Luminescence chronology of the Upper Pleistocene loess record at Kurtak in M iddle Siberia |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Edafología, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Mexico;2. Institute of Earth Sciences, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia;3. Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Russia;4. Earth Cryosphere Institute, RAS, Siberian Branch, Russia;5. Tyumen State University, Russia;1. Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany;2. Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany;3. School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen''s University Belfast, UK |
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| Abstract: | The loess/palaeosol sequence of Kurtak, situated at the western bank of the upper Yenisei in Middle Siberia, represents one of the best developed Middle and Upper Pleistocene sediment records in Yenisei Siberia. More than 40 m thick loess and loess-like sediments intercalated by at least four pedocomplexes are exposed at a steep erosional slope at the bank of the Krasnoyarsk Water Reservoir. Infrared optically stimulated luminescence (IRSL) and thermoluminescence (TL) dating techniques have been applied on 38 fine grain samples from the upper 23 m of the profile, representing the penultimate and last interglacial–glacial cycle. The IRSL and TL age estimates are in good agreement with the geological estimates up to the last interglacial soil horizon (oxygen isotope substage (OIS) 5e). The luminescence ages show that the lowermost truncated palaeosol of kastanosjem-type is likely to have formed during the penultimate interglacial upon subaerial deposits. Three weak reddish brown palaeosols intercalated by reworked loess-like sediments correlate with early Upper Pleistocene interstadials (OIS5dion of -a), and a succession of humic horizons alternated by cryoturbation processes (Kurtak pedocomplex) is linked with OIS 3. Thick loess deposits between the pedocomplexes show now significant age increase with depth, indicating high accumulation rates at around 23 ka (OIS 2) and 60 ka (OIS 4). |
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