Correlation and paleomagnetism of glacial and loess-paleosol sequences on the West Siberian Plain

Characterisation and palaeoclimate of a loess-like permafrost palaeosol sequence in NE Siberia

“…For details on the Russian terminology of the Siberian Quaternary stratigraphy the reader is referred to the literature (e.g. Kind et al, 1971;Arkhipov et al, 1986;Alekseev et al, 1990;Grinenko and Kamaletdinov, 1993;Arkhipov et al, 1997;Arkhipov et al, 2000;Grinenko and Spektor, 2003;Astakhov, 2004).…”

Low Genetic Diversity in Wide-Spread Eurasian Liver Fluke Opisthorchis felineus Suggests Special Demographic History of This Trematode Species

“…According to the accepted chronological data, the last glaciation in Northern Eurasia started about 80 kBP and was characterized with interstadial conditions around 50-30 kBP transitioning to a much colder and drier environment. This occured at the culmination of the Last Glacial maximum (LGM) at 23-15 kBP, with the beginning of warming around 15-10 kBP [93,94]. Given that our molecular dating is quite approximate, we cannot unambiguously determine whether the Siberian liver fluke started its demographic expansion at the interstadial period before LGM or soon after LGM.…”

Climate History and Early Peopling of Siberia

“…The topographically and biotically diverse territory of the broader Ural area attests to the complex palaeogeography and palaeoecology history reflecting large-scale landscape restructurings affected by orogenesis, and the Arctic and northern mountain glaciations (Arkhipov et al, 1986;Astakhov, 1997;Velichko, 1993;Mangerud et al, 2002), The regional Quaternary stratigraphy is based on geological, palaeontological, bio-stratigraphic and palaeomagnetic records related to the continental basin transgressions and regressions, and stages of loess deposition (Arkhipov et al, 2000;Vereshagina, 2001;Stefanovskiy, 2006). The pre-Quaternary history of the broader Urals is closely linked with formation of the main hydrological systems, particularly in the Fore-Urals area, connected to the Pechora and Caspian Basins.…”

“…The Pleistocene climatic evolution in the lowland extra-glacial areas of SW Siberia and the continental depressions north of the Altai-West Sayans are characterized by accumulation of aeolian (silty and sandy) deposits during glacial periods and surface stabilization with soil formation during interglacial periods (Arkhipov et al, 2000). Particularly the loess-palaeosol formations widely distributed in southern Siberia provide the most detailed multi-proxy chronostratigraphic correlation of past climatic cycles Bábek et al, 2011).…”