New Oxygen Isotope Diagrams of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Ice Wedges in Mamontova Gora and Syrdakh Lake, Central Yakutia
- Authors: Vasil’chuk Y.K.1, Shmelev D.G.2, Cherbunina M.Y.1, Budantseva N.A.1, Broushkov A.V.1, Vasil’chuk A.C.1
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Affiliations:
- Departments of Geology and Geography, Moscow State University
- Giprotruboprovod, JSC
- Issue: Vol 486, No 1 (2019)
- Pages: 580-584
- Section: Geography
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/1028-334X/article/view/195008
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X19050283
- ID: 195008
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Abstract
This paper reports on the oxygen isotope composition of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene syngenetic ice wedges, which were exposed at Mamontova Gora and Syrdakh Lake, the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry dating, and the reconstruction of the winter air temperatures during ice wedge formation. Organic microinclusions from the ice wedges were directly dated, which allowed us to establish seven dates ranging from 13 to 19 ka BP. The age of the ice wedges is shown to be younger than 20 ka, but older than 10 ka BP. In the area of Mamontova Gora, δ18O is in the range of –24.7 to –30.9‰ for the Late Pleistocene ice wedges, and of –23.2 to –25.9‰ for the Holocene ice wedges. In the area of Syrdakh Lake, δ18O ranges from –29.2 to –32.5‰. At the Mamontova Gora site, the average winter air temperatures, which were reconstructed from the isotope data, ranged from –28 to –31°C during most of the period when the Late Pleistocene ice wedges were formed; the January temperature was –42°C, –46°C. At the Syrdakh Lake site, the Late Pleistocene winter conditions were more severe: the average winter air temperature ranged from –30 to –32°C, and the average January air temperature was –44, –48°C. In the Holocene, the average winter air temperatures were higher and ranged from –24 to –28°C, while the average January temperatures ranged from –36 to –42°C.
About the authors
Yu. K. Vasil’chuk
Departments of Geology and Geography,Moscow State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: vasilch_geo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119234
D. G. Shmelev
Giprotruboprovod, JSC
Email: vasilch_geo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Ryazan, 119334
M. Yu. Cherbunina
Departments of Geology and Geography,Moscow State University
Email: vasilch_geo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119234
N. A. Budantseva
Departments of Geology and Geography,Moscow State University
Email: vasilch_geo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119234
A. V. Broushkov
Departments of Geology and Geography,Moscow State University
Email: vasilch_geo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119234
A. C. Vasil’chuk
Departments of Geology and Geography,Moscow State University
Email: vasilch_geo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119234
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