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Studies of the paleogeographical properties of the Ubsunur Basin located on the territory of northwestern Mongolia and southern Tuva are based on the discovery of buried ice veins under Aeolian sediments in the region of Lake Khar-Nur in the eastern mountainous frame of the Great Lakes Basin of Western Mongolia. Satellite images have shown outlines of fields along the periphery of the sand deposits, the natural irrigation of which, in our opinion, was due to the melting of the abovementioned ice. Deposits similar to glacial ones have been found in the river valleys of the northern mountainous framing of the Ubsunur Basin, in its foothill part, suggesting the presence of Pleistocene glaciers extending into its flat plains. It is also assumed on this basis that, similarly to Lake Khar-Nur, the peculiar sandy massifs located in the basin could preserve relic zones of permafrost, the thawing of which contributed to the moistening of local landscapes. Such humidification zones have been seen on satellite images. There are no glacial deposits in this territory in geological legends. At this stage of research, we confirm the presence in the past of thin glaciers in the study site, caused by mountain-forming processes, and the eruption of Quaternary volcanoes on the territory of Tuva and Mongolia. Tectonic processes contributed to the damming of the Tes Khem River, the main waterway flowing along the northern mountain rim of the basin, the formation of dammed lakes, and their subsequent descent. Extended original sandy massifs located in the basin within the Agardag mountain range, previously considered fluvioglacial deposits, are a result of the descent of dammed lakes.
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Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics is a journal that publishes original scientific research and review articles on vital issues in the physics of the Earth’s atmosphere and hydrosphere and climate theory. The journal presents results of recent studies of physical processes in the atmosphere and ocean that control climate, weather, and their changes. These studies have possible practical applications. The journal also gives room to the discussion of results obtained in theoretical and experimental studies in various fields of oceanic and atmospheric physics, such as the dynamics of gas and water media, interaction of the atmosphere with the ocean and land surfaces, turbulence theory, heat balance and radiation processes, remote sensing and optics of both media, natural and man-induced climate changes, and the state of the atmosphere and ocean. The journal publishes papers on research techniques used in both media, current scientific information on domestic and foreign events in the physics of the atmosphere and ocean.
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