The early Holocene paleogeography of Yurumkuveem river basin (Central Chukotka)

Authors

  • Petrov, D.V. 1
  • Danilov, G.K. 1, 2
  • Oskolski, A.A. 3, 4
  • Tsygankova, V.I. 1
  • Vartanyan, S.L. 1
    • 1 North-Eastern Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Portovaya st., 16, Magadan, 685000, Russia
    2 Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Kunstkamera, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 3, Saint-Petersburg, 199034, Russia
    3 Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524 Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa
    4 Botanical Museum, Komarov Botanical Institute, Prof. Popov st. 2, Saint-Petersburg, 197376, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31951/2658-3518-2022-A-4-1523

Keywords:

Holocene, Chukotka, spore-and-pollen analyses, Quaternary deposits, paleogeography

Abstract

Results of radiocarbon dating and spore-pollen analysis of lacustrine sedi ments in the Nyrki sectionfrom the Yurumkuveem river basin (Central Chukotka) show the wider distribution of floodplain forests and the warmer  climate in this time in the region in the early Holocene than in the present time. The occurrence of larch (Larix) in the vicinity of Nyrki lake in the early Holocene is also discussed. Our data suggest that the larch range was expanded to the Yurumkuveem river valley and its inflows during the early Holocene, but this tree disappeared from there in the late Holocene.

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Published

2022-09-02

Issue

2022: №4 (SI:Paleo2022)

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