Reconstruction of the Late Holocene Environment of Central Yakutia Based on Fossil Invertebrates and Plants from a Buried Lake at the Vilyuy River Valley

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: S. A. Kuzmina, M. V. Micharevich, A. E. Basilyan, V. M. Lytkin, G. I. Shaposhnikov, A. N. Vasilyeva, M. P. Pavlova, E. Ponomarenko, A. A. Galanin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2023
• Subjects: insects; freshwater invertebrates; vegetation; gyttja; oxbow; climate; Hydraulic engineering; TC1-978; Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes; TD201-500; Leech; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w15152790; https://doaj.org/article/0e9a648fe57e4f399d2c1447a1db69fb

We present the first record of Holocene fossil insect assemblages from Central Yakutia. A stratigraphic sequence in the locality within the Vilyuy River valley is a buried oxbow. The late Holocene water body inherited an impervious stratum from the late Pleistocene. The organic layer preserved rich...