Environments of the Russian Plain during the Middle Valdai Briansk Interstade (33,000–24,000 yr B.P.) Indicated by Fossil Mammals and Plants |
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| Authors: | Anastasia K Markova Alexandra N Simakova Andrei Yu Puzachenko Lev M Kitaev |
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| Institution: | Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetny 29, Moscow, 109017, Russia;Geological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky 7, Moscow, 109017, Russia |
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| Abstract: | Abundant mammal (45 localities) and plant (52 sections) fossil data collected from the Russian Plain deposits of the Middle Valdai Briansk Interstade indicate a period of noticeable warming. These materials were jointly analyzed. The data were organized in the database software PARADOX and then moved to the GIS program ARC/INFO. Mathematical methods as well as traditional research methods were used for the analysis. The reconstructed biogeographical provinces illustrate the specific environmental and climatic conditions of the Briansk Interstade. Analogues of modern natural zones did not exist at this time on the Russian Plain. The Briansk landscapes reflect the moderate-cool climate of this period, when the majority of northern subarctic plant and mammal species extended their ranges considerably to the south to the Central Russian Plain. At the same time, steppe species penetrated farther north and west. This combination shows that the continuous forest zone was destroyed during the Briansk Inter-stade. Five biogeographical provinces have been reconstructed from the north to the south for the Russian Plain during the Briansk warming on the basis of joint analysis of mammalian and botanical data. |
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| Keywords: | Abbreviations: Late PleistoceneAbbreviations: Briansk InterstadeAbbreviations: mammalsAbbreviations: plantsAbbreviations: databaseAbbreviations: GISAbbreviations: reconstructionsAbbreviations: biogeographical provinces |
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