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- Title
Clay mineralogy of red clay deposits from the central Carpathian Basin (Hungary): implications for Plio-Pleistocene chemical weathering and palaeoclimate.
- Authors
KOVÁCS, János; RAUCSIK, Béla; VARGA, Andrea; ÚJVÁRI, Gábor; VARGA, György; OTTNER, Franz
- 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.
- Subjects
HUNGARY; SOIL mineralogy; SEDIMENTATION &; deposition; PLEISTOCENE Epoch; CHEMICAL weathering; PALEOPEDOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 2013, Vol 22, Issue 3, p414
- ISSN
1300-0985
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3906/yer-1201-4