Small paleolakes of the Southern Kurils, as Holocene environmental archives

  • Razjigaeva N.G. 1
  • Ganzey L.A. 1
  • Grebennikova T.A. 1
  • Nazarova L.B. 2
  • Mokhova L.M. 1
  • Belyanina N.I. 1
  • Arslanov Kh.A. 3
  • Maksimov F.E. 3
  • Petrov A.Yu. 3
  • Zazovskaya E.P. 4
    • 1 Pacific Geographical Institute FEB RAS, Radio St. 7, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia
    2 Potsdam University, Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469, Potsdam, Germany
    3 St.-Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab., 7-9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
    4 Institute of Geography RAS, Staromonetniy pereulok 29, Moscow, 119017, Russia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31951/2658-3518-2020-A-4-595
Keywords: climatic changes, paleolandscapes, volcanic ash falls, paleotsunami

Abstract

Investigations of the environmental changes on the Southern Kurils was based on multi-proxy studies of sediments from several paleolakes. Stages of the lake development have been identified. Our study revealed climatic and palaeolandscape changes, ages and ecological effect of volcanic ash falls on Kunashir Island since the end of the Late Pleistocene, and manifestation of strong tsunami during the Middle to Late Holocene in Urup and Shikotan Islands.
Published
2020-08-27
Issue
2020: №4 (SI:Paleo2020)
Section
Articles
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