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Late Pleistocene Environments of the Central Ukraine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Denis-Didier Rousseau ,
Natalia Gerasimenko ,
Zhanna Matviischina  and
George Kukla
Denis-Didier Rousseau
Affiliation:
Paléoenvironnements et Palynologie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution(UMR CNRS 5554), Université Montpellier II, case 61, place E. Bataillon, Montpellier Cedex 05, 34095, France Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York, 10964, E-mail: denis@dstu.univ-montp2.fr
Natalia Gerasimenko
Affiliation:
Paleogeography, Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Volodymyrska, 44, Kyiv, 01034, Ukraine
Zhanna Matviischina
Affiliation:
Paleogeography, Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Volodymyrska, 44, Kyiv, 01034, Ukraine
George Kukla
Affiliation:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York, 10964
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Abstract

The Vyazivok loess sequence from the Dnieper Plain, Ukraine, documents regional environmental changes during the late Pleistocene and Holocene. Pedological and palynological analyses and low-field magnetic susceptibility document changes from dense temperate forest during the last interglacial maximum to open, harsh, loess–steppe during the latest Pleistocene. The Vyazivok section overlies hillwash derived from a lower Pleistocene terrace and consists of two stratified soil complexes (Kaydaky and Pryluky; marine isotope stage [MIS] 5 equivalent) separated by a layer of eolian dust (Tyasmyn silt). The lower soils in both complexes formed within forest. These soils are overlain by the Uday (MIS4) and Bug (MIS2) loess units, which are separated by boreal soils of the Vytachiv (MIS3) complex. The coldest conditions within the record occurred in the youngest loess. Holocene soils cap the Bug loess. The Vyazivok section shows remarkable similarities with other classical loess sequences in western Europe, the Czech Republic, and Austria. The Kaydaky, Pryluky, and Vytachiv deposits, correlate with the PKIII, PKII, and PKI soil complexes, respectively, of the Czech Republic. The Tyasmyn and Prylyky silt layers correspond to marker horizons from central Europe.

Keywords

loessUkrainepedologypollenmagnetic susceptibilitylast climatic cycleupper Pleistocene
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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , November 2001 , pp. 349 - 356
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University of Washington

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