Vegetation and climate changes in the north of the Central Kamchatka Depression in the Late Holocene
https://doi.org/10.31857/S2949178924040117
EDN: FFCQTJ
Abstract
In order to study the vegetation history of the northern part of the Central Kamchatka Depression, a core Kich was obtained and studied by lithological, tephrochronological, palynological analyses and radiocarbon dating. Palynological data allowed us to identify the main stages in the vegetation and climate development over the past 3000 years. By the end of the cool period at ~2.5 cal. kyr BP, in the Kich River valley poplar forests were replaced by alder, willow and stone birch forests. About 1.9 cal. kyr BP, sedge-dominated mire was replaced by grass meadows as a result of a series of the Shiveluch volcano eruptions and climate changes. As climate became drier stone birch forests spread about 1.2 cal. kyr BP. Since 0.8 cal. kyr BP, the areas of coniferous forests increase, first with the spread of larch and later spruce.
Supporting agencies: The author is grateful of O. Borisova, V. Ponomareva, A. Panin, E. Zazovskaya, E. Konstantinov, E. Zelenin and D. Vorontsov for the help, to the referees for their constructive input. The field works were supported by a Megagrant (agreement № 075-15-2021-599), laboratory work was made with support of the Russian Science Foundation grant № 21-77-10102 and pollen analysis was carried out within the framework of the state assignment of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FMWS-2024-0005)
About the Authors
O. O. Mukhametshina
Institute of geography RAS, Moscow; Geological institute RAS, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
M. D. Shchekleina
Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. L. Zakharov
Institute of geography RAS, Moscow; Geological institute RAS, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Mukhametshina O.O., Shchekleina M.D., Zakharov A.L. Vegetation and climate changes in the north of the Central Kamchatka Depression in the Late Holocene. Geomorfologiya i Paleogeografiya. 2024;55(4):177-191. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2949178924040117. EDN: FFCQTJ
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