Facies logs and age determinations of 8 sites from Taymyr Peninsula ...

• Main Authors: Möller, Per, Bolshiyanov, Dimitry Yu, Bergsten, Helene
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1999
• Subjects: agedetermination; facieslogs; Outcrop sample; RU-Land_1996_Taymyr; AWI Arctic Land Expedition; Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North QUEEN; Ice Sheet; Kara Sea; Taymyr; Taymyr Peninsula; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.727407; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.727407

The Taymyr Peninsula constitutes the eastern delimitation of a possible Kara Sea basin ice sheet. The existence of such an ice sheet during the last global glacial maximum (LGM), i.e. during the Late Weichselian/Upper Zyryansk, is favoured by some Russian scientists. However, a growing number of studies point towards a more minimalistic view concerning the areal extent of Late Weichselian/Upper Zyryansk Siberian glaciation. Investigations carried out by us along the central Byrranga Mountains and in the Taymyr Lake basin south thereof, reject the possibility of a Late Weichselian/Upper Zyryansk glaciation of this area. Our conclusion is based on the following: Dating of a continuous lacustrine sediment sequence at Cape Sabler on the Taymyr Lake shows that it spans at least the period 39-17 ka BP. Even younger ages have been reported, suggesting that this lacustrine environment prevailed until shortly before the Holocene. The distribution of these sediments indicates the existence of a paleo-Taymyr lake ... : Supplement to: Möller, Per; Bolshiyanov, Dimitry Yu; Bergsten, Helene (1999): Weichselian geology and palaeoenvironmental history of the central Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia, indicating no glaciation during the last global glacial maximum. Boreas, 28(1), 92-114 ...