Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.4154/gc.2023.05

Initial results of the colorimetric indices of the oldest exposed pedocomplex (Titel loess plateau, Serbia)

Tin Lukić orcid.org/0000-0001-5398-0928 ; University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
Milica Radaković orcid.org/0000-0002-5916-4187 ; University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
Rastko Marković ; University of Niš, Department for Geography, Faculty of Sciences, Niš, Serbia
Warren Thompson orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-1286 ; Radiation Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Tanja Micić Ponjiger ; University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
Biljana Basarin ; University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
Nemanja Tomić ; University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
Vladimir Tomović ; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology, Novi Sad, Serbia
Jovanka Popov Raljić orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-1286 ; Singidunum University, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Belgrade, Serbia
Milivoj Gavrilov ; University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
Aleksandar Valjarević ; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, Serbia
György Sipos ; University of Szeged, Geomorphological and Geochronological Research Group, Department of Geoinformatics, Physical and Environmental Geography, Szeged, Hungary
Dejan Filipović ; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, Serbia
Cezar Morar ; University of Oradea, Department of Geography, Tourism and Territorial Planning, Oradea, Romania
Slobodan Marković ; Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

In this study we present an in-depth description of the colorimetric values for the lowest section of the Dukatar Loess Palaeosol Sequence (LPS) pedocomplex S5. Formed during the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 13-15, it represents the oldest pedocomplex exposed at the base of the Titel loess plateau (TLP), near the confluence of the Tisa and Danube rivers in Vojvodina (northern Serbia). The results of low-field magnetic susceptibility measurements (χlf) were compared to colour properties (obtained by conventional methods as well as instrumental measuring) and quantified Soil Development Indices (SDI). Of these measurements we found that the Redness Index (RI1) yielded the most useful results, as this index appears most sensitive to lithological changes and soil development intensity. It was also observed that a high level of correlation existed between χlf, and a* chromaticity. The initial results of this study highlight the utility of colorimetric methods as an interdisciplinary tool when evaluating the presence of ferromagnetics, and the application of rock magnetism to the Middle and Upper Pleistocene LPS of the Middle Danube Basin. The presented approach can be used to observe the evolution of climatic and ecological conditions in the given study area, and for establishing correlations between sites extending over the Eurasian LPS provinces.

Keywords

loess; pedocomplex; soil color indices; Vojvodina; Titel loess plateau; Dukatar; North Serbia

Hrčak ID:

306102

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/306102

Publication date:

16.6.2023.

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