Environmental dynamics and luminescence chronology from the Orlovat loess-palaeosol sequence (Vojvodina, northern Serbia)

Abstract

The Carpathian Basin contains some of the best preserved loess deposits in Europe, including some of the continent's longest and best resolved climate records. Large areas of the basin have been intensively investigated in recent years, although deposits in the east remain largely unstudied, despite considerable regional variation in climate records. Here we discuss the sedimentary record exposed in the Orlovat brickyard using detailed litho‐ and pedo‐stratigraphic, enviromagnetic parameters and luminescence dating. The results show an atypical Late Pleistocene succession for the Carpathian Basin. Notably, the normally widespread pedocomplex V‐L1S1 is missing. This contrasts with other parts of the sequence, which appear highly resolved, such as the thicker pedocomplex V‐S1 and the detailed transitions between modern pedocomplexes V‐S0 and the last glacial loess unit V‐L1. The luminescence chronology demonstrates a lack of intensive pedogenesis during the Early Holocene and raises an important general question about the beginning of Holocene soil formation in the region. The later Holocene soil formation adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests more complex terrestrial responses of climate to global climate change. This evidence weakens the validity of previously generalized direct stratigraphic correlations between regional terrestrial environmental archives, and global marine and ice core records.

Črvenka loess-paleosol sequence revisited: local and regional Quaternary biogeographical inferences of the southern Carpathian Basin

“…Thus the youngest loess layer, V-L1L1, would have accumulated during the upper last glacial period and V-S0 formed during the Holocene. The lithostratigraphical and chronological analysis of the črvenka profile [9] were published in other studies [27,[30][31][32].…”

“…The MZ2 developed between 9.5 and 7.7 m. Based on the chronological data [27,[30][31][32] and Granaria frumentum (Fig. 5).…”

New luminescence-based geochronology framing the last two glacial cycles at the southern limit of European Pleistocene loess in Stalać (Serbia)

“…Generally, LPS have been investigated intensively in Southeastern Europe, but only some were OSL-dated in high-resolution (Constantin et al, 2014;Fitzsimmons and Hambach, 2014;Fuchs et al, 2008;Marković et al, 2014;Murray et al, 2014;Schmidt et al, 2010;Stevens et al, 2011;Zeeden et al, in press); mainly data concerning physical/chemical properties have been reported. Marković et al (2015) give an extensive overview.…”

Danube loess stratigraphy — Towards a pan-European loess stratigraphic model

“…Global climate change initiates spatially and temporally diverse regional terrestrial responses. The precise timing of climatic terminations does not necessarily occur coevally with the dated boundaries of loess and palaeosol units (Stevens et al, 2008;Marković et al, 2014c). This complicates the assignment of uniform stratigraphic schemes over wide areas at stadial-interstadial levels.…”