The influence of the Early Khvalynian transgression of the Caspian Sea on the structure of the Volga River and its tributaries valleys (Maliy Karaman key site, Saratov Region)
https://doi.org/10.31857/S2949178925010069
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Abstract
The Early Khvalynian transgression of the Caspian Sea is one of the largest in the late Pleistocene. In connection with this, an extensive paleo-estuary was formed in the valley of the Volga River and its tributaries. The formation of terraces in the river valleys of the region is thus closely related to the transgressive-regressive dynamics of the Caspian Sea. This paper examines a key section of the river valley. Maliy Karaman (left tributary of the Volga River), its morphology and structure, lithological composition and age of the sediments composing the terraces, to establish the influence of the Early Khvalynian transgression of the Caspian Sea on the structure of the valley.
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Supporting agencies: The work was carried out within the framework of the state assignment of the Laboratory of Recent Sediments and Pleistocene Paleogeography of the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov “Paleogeographic reconstructions of natural geosystems and forecasting their changes” No. 121051100135-0. The authors express their deep gratitude to Dr. Science T.A. Yanina and Ph.D. E.N. Badyukova for important comments and additions during the preparation of this article. The authors also express their gratitude to N.V. Sychev and N.A. Tyunin for assistance in field research
About the Authors
R. R. Makshaev
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
E. Yu. Matlakhova
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
N. T. Tkach
Geological Institute of the RAS, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
D. M. Lobacheva
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
I. E. Lysenko
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. A. Tkach
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Makshaev R.R., Matlakhova E.Yu., Tkach N.T., Lobacheva D.M., Lysenko I.E., Tkach A.A. The influence of the Early Khvalynian transgression of the Caspian Sea on the structure of the Volga River and its tributaries valleys (Maliy Karaman key site, Saratov Region). Geomorfologiya i Paleogeografiya. 2025;56(1):116-129. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2949178925010069. EDN: DNXQPH
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