Earth’s Cryosphere, 2017, Vol. XXI, No. 3, p. 12-22
THE POSSIBILITIES OF RECONSTRUCTING THE COMPOSITION OF VEGETATION COMMUNITIES ON THE BASIS OF CONJUGATED PALYNOLOGICAL, PHYTOLITH AND CARPOLOGICAL
ANALYSES FOR LOWER COURSE AREA OF THE KOLYMA RIVER
O.G. Zanina1, D.A. Lopatina2
1 Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, RAS,
2, Institutskaya str., Moscow region, Pushchino, 142290, Russia oksanochka_zet@mail.ru
2 Geological Institute, RAS, 7, Pigevskiy per., Moscow, 119017, Russia; dalopat@mail.ru
The results of investigation of the phytofossil complexes (spore-and-pollen spectra, phytoliths and seeds) from surface samples characterizing different plant associations from the area of the Kolyma lower course are presented. The peculiarities of fossilization of vegetative micro remnants in various ecotopes of the permafrost zone have been revealed. The formation regularities of the examined complexes and the possibility of combined application of palynological, phytolith and carpological methods for paleoecological reconstructions of the Upper Quaternary deposits in the region have been defined.
Kolyma lower course, recent vegetation, phytolith analysis, palynological analysis, carpologycal analysis