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Late Quaternary lake-level changes of Lake El'gygytgyn, NE Siberia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Olaf Juschus ,
Maksim Pavlov ,
Georg Schwamborn ,
Frank Preusser ,
Grigory Fedorov  and
Martin Melles
Olaf Juschus*
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Geoscience, Technische Universität Berlin, Ackerstraße 76, Sek ACK 1-1, 13355 Berlin, Germany
Maksim Pavlov
Affiliation:
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Bering Street, 199397 St. Petersburg, Russia
Georg Schwamborn
Affiliation:
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg, 14471 Potsdam, Germany
Frank Preusser
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Grigory Fedorov
Affiliation:
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Bering Street, 199397 St. Petersburg, Russia
Martin Melles
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Strasse 49a, 50674 Cologne, Germany
*
⁎Corresponding author. Fax: + 49 221 4705149. E-mail address:olaf.juschus@web.de (O. Juschus).
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Abstract

Lake El'gygytgyn is situated in a 3.6 Ma old impact crater in northeastern Siberia. Presented here is a reconstruction of the Quaternary lake-level history as derived from sediment cores from the southern lake shelf. There, a cliff-like bench 10 m below the modern water level has been investigated. Deep-water sediments on the shelf indicate high lake levels during a warm Mid-Pleistocene period. One period with low lake level prior to Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 has been identified, followed by a period of high lake level (10 m above present). In the course of MIS 2 the lake level dropped to − 10 m. At the end of MIS 2 the bench was formed and coarse beach sedimentation occurred. Subsequently, the lake level rose rapidly to the Holocene level. Changes in water level are likely linked to climate variability. During relatively temperate periods the lake becomes free of ice in summer. Strong wave actions transport sediment parallel to the coast and towards the outlet, where the material tends to accumulate, resulting in lake level rise. During cold periods the perennial lake ice cover hampers any wave activity and pebble-transport, keeping the outlet open and causing the lake level to drop.

Keywords

Lake El'gygytgynSiberian ArcticLate QuaternaryLake-level changes
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Quaternary Research , Volume 76 , Issue 3 , November 2011 , pp. 441 - 451
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University of Washington

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1 Present address: Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.

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