Collection of scientifiс works ofthe Institute of Geological Sciences NAS of Ukraine
Belarus Scientific-Production Center of Geology, Minsk
The results of the biostratigraphic subdivision of the Upper Pleistocene, mainly Muravian, deposits on the territory of Belarus based on diatom analysis are presented. The local diatom zones (ecological zones) based on identifi ed in almost 20 sites of qualitative and quantitative changes in the diatom assemblages composition have been distinguished. Diatom zones are synchronized by comparison with the pollen zones, which have regional status. The comparison of diatom assemblages characteristic of the Muravian interglacial and the preceding late glacial interval and subsequent early glacial interval sediments of Belarus has been done.