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INFLUENCE OF LATE PLEISTOCENE CATASTROPHES IN АSIA ON NATURAL-RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF INDIVIDUAL REGIONS

N. A. Baksheev 1, M. V. Kirillov 2, A. A. Stamberskiy 1.

1 Siberian Research Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineral Resources, Novosibirsk, Russia; 2 V.S.Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy of SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

According to modern hypotheses, the formation of marine Late-Pleistocene sediments in Asia occurred near the border with oceans, and aquatic sediments were formed on the continent in lake basins. But when comparing the composition of sediments and their structure in keeping with published materials, Late Neo-Pleistocene deposits of the continent show signs characteristic of sediments with a catastrophic accumulation that is currently being formed in estuaries of the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Huang He, Yangtze Rivers et al. Data presented in the article made it possible to reconstruct probable events in Asia over the past 50 thousand years, with some elements of their prediction in the future and to identify possible risks for the population living, taking into account the depletion of mineral resources.

Keywords: Late Neo-Pleistocene sediments, Asia, nodules, bryozoans, horizon markers, reconstruction, loesses, gold, cycle, catastrophe, transgressions.

DOI 10.20403/2078-0575-2020-1-4-19