Hostname: page-component-745bb68f8f-cphqk Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-01-08T22:56:35.033Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Late Quaternary Lacustrine Pollen Records from Southwestern Beringia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Anatoly V. Lozhkin ,
Patricia M. Anderson ,
Wendy R. Eisner ,
Lilia G. Ravako ,
David M. Hopkins ,
Linda B. Brubaker ,
Paul A. Colinvaux  and
Michael C. Miller
Anatoly V. Lozhkin
Affiliation:
North East Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Far East Branch Russian Academy of Science, 16 Portovaya St., Magadan 685000, Russia
Patricia M. Anderson
Affiliation:
Quaternary Research Center AK-60, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
Wendy R. Eisner
Affiliation:
Byrd Polar Research Center, 1090 Cormack Road, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 45210
Lilia G. Ravako
Affiliation:
North East Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Far East Branch Russian Academy of Science, 16 Portovaya St., Magadan 685000, Russia
David M. Hopkins
Affiliation:
Alaska Quaternary Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775
Linda B. Brubaker
Affiliation:
College of Forest Resources AR-10, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105
Paul A. Colinvaux
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, APO, Miami, Florida 34002-0011
Michael C. Miller
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Sediment cores from three lakes in the Upper Kolyma region, northeast Russia, provide the first well-dated continuous record of late Quaternary vegetation change from far southwestern Beringia. The oldest pollen zone, tentatively assigned to the Karginsk (mid-Wisconsinan) Interstade, indicates an Artemisia shrub tundra with Pinus pumila, Betula, and Alnus at mid- to low elevations. With the onset of the Sartan (late Wisconsinan) Stade, Pinus disappeared, probably indicating severely cold, dry winters and cool summers. As conditions deteriorated further, an Artemisia -Gramineae tundra developed. Selaginella rupestris and minor herb taxa indicate the presence of poor soils and disturbed ground. This herb tundra was replaced by a short-lived (< 1000 yr) Betula-Alnus shrub tundra followed by the rapid establishment of a Larix dahurica forest with a Betula exilis-ericales-lichen understory. Populus suaveolens and Chosenia may have formed limited hardwood gallery forests at this time. Modern vegetation associations probably developed during the early Holocene with the arrival of Pinus pumila ca. 9000 yr B.P. This shrub became important in the forest understory and, with B. exilis, formed a belt of shrub tundra beyond altitudinal treeline. Comparison of the Upper Kolyma and Alaskan pollen records indicates that important differences in vegetation types and timing of vegetation change occurred across Beringia during the late Quaternary.

Type
Articles
Information
Quaternary Research , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , May 1993 , pp. 314 - 324
Copyright
University of Washington

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Anderson, P. M. (1988). Late Quaternary pollen records from the Ko-buk and Noatak River drainages, northwestern Alaska. Quaternary Research 29, 263–276.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Anderson, P. M. Reanier, R. E., and Brubaker, L. B. (1988). Late Quaternary vegetational history of the Black River region in north-eastern Alaska. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 25, 84–94.Google Scholar
Anderson, P. M. Brubaker, L. B. Colinvaux, P. A. Eisner, W. R. Hopkins, D. M. Lozhkin, A. V., and others (1991). Two late Qua-ternary pollen records from the Upper Kolyma region, Soviet North-east: A preliminary report. In “International Conference on the Role of the Polar Regions in Global Climate Change: Proceedings of a Conference Held June 11-15, 1990, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks” (Weller, G. Wilson, C. L., and Severin, B. A. B., Eds.), pp. 628–632. University of Alaska, Fairbanks.Google Scholar
Andreev, V. N. (1980). “Vegetation and Soils of Subarctic Tundra.” Nauka Academy of Science USSR, Siberian Branch Yakutia Sub-branch Biological Institute, Novosibirsk.Google Scholar
Barnosky, C. W. Anderson, P. M., and Bartlein, P. J. (1987). The northwestern U.S. during deglaciation: Vegetational history and pa-leoclimatic implications. In “North America and Adjacent Oceans during the Last Deglaciation” (Ruddiman, W. F. and Wright, H. E. Jr., Eds.), pp. 289–321. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO.Google Scholar
