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PROBLEMS OF THE QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY OF THE SIBERIAN REGION

I. D. Zolnikov 1,2,3, A. V. Shpansky 4, M. V. Mikharevich 5

1 V.S.Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy of the SB RAS, 2 Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia, 3 Institute of Geography of the RAS, Moscow, Russia; 4 Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia; 5 Siberian Research Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineral Resources, Novosibirsk, Russia

This special issue of the journal is devoted to modern controversial subjects arising during the research of the Siberian Quaternary system. The initiative to discuss these problems and new factual material that requires rethinking outdated stratigraphic constructions belonged to the section of the Quaternary system of SIBRMSK and was supported by leading experts actively working in the region. It should be noted that this issue does not cover all the unresolved issues on the geology, stratigraphy and paleogeography of the Quaternary period of Siberia.

Keywords: West Siberia, East Siberia, Cenozoic, Quaternary system, Eopleistocene, Neo-Pleistocene, biostratigraphy, paleomorphology.

DOI 10.20403/2078-0575-2021-10c-3-6

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