The Age of Mires of the Central Russian Upland
https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556620040135
Abstract
The article presents results of radiocarbon dating which were done for bottom samples of peat deposits of 40 mires from different regions of the Central Russian Upland. The results showed that the most “ancient” mires were formed on the bottom of river valley depressions and slopes of watersheds, confined mainly to the western slopes of the upland. Such mires began to form in the preboreal and boreal periods of the Holocene (10.7–8.8 ka BP) in floodplains, on sandy terraces and slopes of watersheds. In the Atlantic period (8.85.7 ka BP) a significant part of the mires on different terrain elements and in different regions was formed. In the Subatlantic period (2.5 ka BP–present time) the mires in karst-suffusion depressions on watersheds was formed. The process of mire formation began in the western part of the upland, which is characterized by the distribution of coniferous and broad-leaved forests. Later the process was spread to the south and south-east of the Central Russian Upland, to deciduous forests zone and forest-steppe areas. For this reason, the “youngest” mires are formed on the watersheds in the forest-steppe zone.
Supporting agencies: This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 19-44-710001). Processing and analysis of radiocarbon dating was fulfilled by E.Yu. Novenko within the framework of the state-ordered research theme of the Institute of Geography RAS, no. 0148-2019-0005.
About the Authors
E. M. Volkova
Tula State University
Russian Federation
Tula
Russian Federation
Tula
E. Yu. Novenko
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
T. K. Yurkovskaya
Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
St.-Petersburg
Russian Federation
St.-Petersburg
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Volkova E.M., Novenko E.Yu., Yurkovskaya T.K. The Age of Mires of the Central Russian Upland. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2020;84(4):551–561. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556620040135
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