Holocene organic sedimentation in Lake Ladoga

D. D. Kuznetsov; D. A. Subetto

doi:10.31857/S043542812102005X

Holocene organic sedimentation in Lake Ladoga

D. D. Kuznetsov, D. A. Subetto

https://doi.org/10.31857/S043542812102005X

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Abstract

Organic matter content was analyzed in 10 sediment cores retrieved from different parts of Lake Ladoga using the loss on ignition (LOI). The thickness of retrieved sediments varies from 0.7 to 1.7 m. The lower part of the sediment sequences was formed in the Late Pleistocene – Early Holocene, or during the Holocene climatic optimum. Up to five periods of organic sedimentation were recognized in all studied cores. Two periods of higher organic content were distinguished corresponding to the Mid Holocene and the recent 1500 years, respectively. The first maximum in the Mid Holocene ends with a sharp decrease in the content of organic matter; a decrease in organic matter occurred before the beginning of the second maximum. All recognized periods are believed to primarily result from changing productivity of the Lake Ladoga ecosystem, which relates in turn to climatic changes during the Holocene. Among regional-scale paleogeographic events (transgressive and regressive stages of the Baltic paleobasins, Ladoga transgression) only the Baltic Ice Lake stage and its regression can be clearly recognized in changing organic sedimentation. Lake-level changes resulted from the Early Holocene Ancylus transgression and the Mid Holocene Ladoga level rise are less visible in the organic matter content. Similar trends in organic concentrations can be identified in all studied sediment sequences even though some of them are incomplete. Since the changes in organic matter content are often not expressed in lithology, this approach can be applied for correlation of the sediment sequences from different parts of the lake.

Keywords

lake sediments, lacustrine sedimentation, organic matter in sediments, loss on ignition

About the Authors

D. D. Kuznetsov

Institute of Limnology of the RAS
Russian Federation

Saint-Petersburg

D. A. Subetto

Herzen State Pedagogical University
Russian Federation

Saint-Petersburg

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For citations:

Kuznetsov D.D., Subetto D.A. Holocene organic sedimentation in Lake Ladoga. Geomorfologiya. 2021;52(2):63-71. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S043542812102005X