The Mineralogical and Geochemical Parameters Reflecting the Palaeoenvironment of Soil Formation in the South of the East European Plain in Quaternary
https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556620040032
Abstract
Reconstructions of the dynamics of soil formation conditions’ climatic parameters in Quaternary in the south of the East European Plain are performed. Reconstructions are based on the study of paleosols as indicators of biosphere evolution on the scale of geological and historical time. The completeness and reliability of paleogeographic reconstructions is determined by the selected research objects, including the paleosols of archaeological sites (kurgans) of the steppe zone of the European part of Russia, as well as loess-soil sections of the Azov region, containing a series of Pleistocene paleosols (the last 800 thousand years). Three independent methods were used to perform quantitative reconstructions of paleoenvironment: 1) magnetic method (magnetic susceptibility of soils) linking the soil “magnetic record” with the previous environmental conditions of the steppes and allowing to obtain quantitative climate characteristics (precipitation, aridity) in the Pleistocene and Holocene; 2) geochemical method based on empirical dependencies of geochemical coefficients of weathering, linking changes in the bulk chemical composition of soil mass and its elements with climate factors, as well as a complex of mineralogical studies; 3) methods of isotopic geochemistry, the isotopic composition of carbon, allowing us to obtain information about the climate regime of the territory, reconstruct some parameters of climate systems. Based on the obtained set of magnetic, geochemical, and isotopic parameters of soils and rocks, the optimal indicators’ set for paleoclimatic reconstructions is proposed. The climatic conditions (paleotemperature, paleoprecipitation, and aridity) of the natural environment of the Eurasian steppes in the Holocene and Pleistocene were modeled.
Keywords
evolution of soils,
paleopedosphere,
global climate change,
soil magnetic properties,
geochemistry,
soil mineralogy
Supporting agencies: The work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant nos. 19-29-05178; 19-54-45008).
About the Authors
A. O. Alekseev
Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Pushchino
Russian Federation
Pushchino
P. I. Kalinin
Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Pushchino
Russian Federation
Pushchino
T. V. Alekseeva
Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Pushchino
Russian Federation
Pushchino
V. A. Alekseeva
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
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