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The Pozarevac loess-paleosol sequence: a record of increased aridity in the south-eastern margin of the Carpathian Basin during the last 350 ka

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Peric,  Zoran M.
Climate Geochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Markovic, S. B., Oches, E. A., Peric, Z. M., Gaudenyi, T., Sipos, G., Thiel, C., et al. (2021). The Pozarevac loess-paleosol sequence: a record of increased aridity in the south-eastern margin of the Carpathian Basin during the last 350 ka. Journal of Quaternary Science, 36. doi:10.1002/jqs.3327.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0008-D741-C
Abstract
The loess sequence preserved in the Požarevac brickyard in north-eastern Serbia comprises eight loess units separated by seven paleosols. Geochronological investigation using amino acid racemization and luminescence dating support stratigraphic correlations of loess units L3, S2LL1 and L1 at the Požarevac section with loess of glacial cycles E [Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 10], D (MIS 9–8), C (MIS 7–6) and B (MIS 5–2) across central Europe. Correlation with the marine oxygen-isotope stratigraphy and associated paleoclimatic inferences are further supported by magnetic susceptibility, particle size and carbonate content measured in Požarevac sediments. Malacological investigations at the Požarevac section reveal the continuous presence of the Chondrula tridens and Helicopsis striata faunal assemblages throughout the last 350 ka. The loess malacological fauna, which is characterized by the complete absence of cold-resistant and cold-preferring species, suggests a stable, dry and relatively warm glacial and interglacial climate, compared with other central European loess localities. Together these data suggest that the south-eastern part of the Carpathian (Pannonian, Middle Danube) Basin was a refugium for warm-preferring and xerophilous land-snails during the generally unfavorable glacial climates of the late Middle and Late Pleistocene.