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Loess in the Vojvodina region (Northern Serbia): an essential link between European and Asian Pleistocene environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2014

S.B. Marković ,
U. Hambach ,
T. Stevens ,
M. Jovanović ,
K. O'Hara-Dhand ,
B. Basarin ,
H. Lu ,
I. Smalley ,
B. Buggle  and
M. Zech
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S.B. Marković*
Affiliation:
Chair of Physical Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovića 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
U. Hambach
Affiliation:
Chair of Geomorphology, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
T. Stevens
Affiliation:
Chair of Physical Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovića 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia Centre for Quaternary Research, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
M. Jovanović
Affiliation:
Chair of Physical Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovića 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
K. O'Hara-Dhand
Affiliation:
Giotto Loess Research Group, Department of Geology, Leicester University, LE1 7RH, UK
B. Basarin
Affiliation:
Chair of Physical Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovića 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
H. Lu
Affiliation:
School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
I. Smalley
Affiliation:
Giotto Loess Research Group, Department of Geology, Leicester University, LE1 7RH, UK
B. Buggle
Affiliation:
Chair of Geomorphology, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
M. Zech
Affiliation:
Chair of Geomorphology, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany Soil Physics Department, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Z. Svirčev
Affiliation:
Laboratory for paleoenvironmental reconstruction, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
P. Sümegi
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Szeged, 6722, Szeged Egyetem u.2-6, Hungary
N. Milojković
Affiliation:
Chair of Physical Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovića 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
L. Zöller
Affiliation:
Chair of Geomorphology, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
*
Email: [email protected].

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Loess deposits in the Vojvodina region, northern Serbia, are among the oldest and most complete loess-paleosol sequences in Europe to date. These thick sequences contain a detailed paleoclimatic record from the late Early Pleistocene. Based on the correlation of detailed magnetic susceptibility (MS) records from Vojvodina with the Chinese loess record and deep-sea isotope stratigraphy we here reconfirm and expand on a stratigraphic model of the Vojvodinian loess-paleosol chronostratigraphic sequence following the Chinese loess stratigraphic system.

Variations in MS, dust accumulation rates, and the intensity of pedogenesis demonstrate evidence for a Middle Pleistocene climatic and environmental transition. The onset of loess deposition in Vojvodina also indicates a direct link between dust generation in Europe and that in the interior of Eurasia since the Early Pleistocene. The youngest part of the Early Pleistocene and oldest part of the Middle Pleistocene is characterised by relatively uniform dust accumulation and soil formation rates as well as relatively high magnetic susceptibility values. In contrast, the last five interglacial-glacial cycles are characterised by sharp environmental differences between high dust accumulation rates during the glacials and low rates observed during soil development. The data presented in this study demonstrate the great potential of Vovjodina's loess archives for accurate reconstruction of continental Eurasian Pleistocene climatic and environmental evolution.

Keywords

ChinaClimateEurasiaLoessMagnetic susceptibilityPleistoceneSerbia
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Research Article
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Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 91 , Issue 1-2 , September 2012 , pp. 173 - 188
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Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2013

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