Clay mineralogy of red clay deposits from the central Carpathian Basin (Hungary)
- Author(s)
- János Kovács, Béla Raucsik, Andrea Varga, Gábor Újvári, György Varga, Franz Ottner
- Abstract
Geochemical and mineralogical studies of palaeosols provide essential information for palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental interpretation of continental deposits and can present a proxy for palaeoclimate. Red clays in the central Carpathian Basin (Hungary) (Tengelic Red Clay Formation; Kerecsend Red Clay Formation), overlain by loess-palaeosol sequences, were studied. Results from geochemical climofunctions applied to Upper Pliocene-Lower Pleistocene red clays and palaeosols located in the Carpathian Basin, and clay mineralogy, indicate that the palaeoclimate was considerably more humid and warmer during the Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene in comparison to modern values.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Lithospheric Research
- External organisation(s)
- University of Pécs, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
- Journal
- Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
- Volume
- 22
- Pages
- 414-426
- No. of pages
- 13
- ISSN
- 1300-0985
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3906/yer-1201-4
- Publication date
- 06-2013
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105121 Sedimentology
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/5e094dd6-9bc8-4894-a373-c07fd9363e64