Lake level dynamics in the centre of the East European Plain during the Holocene

Abstract

Based on the lithostratigraphic and geomorphological approach, the study of lake level fluctuations in Nero and Seliger over the past 15,000 years was conducted. Common features of level changes were revealed: deep regression at the end of the late glacial period and early Holocene, intensive rise in level in the early-middle Holocene, stabilization (with a slight upward trend) in the late Holocene. Similar features in level changes were revealed in the history of a number of lakes in Germany and Scandinavia. A connection was found between lake level fluctuations and the intensity of fluvial processes in the center of the East European Plain.