Climatic Changes and Landscape Evolution of Minor Kurile Arc during the Last Interglacial
Late Pleistocene paleoclimatic and paleolandscape reconstructions were based on biostratigraphical study of different facial deposits of Zeleniy and Tanfiliev Islands. Paleogeographical events were correlated with the global climate changes and natural environments development of surrounding area. 230Th/U-dating of Late Pleistocene peat bog was carried out for the first time on the Far East. Strong transformation of the landscape zones on South Kurile region during the Last Intreglacial. Paleolandscape changes during transgression-regression cycles on the small islands are discussed.