent Sediments and Their Mineral Composition .......... 113
Facies Variations of Holocene Sediments on the Yermak
Plateau (According to Study Data of > 63 mkm Fraction) .. 124
History of Sedimentation ................................... 136
History of Sedimentation Rates During the Last 130 ka ... 136
History of Sedimentation on the Yermak Plateau During
the Last 190 ka ......................................... 148
Organic-Geochemical Sediment Studies of the Eastern
Part of the Central Arctic .............................. 173
10 The Western Arctic Seas .................................... 177
Recent Sedimentation Environment ........................... 177
The Barents Sea ......................................... 177
The Kara Sea ............................................ 178
Surface Sediments of the Pechora Sea .................... 179
Surface Sediments of St. Anna Trough .................... 186
Facies Zonality of Surface Sediments in the Eastern
Kara Sea ................................................ 194
History of Sedimentation ................................... 210
Late- and Post-Glacial History of Sedimentation in the
Eastern Part of the Barents Sea ......................... 210
Holocene Sedimentation History in the Southern Novaya
Zemlya Trough ........................................... 224
History of Sedimentation in the Pechora Sea During the
Late Pleistocene and Holocene ........................... 241
Light Fraction Mineralogy of the Upper Quaternary
Sediments from the Saint Anna Trough and Its
Paleoceanographic Interpretation ........................ 247
Holocene History of Yenisei River Discharge ............. 256
Holocene History of Ob River Discharge .................. 272
11 Eastern Arctic Seas ........................................ 289
Recent Sedimentation Environment ........................... 289
The Laptev Sea .......................................... 289
The East Siberian Sea ................................... 290
The Chukchi Sea ......................................... 291
History of Sedimentation ................................... 291
History of Sedimentation in the Laptev Sea During the
Late Weichselian to Holocene by Geophysical and
Geochemical Data ........................................ 292
Holocene History of the Lena and Other Rivers
Discharge in the Laptev Sea ............................. 295
Organic Geochemical Data About Sedimentation History
Along the Continental Slope of the East Siberian Sea
During the Last Climatic Cycle .......................... 297
Preliminary Data About Accumulation of Diatom-Bearing
Clayey Silts at the Chukchi Sea Shelf ................... 298
12 Seas of the Eastern Subarctic .............................. 301
Recent Sedimentation Environment ........................... 301
History of Sedimentation ................................... 307
History of Sedimentation in the Deep-Water Part of the
Shirshov Ridge (Bering Sea) During the Last Three
Marine-Isotope Stages ................................... 307
History of Sedimentation in the Northern Sea of
Okhotsk During the Last 1.1 Ma .......................... 310
Part III
The Late Pleistocene Paleogeographic Events of Northern
Eurasia and History of Sedimentation in the Subarctic Seas
and the Arctic Ocean in Relation to the Northern Hemisphere
Glaciation during the Last Climatic Cycle
13 Characteristic Features of the Mikulino Landscapes ......... 333
14 Results of Paleoclimate Studies ............................ 337
15 Particularities of Sedimentation Processes Within the
Continental Blocks and Marine Basins ....................... 345
Deglaciation Peculiarities ................................. 345
Facies Variability during Glaciations, Deglaciations,
Interglacials .............................................. 349
Geological History of the Arctic Ocean Sea Ice during the
Last 60 ka ................................................. 350
Intercoupling of Atmo-, Hydro-, Cryo-, Bio-, and
Lithospheres ............................................... 353
References .................................................... 357
Index ......................................................... 581
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