LATE GLACIAL PALAEOENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROGLACIAL LAKES ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE SAMBIAN (KALININGRAD) PENINSULA  1

N. E. Zaretskaya; Зарецкая Н. Е.; A. V. Ludikova; Лудикова А. В.; D. D. Kuznetsov; Кузнецов Д. Д.; N. N. Lugovoy; Луговой Н. Н.; O. N. Uspenskaya; Успенская О. Н.; P. D. Frolov; Фролов П. Д.

doi:10.31857/S2949178923040163

LATE GLACIAL PALAEOENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROGLACIAL LAKES ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE SAMBIAN (KALININGRAD) PENINSULA¹

Authors: Zaretskaya N.E.¹^,2, Ludikova A.V.³^,4, Kuznetsov D.D.³^,4, Lugovoy N.N.⁵^,6, Uspenskaya O.N.⁷, Frolov P.D.²
Affiliations:
1. Institute of Geography RAS
2. Geological Institute RAS
3. Institute of Limnology RAS, SPC RAS
4. Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
5. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography
6. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
7. Institute of Forest Science RAS
Issue: Vol 54, No 4 (2023)
Pages: 7-25
Section: Paleolimnological research in Russia: from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka
URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2949-1789/article/view/232930
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2949178923040163
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/YCFCMW
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Comprehensive investigations of the northern coast of the Sambian (Kaliningrad) Peninsula, that included geomorphological survey, lithostratigraphic description of the section logs, diatom, botanical and LOI analyses, radiocarbon dating, and GNSS survey relating lithological boundaries and sampling levels to the sea level and determining terrace elevations, were performed. New data on the regional palaeogeographic settings of the Late Glacial period and the stages of development of the large proglacial basin, the Baltic Ice Lake (BIL) were obtained. It has been established that after the degradation of the last glaciation, erosional (subaquatic) processes prevailed in the coastal area, while in the interval of 14–13 cal kyr BP subaerial conditions established at the study site, and tree-moss phytocenoses formed during the Allerød warming. At the end of the warming period there was a shallow, isolated lake, with decreasing depth. During the Younger Dryas oscillation, ca. 12 000 cal kyr BP, the area was flooded by waters of a vast freshwater, ultra-oligotrophic basin with high content of suspended fine mineral particles. The conditions of a shallow bay of the BIL sheltered from the main basin by a moraine ridge at least 4–5 m high, are suggested for this period. The lake drainage took place around 11 660 cal kyr BP. Since then, no accumulation or alternating accumulation and erosion conditions prevailed in the study site until the late Holocene. The obtained results allow us to speak about two stages of flooding of the northern coast of the Sambia Peninsula during the Late Glacial, possibly caused by the BIL transgressions. The occurrence of BIL deposits in the northern part of the Sambia Peninsula above sea level suggests that the Late Glacial basin level in the study area may have exceeded the present sea level.

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South-eastern Baltic, Aleika, Late Pleistocene - Holocene transition, Baltic Ice Lake, palaeogeographical studies, sedimentary palaeoarchives, reconstructions

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