Danube Loess Stratigraphy: Serbian Viewpoint (original) (raw)
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Late Pleistocene loess stratigraphy of the region of Ba ˇ cka and Srem attracted numerous geoscientists in the past century. The first results of investigations were mainly based on descriptions of loess-paleosol sequences and their correlation with other sites in the Danube Valley of Central Europe. Pecsi and Bronger’s studies were the first to be based on mineralogy, micromorphology and soil development of paleosols. Later with the development of luminescence dating techniques SINGHVI and his team suggest the revision of previous results, because the results show that the chernozem and chernozem-like soils are older (interglacial age). In the last decade after international investigations lead by MARKOVI ´ C and his group, the multidisciplinary research of loess-paleosol sequences proves the MIS 5 age of the developed chernozem pedocomplex. According to the recent developments and the derived data the regional loess stratigraphical nomenclature of Pleistocene formations is changed...
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