The Lover and the southern part of the Middle Volga region during Pleistocene

Abstract

Khvalyn brown clays and alluvium of Vened and Krivitch suites are the most reliable reference mark for correlation of pleistocene deposits in the Lower and Middle Volga basin. Accumulation of fine sediments in the limens and estuaries takes place during vast palaeocaspian transgressions in the Middle Volga basin. The main part of the Middle Volga alluvium, which consists of channel faces, may be traced downstream as buried river deposits of Vened, Krivitch, Chernoyar, Atel suites and low terraces of recent Volga valley.