Section of the “Albatross” Quaternary Sediments

The outcrop of quaternary sediments located on the coast of the Kazantip Bay, in the vicinity of the village of Novootradnoye, 300 m south-southeast from the guest house “Albatross” has been studied. The studied continental rocks are probably of eluvial origin. However, a significant amount of sand in their composition may indicate the participation of the deluvial process in their formation — temporary flow associated erosion of bedrock on the uplands located to the south, as well as strong aeolian activity, traces of which are manifested in the form of dusty high-carbonate loess-like loams. The formation of sediments, apparently, occurred during the middle subboreal warming (4800–3400 years ago) and coincides with the period of increasing climate aridization.

loess-like loam, medium-subboreal warming, Quaternary system, Kerch Peninsula