Contents

Contents
Blümel, Wolf Dieter, THieDe, Jörn, and NarmaNN, ruth: Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
THieDe, Jörn: aims of the leopoldina Symposium on russian-German cooperation in the
Scientific exploration of Northeastern eurasia: a Personal and eclectic View . . . . . . 15
kroPacHeV, Nikolay m.: Welcome Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
kрoпaчeв, Николаи m.: приветственное Слово . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Blümel, Wolf Dieter: Welcome address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Leopoldina Lecture
THieDe, Jörn: From lomonosov to modern Times: eclectic History of russian-German
cooperation in the Scientific exploration of High Northern latitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Extended Contributions
Research infrastructure in Northern Sibiria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
HEiMANN, Martin, ScHULzE, Ernst-Detlef, WiNDERLicH, Jan, ANDREAE, Meinrat O., cHi,
Xuguang, GERBiG, christoph, kOLLE, Olaf, küBLER, karl, LAVRic, Jost, MikHAiLOV,
Eugene, PANOV, Alexey, PARk, Sungbin, RöDENBEck, christian, and SkOROcHOD,
Andrej: The zotino Tall Tower Observatory (zOTTO): Quantifying Large Scale Biogeochemical changes in central Siberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
HuBBerTeN, Hans-Wolfgang, and GriGorieV, mikhael N.: The New arctic research
Station “Samoylov island” in the lena Delta: Prospects of Joint russian-German
Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
kuzNeTSoV, Vladislav, Y.: methods of radiochronology of Quaternary Sediments:
modern approaches and results of Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Session I Summary
Environmental change in Northern Eurasia in Real Time
Session chair: Jörn THieDe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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ScHWAMBORN, Georg, RAcHOLD, Volker, GRiGORiEV, Mikhail, and kRBETScHEk, matthias:
Sedimentation History in the lena Delta, Northern Siberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
FEDOROVA, irina V., cHETVEROVA, Antonina A., BOLSHiyANOV, Dmitry yu., MAkAROV,
Aleksandr S., BOikE, Julia, MORGENSTERN, Anne, and HEiM, Birgit: Hydrology of the
lena river Delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SEMENOVA, Olga, and LEBEDEVA, Lyudmila S.: Advanced Process-Based Hydrological
Modelling as an Effective Tool for Assessment of changes of the Arctic Environment
in Different Temporal and Spatial Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
iVANOV, Vladimir V., cHERNyAVSkAyA, Ekaterina V., MASLOV, Pavel, AkSENOV, yevgeny,
and cUEVAS, Beverly DE: Shelf-Basin Exchange in the Laptev Sea in the Warming climate: The Joint roles of atmospheric Forcing and Hydrography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
SemerYuk, irina, and BaucH, Dorothea: Distribution of Sea ice Derived Brine Signals
from the Siberian Shelf area Based on Stable oxygen isotope and Salinity Data . . . . 109
Session II Summary
continental Siberia: Dynamics of Permafrost Landscapes and carbon Fluxes
Session chair: mikhael N. GriGorieV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
urBaN, anna a.: Genesis and age of Pingo Structures in the lena Delta, Northeast
Siberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
ANTciBOR, iulia, EScHENBAcH, Annette, kUTzBAcH, Lars, BOLSHiyANOV, Dmitry, and
PFEiFFER, Eva-Maria: content and Distribution of Trace Metals in Permafrost-affected
Soils of Northern Siberia, russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
zUBRzycki, Sebastian, DESyATkiN, Alexey R., kUTzBAcH, Lars, and PFEiFFER, Eva-Maria:
carbon Stocks in Permafrost-affected Soils in the lena river Delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
EVGRAFOVA, Svetlana, and WAGNER, Dirk: Microbial Methane Driving Processes in Siberian arctic and Sub-arctic cryosols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
BARANSkAyA, Alisa V.: The Latest Tectonic Movements in key Areas on the coasts and
islands of the laptev Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
GRiGORiEV, Mikhail N.: Erosion Rates and Terrigenous Sediment Fluxes in the Lena Delta
region (east Siberian arctic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
SANDERS, Tina, FiENckE, claudia, and PFEiFFER, Eva-Maria: Nitrogen Availability,
Turnover and Limitation in Permafrost Affected Soils of Samoylov island in the Lena
