Danube Loess Stratigraphy: Serbian Viewpoint (original) (raw)

After KUKLA, FINK, LOZEK and PECSI had created their classical Danube loess stratigraphic models the focus of loess researchers has shifted to the thick loess-paleosol sequences of China and Central Asia. However, recent research has begun to highlight the significance of Danubian loess sequen- ces, particularly the exposed sequences in the southern Danube basin in Serbia. The stratigraphic models used in the Danube basin vary between countries and often use complex nomenclature. This is in part due to historial separation of research groups and the predominantly incomplete pre- servation of loess sequences in the region. However, because of the relative completeness of the loess record, and the length of time represented in the sequences, the exposures of loess in Serbia provide the opportunity to develop a unified stratigraphic model for Middle and Late Pleistocene loess in the Danube basin.