Late Pleistocene loess‐palaeosol sequences in the Vojvodina region,north Serbia |
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| Authors: | Slobodan B. Marković Mark P. Bokhorst Jef Vandenberghe William D. McCoy Eric A. Oches Urlich Hambach Tivadar Gaudenyi Mladjen Jovanović Ludwig Zöller Thomas Stevens Björn Machalett |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Chair of Physical Geography, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia;2. Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA;4. Department of Geology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA;5. Chair of Geomorphology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany;6. Oxford Luminescence Research Group, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;7. Leibniz Institute for Applied Geosciences (GGA‐Institut), S3: Geochronology and Isotope Hydrology, Hannover, Germany |
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| 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. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | late Pleistocene loess palaeoclimate Vojvodina Serbia |
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