Beget, J. E. Hopkins, D. M. Lozhkin, A. V. Anderson, P. M., and Eisner, W. R. (1991). The newly discovered Elikchan tephra on the mainland of soviet Asia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 1991, A62.Google Scholar
Berman, D. I. (1990). The phenomena of mass beetle genus Morychus from Pleistocene deposits in northeastern Asia. Current Research in the Pleistocene 7, 101–103.Google Scholar
Blagodatskich, L. S., and Pereverzeva, L. A. (n.d.). “Final Report About Theme of Landscape Ecological Organization of Biospheric Systems of the North.” Unpublished Annual Report. Institute of Bi-ological Problems of the North, Magadan.Google Scholar
COHMAP Members (1988). Climatic changes of the last 18,000 years: Observations and model simulations. Science 241, 1043–1052.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Colinvaux, P. A. (1964). Sampling stiff sediments of an ice covered lake. Limnology and Oceanography 9, 262–264.Google Scholar
Davis, M. B. (1965). A method for determination of absolute pollen frequency. In “Handbook of Paleontological Techniques” (Kum-mel, B. and Raup, D. M., Eds.). Freeman, San Francisco.Google Scholar
Davis, M. B. Moeller, R. E., and Ford, J. (1984). Sediment focusing and pollen influx In “Lake Sediments and Environmental History” (Hayworth, E. Y. and Lund, J. W. G., Eds.), pp. 261–293. University of Leicester Press, Leicester.Google Scholar
Dokuchaev, V. B. (1985). Vegetation of the southeastern foothills of the Bolshoi Annachag Range. In “Biological Problems of the North Open Forests of Upper Kolyma Region Collection of Scientific Papers,” pp. 44–63. Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Vladivostok.Google Scholar
Edwards, M. E., and Dunwiddie, P. W. (1985). Dendrochronological and palynological observations on Populus balsamifera in northern Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic and Alpine Research 17, 271–278.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Glushkova, O. Yu., and Prokhorova, T. P. (1987). Model of late Pleistocene glaciation and sedimentation in Elgenya River basin (Upper Kolyma highland). In “Quaternary Period of Northeastern Asia,” pp. 68–89. USSR Academy of Science Far Eastern Branch North East Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Magadan.Google Scholar
Goldfarb, Ju. I. (1976). Concerning the young age of the “oldest” moraines in the Upper Kolyma River. In “Natural Resource of North East USSR,” pp. 100–106. Far East Science Center of USSR Academy of Science, Vladivostok.Google Scholar
Grichuk, V. P., and Zaklinskaya, E. D. (1948). “Analysis of Fossil Pollen and Spores and Its Application to Paleogeography.” Geographical Publications, Moscow.Google Scholar
Guthrie, R. D. (1990). “Frozen Fauna of the Mammoth Steppe.” University of Chicago Press, Chicago.Google Scholar
Hkohkryakov, A. P. (1985). “Flora of Magadan Oblast.” Nauka Moscow Academy of Science USSR Far Eastern Scientific Center, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Vladivostok.Google Scholar
Hopkins, D. M. (1972). The paleogeography and climatic history of Beringia during the late Cenozoic time. Internord 12, 121–150.Google Scholar
Hopkins, D. M. Smith, P. A., and Matthews, J. V. Jr. (1981). Dated wood from Alaska and the Yukon: Implications for forest refugia in Beringia. Quaternary Research 15, 217–249.Google Scholar
Hopkins, D. M. Matthews, J. V Jr. Schweger, C. E., and Young, S. B. (Eds.) (1982). “Paleoecology of Beringia.” Academic Press, New York.Google Scholar
Ivanov, V. F. Lozhkin, A. V. Kalnichenko, S. S., and others (1984). Late Pleistocene and Holocene of the Chukotka Peninsula and north Kamchatka. In “Geology and Mineral Resources of Northeast Asia,” pp. 33–44. Far Eastern Scientific Center of the USSR Acad-emy of Science, Vladivostok.Google Scholar
Kaplina, T. N., and Chekhovskii, A. L. (1987). The reconstruction of paleogeographic conditions during the Holocene climatic optimum in coastal lowlands of Yakutia. In “Quaternary Period of Northeastern Asia,” pp. 145–151. USSR Academy of Science Far Eastern Branch North East Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Magadan.Google Scholar
Klyukina, N. K. (Ed.) (1960). “Source Book on Applied Climatology of Northeast Siberia.” Main Administration Hydrometeorological Services Soviet Ministry USSR, Kolyma Administration Hydrometeorological Services, Magadan Hydrometeorological Observatory, Magadan.Google Scholar
