REGIONAL FEATURES OF THE ARCTIC COASTS EVOLUTION IN HOLOCENE

F. A. Romanenko

doi:10.15356/0435-4281-2012-4-81-92

REGIONAL FEATURES OF THE ARCTIC COASTS EVOLUTION IN HOLOCENE

F. A. Romanenko

https://doi.org/10.15356/0435-4281-2012-4-81-92

Abstract

Geomorphological mapping and radiocarbon dating of loose sediments evidence that the Holocene history of the coastal zone relief in the Arctic markedly differs even in neighboring areas. It is caused by block tectonic movements and relief of the adjacent shelf. The absence of accumulative surfaces over 4-5 m in height composed of marine Holocene sediments suggests that sea level during the Holocene was not raised higher. On many low-lying areas of the coast accumulation is replaced currently by erosion. The dynamics of the Arctic islands coasts is governed mainly by the weather of a definite year.

Keywords

Arctic coasts, Holocene, sea level changes, recent erosion

About the Author

F. A. Romanenko

Moscow State University, Moscow
Russian Federation
Geographical Department

References

1. Kaplin P.A., Selivanov A.O. Izmeneniya urovnya morey Rossii I razvitiye beregov: proshloye, nastoyashcheye, budushcheye (Sea level changes in Russia and sea coast evolution: past, present, future). Moscow: GEOS (Publ.), 1999, 229 p. (in Russ.).

2. Lukyanova S.A., Solovyeva G.D. Coasts of the Kara and Laptev seas, East Siberian and Chukchi seas. In: Geoekologicheskoye sostoyaniye arcticheskogo poberezh’ya Rossii I besopasnost’ prirodopol’zovaniya (Ecological state of the Arctic coasts of Russia and the nature management safety. Moscow: GEOS (Publ.), 2007, pp. 492–502 (in Russ.).

3. Are F.E. Termoabraziya morskikh beregov (Thermal abrasion of sea coasts). Moscow: Nauka (Publ.), 1980, 160 p. (in Russ.).

4. Vasilyev A.A., Pokrovskiy S.I., Shur Yu.L. Thermoerosional coast dynamics on Western Yamal. Kriosfera Zemli (Cryosphere of the Earth), 2001, v. V, no. 1, pp. 44–52 (in Russ.).

5. Vasilyev A.A. Dinamika morskikh beregov v kriolitozone (Sea coast dynamics in the cryolithozone). Dr.Sc. Thesis. Tyumen: Inst. kriosfery Zemli (Inst. of Earth’s cryosphere), SB RAS, 2004, 49 p. (in Russ.).

6. Kamalov A.M., Ogorodov C.A., Biryukov V.Yu. et al. Morpholithodynamics of the Baydaratskaya Guba coast and bottom at the crossing by the main gas pipelines. Kriosfera Zemli (Cryosphere of the Earth), 2006, v. X, no. 3, pp. 3–14 (in Russ.).

7. Romanenko F.A. Geomorphic process intensity on the Kara and Laptev sea coasts and islands.

8. Geomorfologiya (Geomorphology RAS), 2008, no. 1, pp. 56–64 (in Russ.).

9. Geokriologiya SSSR. Zapadnaya Sibir’. (Geocryology of the USSR. West Siberia). E.D. Ershov, Ed. Moscow: Nedra (Publ.), 1989, 454 p. (in Russ.).

10. Yamal-Gydanskaya oblast’ (Yamal-Gydan Region). Leningrad: Gidrometeoizdat (Publ.), 1977, 308 p. (in Russ.).

11. Lappo S.D. Okeanograficheskiy spravochnik arkticheskikh morey SSSP (Oceanographic reference book on the Arctic seas of the USSR). Leningrad- Moscow: Izd-vo Glavsevmorputi (Publ.), 1940, 184 p. (in Russ.).

12. Morskaya geomorfologiya. Terminologicheskiy spravochnik. (Marine geomorphology. Terms). V.P. Zenkovich, B.A. Popov, Eds. Moscow: Mysl’ (Publ.), 1980, 278 p. (in Russ.).

13. Romanenko F.A., Voskresenskiy K.S., Andreev A.A. et al. Specific features of the relief and loose deposit formation on the western Yamal and Baydaratskaya Guba coasts (the Kara Sea). In: Problemy obshchey I prikladnoi geoekologii Severa (Problems of general and applied geoecology of the North). Moscow: MGU (Publ.), 2001, pp. 41–68. (in Russ.).

14. Sovershaev V.A., Kamalov A.M., Voskresenskiy K.S., Romanenko F.A. Development of coastal depositional landforms under conditions of the cryolithozone. In: Dinamika arkticheskikh poberezhiy Rossii (Dynamics of the Arctic coasts of Russia). Moscow: MGU (Publ.), 1998, pp. 80–92 (in Russ.).

15. Gramberg I.S., Shkola I.V., Bro E.G., et al. Parametric wells on islands in the Barents and Kara seas. Sovetskaya Geologiya (Soviet Geology), 1985. no. 1, pp. 95–98 (in Russ.).

16. Dibner V.D., Zakharov V.V. Islands of the Kara Sea. In: Ostrova Sovetskoy Arktiki. Geologiya SSSR (Islands of the Soviet Arctic. Geology of the USSR). V. ХХVI. Moscow: Nedra (Publ.), 1970, pp. 196–207 (in Russ.).

17. Tarasov P.E., Andreev A.A., Romanenko F.A., Sulerzhitskiy L.D. Palynostratigraphy of the Upper Quaternary deposits of Sverdrup Island (the Kara Sea). Stratigrafiya. Geologicheskaya korrelyatsiya (Stratigraphy. Geol correlation), 1995, v. 3, no. 2, pp. 98–104 (in Russ.).

18. Polyarnaya Zvezda (Polar Star). Chaun district Newspaper. Pevek: 2003. (in Russ.).

19. Ananyev G.S. Katastroficheskiye protsessy reliefoobrazovaniya (Catastrophic processes of relief formation). Moscow: MGU (Publ.), 1998, 102 p. (in Russ.).

20. Rychagov G.I. Obshchaya geomorfologiya (General Geomorphology). Moscow: MGU (Publ.), 2006, 416 p. (in Russ.).

21. Likhacheva E.A., Timofeyev D.A. Ekologicheskaya geomorfologiya. Slovar’-spravochnik. (Dictionary of Environmental geomorphology). Moscow: Media-PRESS (Publ.), 2004, p. 78. (in Russ.)..

22. Shilovtseva O.A., Kononova N.K., Romanenko F.A. Climate change in the Arctic Regions of Russia /Climate Change Adaptation: Ecology, Mitigation and Management. New-York: Nova Science Publishers, 2011, pp. 33–60.

Review

For citations:

Romanenko F.A. REGIONAL FEATURES OF THE ARCTIC COASTS EVOLUTION IN HOLOCENE. Geomorfologiya. 2012;(4):81-92. https://doi.org/10.15356/0435-4281-2012-4-81-92