Late Pleistocene loess‐palaeosol sequences in the Vojvodina region, north Serbia

Abstract

Late Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sequences are widespread in the Vojvodina region, with thicknesses reaching a maximum of about 20 m. Our investigations include more than 40 of these loess sections. Geochronology of the last glacial loess-palaeosol sequences, based on luminescence dating and amino acid racemisation, provides correlations between Upper Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sediments in Vojvodina and comparable deposits at other European localities. Sedimentary logs of magnetic susceptibility, grain-size measurements and carbonate content, combined with malacological evidence, indicate two main relatively cold and arid phases during the last glacial period, related to intensive accumulation of loess units L1L1 and L1L2, as well as many brief episodes of dry and windy climatic conditions, suggesting a possible relationship with cold events recorded in the North Atlantic region. Generally, late Pleistocene climate in the region was dry and relatively warm, compared with glacial period sites in central Europe, and was characterised by sharp differences between glacial and interglacial modes.New data and interpretations presented in this study emphasise the significance of loess-palaeosol sequences in Vojvodina for the reconstruction of the temporal and spatial evolution of late Pleistocene palaeoclimate in this part of Europe.

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

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“…New results have been attained from paleoecological analyses of the southern part of the Carpathian Basin [1][2][3][4] especially in the field of Quaternary malacological analyses in the Vojvodnia (Vajdaság) region [5][6][7][8][9][10]. Malacological studies merit to Endre Krolopp, Quaternary malacologist (who passed away in 2010), and his follower Pál Sümegi and finally his Ph.D. students Dávid Molnár and Júlia Hupuczi.…”

“…Comprehensive stratigraphical, chronological and sedimentological examinations were carried out at the Črvenka brickyard site under the direction of Slobodan Marković in the last few years [9,27]. The study site at Črvenka (N 45 ∘ 39.75', E 19 ∘ 28.77', 108 m a.s.l.)…”

OSL chronostratigraphy for loess deposits from Tyszowce – Poland

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Malacological characteristic of the Weichselian Upper Pleniglacial (MIS-2) loess profile in Tłumaczów (SW Poland)

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