Sedimentation History in the Arctic Ocean and Subarctic Seas for the Last 130 kyr

Description

The book reflects the results of the study of sedimentation history, paleoclimatology, and paleoceanography of the Arctic and Subarctic during the last 130 ka. The main objects under consideration are marine basins of the West Subarctic (Iceland, Norwegian, and Greenland Seas), the Arctic Ocean (Barents, Pechora, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, Chukchi Seas and deep-sea Arctic Ocean proper), East Subarctic (Bering and Okhotsk Seas). The modern environment and geological history of water- (ice-) sheds and marine basins have been studied for each region, using different sedimentological and geochemical proxies. Mainly results of the authors' own studies are represented, with special emphasis on glacial/interglacial variability and land-ocean interaction. The book is aimed at sedimentologists, quaternary and marine geologists, paleoclimatologists and paleoceanographers, as well as being of great interest to students in the related fields. Front Matter....Pages i-xxix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Geological and Paleoecological Events of the Late Pleistocene along Eurasian Coastal Areas of the Arctic Ocean....Pages 3-9 Late Pleistocene Geologic-Paleoecological Events in the North of European Russia....Pages 11-29 Main Geologic-Paleoecological Events of the Late Pleistocene in the North of Western Siberia....Pages 31-36 Geologic-Paleoecological Events of the Late Pleistocene in the Northern-Siberian Lowland and Taimyr Peninsula....Pages 37-41 The Late Glacial Time and Holocene of Northern Eurasia....Pages 43-45 Outlines of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene History of the East Arctic Seas....Pages 47-55 The Deglaciation Time and Holocene of Northern Eurasia....Pages 57-58 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 The Seas of West Subarctic Region....Pages 61-112 The Arctic Ocean....Pages 113-176 The Western Arctic Seas....Pages 177-288 Eastern Arctic Seas....Pages 289-299 Seas of the Eastern Subarctic....Pages 301-329 Front Matter....Pages 331-331 Characteristic Features of the Mikulino Landscapes....Pages 333-335 Results of Paleoclimate Studies....Pages 337-344 Particularities of Sedimentation Processes Within the Continental Blocks and Marine Basins....Pages 345-355 Back Matter....Pages 357-387