Kozhevnikov, Yu. P. (1981). Ecology-floristics in middle part of basin of the Anadyr River. In “Biology of Plants and Flora of Northern Far East” (Mazurenko, M. T., Ed.), pp. 65–78. Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far Eastern Branch, USSR Academy of Science, Vladivostok.Google Scholar
Lamb, H. F., and Edwards, M. E. (1988). The Arctic. In “Vegetation History” (Huntley, B. and Webb, T. III, Eds.), pp. 519–556. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lipsitz, B. B. (n.d.). “UOPOL—A Program for Pollen Data Analysis and Display.” Unpublished manuscript. Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.Google Scholar
Lozhkin, A. V. (1984). Climate and vegetation changes in Western Beringia during the Late Pleistocene. In “Geology and Mineral Resources of Northeast Asia,” pp. 29–32. Far Eastern Scientific Center of the USSR Academy of Science, Vladivostok.Google Scholar
Lozhkin, A. V. (1992). Climates of arctic regions of North East Siberia during the late Pleistocene-Holocene transition: Data from mammoth burials of the Indigirka Lowlands. The 22nd Arctic Workshop Program and Abstracts, 88.Google Scholar
Lozhkin, A. V. (in press). Geochronology of Late Anthropogene events in northeastern USSR. In “Selected Works of Radiocarbon Research in the USSR” (Long, A. and Kra, R., Eds.). Univ. of Arizona Press, Thcson, AZ.Google Scholar
Lozhkin, A. V., and Federova, I. N. (1989). Late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation and climate of northeastern USSR based on data from lake sediments. In “Topography and Corresponding Deposits, Northeastern USSR,” pp. 3–9. Paper of the North East Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Magadan.Google Scholar
Lozhkin, A. V., and Postolenko, G. A. (1989). New data about the evolution environment of mountainous region of Kolyma River in the late Pleistocene. Papers of the USSR Academy of Science 307, 1184–1188.Google Scholar
Lozhkin, A. V., and Vazhenina, L. N. (1987). The peculiarities of vegetational development in the Kolyma Lowland during the early Holocene. In “Quaternary Period of Northeastern Asia,” pp. 135–144. USSR Academy of Science Far Eastern Branch North East Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Magadan.Google Scholar
Lozhkin, A. V. Skorodumov, I. N. Meshkov, A. P., and Rovako, L. G. (1990). Changed paleogeographic environments in the region of Gluhoe Lake (north coast of Okhotsk Sea) on boundary of Pleistocene and Holocene. Papers of USSR Academy of Science 551, 791–796.Google Scholar
McCulloch, D. S., and Hopkins, D. M. (1966). Evidence for an early recent warm interval in northwestern Alaska. Geological Society of America Bulletin 77, 1089–1108.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ritchie, J. C. (1984). “Past and Present Vegetation of the Far North-west of Canada.” University of Toronto Press, Toronto.Google Scholar
Ritchie, J. C Cwynar, L. C, and Spear, R. W. (1983). Evidence from northwest Canada for an early Holocene Milankovitch thermal maximum. Nature 305, 126–128.Google Scholar
Sher, A. V. (1974). Pleistocene mammals and stratigraphy of the Far Northeast USSR and North America. International Geological Review 16, 1–283.Google Scholar
Sher, A. V. (1992). Biota and climate in arctic Northeast Siberia during the Pleistocene/Holocene transition. The 22nd Arctic Workshop Program and Abstracts, 125–127.Google Scholar
Shilo, N. A. (1961). “Quaternary Sediments of the Yana-Kolyma Gold Belt, Conditions and Epochs of Their Formation.” Union Research Science Institute of Gold and Precious Metals (VNII-I) v. 66, Magadan.Google Scholar
Shilo, N. A. Lozhkin, A. V. Titov, E. E., and Shumilov, Yu. V. (1983). “The Kirgilyah Mammoth (Paleogeographic Aspects).” Nauka, Moscow.Google Scholar
Skornyakov, P. I., and Tupitzin, N. V. (1936). Geological and geomor-phological report of Okhotsk-Kolyma Region. Moscow and Leningrad Branch Science — Technical Information NKTP USSR 10, 1–72.Google Scholar
Stockmarr, J. (1971). Tablets with spores used in absolute pollen analysis. Pollen et Spores 13, 615–621.Google Scholar
Vesnin, V. V. Viyra, V. I., and Kartashov, I. P. (1962). History of the formation of ice relief in the Jack London region. Papers of the USSR Academy of Science 147, 2101–2104.Google Scholar
Yurtsev, B. A. (1984). Problems of the Late Cenozoic paleogeography of Beringia: Phytogeographic evidence. In “Beringia in the Cenozoic Era” (Kontrimavichus, V. L., Ed.), pp. 101–120. Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. [English translation] Google Scholar