Lithostratigraphy of the bottom sediments of Pskovsko-Chudskoe Lake in the proposed site of the Ice battle

Abstract

The Ice battle is one of the most famous battles in Russian history. However, there is still no clearly answer as to where the Ice battle took place. Paleogeographic reconstructions can help in finding the place of the battle. The study area is a section of the southern part of Pskovsko-Chudskoe Lake. The works were carried out in the vicinity of Samolva and Kobylie Gorodishche villages of Gdov district of Pskov region, in the Zhelchensky Bay of Pskovsko-Chudskoe Lake. The key methods in this work are bathymetric survey, bottom sediment sampling, and lithological analysis. Three main types of bottom sediments are distinguished: sands at the bottom part of core section, upper it overlain by a thick layer of peat, which covered by gyttja.