Delta, Northeast Siberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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VAkHRAMEEVA, Polina S., BiSkABORN, Boris k., BOLSHiyANOV, Dmitry yu., DiEkMANN,
Bernhard, SAVELiEVA, Larissa A., and SUBETTO, Dmitry A.: Sedimentological Studies
of High Latitude Lake Sediments Aimed at Palaeoenvironmental Reconstructions: an
example from the lena Delta Hinterland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
cHETVEROVA, Valentina A., DEREVyANkO, Luda G., and GUSEV, Evgeny A.: Palynological
characteristics of lower Yenisey Quaternary Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Session III Summary
The Paleoenvironmental History of Siberian Permafrost Landscapes
Session chair: Hans-Wolfgang HuBBerTeN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
SAVELiEVA, Larissa A., BOLSHiyANOV, Dmitry yu., HERzScHUH, Ulrike, VAkHRAMEEVA,
Polina S., BiSkABORN, Boris, and DiEkMANN, Bernhard: Vegetation History of the lower
lena river from Pollen records of lake Sediments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
RUDAyA, Natalya A., ANDREEV, Andrei, WETTERicH, Sebastian, and ScHiRRMEiSTER, Lutz:
climate and Vegetation of Late Pleistocene in the East Siberian Arctic Based on Pollen
Data from Bol’shoy lyakhovsky island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
MORGENSTERN, Anne, GüNTHER, Frank, ULRicH, Mathias, FEDOROVA, irina V., RUDAyA,
Natalya A., BOikE, Julia, and ScHiRRMEiSTER, Lutz: Evolution of Thermokarst Lakes
and alasses in the ice-rich Permafrost of the lena river Delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
RAScHkE, Elena, ANDREEV, Andrei, FEDOROV, Grigory, ScHWAMBORN, Georg, and
ScHiRRMEiSTER, Lutz: Late Pleistocene and Holocene Vegetation History Deduced
from Palynological investigations of the Permafrost Records of the El’gygytgyn impact crater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
NAzAROVA, Larisa B., TUMANOV, Oleg N., HERzScHUH, Ulrike, FROLOVA, Larisa A., and
PESTRyAkOVA, Lyudmila A.: Tracking Environmental change Using invertebrate Bioindicators from the lakes of Yakutia (Siberia, russia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
FROLOVA, Larisa A., GAFiATULLiNA, Liliya i., NAzAROVA, Larisa B., and WETTERicH,
Sebastian: Palaeoenvironmental investigations and Reconstructions in Northern Russia
using Subfossil Cladocera (Branchiopoda, Crustacea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Session IV Summary
Siberian Shelf Seas and the Adjacent Arctic Ocean
Session chair: Heidemarie kaSSeNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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JUHLS, Bennet, kiRiLLOV, Sergey A., HöLEMANN, Jens, TiMOkHOV, Leonid A., kASSENS,
Heidemarie, HEiM, Birgit, NOVikHiN, Andrey, and JANOUT, Markus: Oceanography of
the laptev Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
WEGNER, carolyn, WiTTBRODT, kerstin, BAUcH, Dorothea, HöLEMANN, Jens A., JANOUT,
Markus, NOVikHiN, Andrey, HEiM, Birgit, kiRiLLOV, Sergey, kASSENS, Heidemarie, and
TiMOkHOV, Leonid: Summer Sediment Transport Dynamics on the Laptev Sea Shelf
(Siberian arctic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
POLyAkOVA, yelena, kRyUkOVA, irina, kLyUViTkiNA, Tatiana, NOVicHkOVA, yekatherina,
and MANkO, Nataliya: Living and Fossil Microalgae from the Eurasian Arctic Seas as
indicators of modern and Past environmental changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
TALDENkOVA, Ekaterina, cHiSTyAkOVA, Natalia, BAUcH, Henning A., STEPANOVA, Anna,
OVSEPyAN, yaroslav, and SPiELHAGEN, Robert F.: Past Environmental Transformation
of the Laptev Sea continental Margin and Water Mass changes since Last Deglacial
Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
BAUcH, Henning A., OVSEPyAN, yaroslav, TALDENkOVA, Ekaterina, STEPANOVA, Anna,
and RUDENkO, Olga: A Multiproxy Reconstruction of the Last interglacial Environmental conditions in Northern russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
SPiELHAGEN, Robert F., WERNER, kirstin, cHiSTyAkOVA, Natalia, and TALDENkOVA, Ekaterina: Holocene Variability of atlantic Water advection to the arctic ocean . . . . . . . . 195
kRyUkOVA, irina, POLyAkOVA, yelena, ABRAMOVA, Ekaterina, MARTyNOV, Fedor,
NOVikHiN, Andrey, kASSENS, Heidemarie, and HöLEMANN, Jens: Ecological and Geographical characteristics of Phytoplankton in the Eastern Laptev Sea (Autumnal Season
2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
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