New oxygen isotope diagrams of late pleistocene and holocene ice wedges of Mamontova Gora and Syrdah Lake, Central Yakutia
- Authors: Vasil'chuk Y.K.1, Shmelev D.G.2, Cherbunina M.Y.1, Budantseva N.A.1, Broushkov A.V.1, Vasil'chuk A.C.1
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Affiliations:
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Joint-Stock Company «Giprotruboprovod Institute for Trunk Pipeline Design»
- Issue: Vol 486, No 3 (2019)
- Pages: 365-370
- Section: Geography
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-5652/article/view/13504
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869-56524863365-370
- ID: 13504
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The aim of the study was to obtain the data of stable oxygen isotope composition of Late Pleistocene and Holocene ice wedges of Mamontova Gora and Syrdakh exposures and their chronology, and reconstruction of winter air temperature during the time of ice wedge formation. Direct dating of organic microinclusions from the ice wedges of Mamontova Gora outcrops allowed to establish that the ice wedges are younger than 20 ka, but older than 10 ka BP. δ18O values of the Late Pleistocene ice wedges of Mamontova Gora vary from -24.7 to -30.9 ‰, δ18O values of the Holocene ice wedges of this exposures range from -23.2 to -25.9 ‰. δ18O values in the Late Pleistocene ice wedges near Syrdakh Lake vary from -29.2 to -32.5 ‰. Reconstructed mean winter air temperature during the most part of the ice wedge growth period in Mamontova Gora site within Late Pleistocene varied from -28 to - 31°C, mean January temperature reached -42, -46°C, for the Syrdakh Lake site Late Pleistocene winter conditions were more severe: mean winter air temperature varied from -30 to -32°C, mean January air temperature reached -44, -48°C. Holocene mean winter air temperature were higher and varied from -24 to - 28°C, mean January temperature varied from -36 to -42°C.
About the authors
Yu. K. Vasil'chuk
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: vasilch_geo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, 1, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119991
D. G. Shmelev
Joint-Stock Company «Giprotruboprovod Institute for Trunk Pipeline Design»
Email: vasilch_geo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, 24-1, Vavilova street, Moscow, 119334
M. Yu. Cherbunina
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: vasilch_geo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, 1, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119991
N. A. Budantseva
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: vasilch_geo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, 1, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119991
A. V. Broushkov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: vasilch_geo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, 1, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119991
A. C. Vasil'chuk
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: vasilch_geo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, 1, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119991
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