Clay mineralogy of red clay deposits from the central Carpathian Basin (Hungary)

Autor(en)
János Kovács, Béla Raucsik, Andrea Varga, Gábor Újvári, György Varga, Franz Ottner
Abstrakt

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(en)
Department für Lithosphärenforschung
Externe Organisation(en)
University of Pécs, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
Journal
Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
Band
22
Seiten
414-426
Anzahl der Seiten
13
ISSN
1300-0985
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3906/yer-1201-4
Publikationsdatum
06-2013
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105121 Sedimentologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Allgemeine Erdkunde und Planetologie
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/5e094dd6-9bc8-4894-a373-c07fd9363e64