Boreal (Eemian) Transgression in the Northeastern White Sea Region: Multiproxy Evidence from Bychye-2 Section
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Pollen-Based Stratigraphy
3.2. Lithology
3.3. Benthic Foraminifers
3.4. Ostracods
3.5. Aquatic Palynomorphs
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
- Based on the high-resolution, multiproxy study of the reference Bychye-2 section, we reconstructed the course of the Boreal transgression in the northeastern White Sea region, which includes three major successive phases of paleoenvironmental changes: (1) the relatively deep coastal basin in the initial phases of flooding, with extensive sea ice cover and strong stratification (ecozones 1–2, >131–130.5 ka); (2) the deepest basin in the maximum phase of flooding (ecozone 3, 130.5–130.25 ka); and (3) the shallow-water basin with reduced seasonal sea ice cover (ecozones 4–5, 130.25–119.5 ka).
- The flooding by cold Arctic waters was rapid, and a relatively deep basin with high sedimentation rates existed for ~750 years, from >131 to 130.25 ka.
- According to the pollen zone comparison with other sites, the regression due to the regional isostatic rebound started around 130 ka.
- During the regressive stage, the occurrence of ostracods, which are characteristic of the Baltic Sea and presently absent in the Arctic seas, with the highest representation ~128–124 ka, allows us to assume that the connection between the White and Baltic seas existed for 6–7 thousand years, starting from >131 ka.
- The absence of the Atlantic water indicative species among benthic microfossils suggests that the subsurface Atlantic waters did not reach the studied region, which represented a shelf with water depths of less than 100 m, even during the period of its maximum deepening.
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Taldenkova, E.; Ovsepyan, Y.; Rudenko, O.; Stepanova, A.; Bauch, H.A. Boreal (Eemian) Transgression in the Northeastern White Sea Region: Multiproxy Evidence from Bychye-2 Section. Quaternary 2024, 7, 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat7010003
Taldenkova E, Ovsepyan Y, Rudenko O, Stepanova A, Bauch HA. Boreal (Eemian) Transgression in the Northeastern White Sea Region: Multiproxy Evidence from Bychye-2 Section. Quaternary. 2024; 7(1):3. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat7010003
Chicago/Turabian StyleTaldenkova, Ekaterina, Yaroslav Ovsepyan, Olga Rudenko, Anna Stepanova, and Henning A. Bauch. 2024. "Boreal (Eemian) Transgression in the Northeastern White Sea Region: Multiproxy Evidence from Bychye-2 Section" Quaternary 7, no. 1: 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat7010003