Institute of Geography

Mid Holocene ecosystem peak and late Holocene shift to littoral refugia in an arid Altai lake: non-pollen palynomorph record

This study reconstructs the local environmental conditions of Lake Tarkhata (Altai Mountains) during the Middle and Late Holocene based on the analysis of non-pollen palynomorphs preserved in lacustrine sediments. A total of approximately 60 NPP morphotypes were identified, inclu...

On the Age and Genesis of the Verkhnyaya Gora Strata of the Kurtak Region, Middle Yenisei

Abstract A study of the geology of the Verkhnyaya Gora strata in the Berezhekovo-5 section of the Kurtak geoarcheological region, based on numerous detailed outcrops, shows its deluvial-solifluctional genesis. The results of the analysis of the therio- and malacofaunas from the V...

Detailing the Stratigraphic Scheme of the Upper Neopleistocene of the Central East European Plain and Correlation with Other Loess Regions of Eastern Europe. Presentation of the Aleksandrov Quarry Section as a Stratotype

Abstract This paper proposes a substantial refinement of the regional stratigraphic scheme of Upper Neopleistocene loess deposits in the central East European Plain. The Aleksandrov quarry is considered as the main stratotype section of the late Neopleistocene. A variety of moder...