Stable isotope data from loess malacofauna: Evidence for climate changes in the Pannonian Basin during the Late Pleistocene

摘要

Loess is terrestrial clastic sediment, composed dominantly of silt-sized particles formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. It is usually inter-bedded with palaeosol horizons forming loess-palaeosol successions (LPS). Due to its characteristics loess represents a high quality record of climate changes in the Late Pleistocene. The thickest and best-studied loess sections in the Republic of Croatia are located in the eastern Croatian province of Baranja, near the Danube River. This area is a southern part of the Pannonian Basin. Zmajevas LPS was selected in this study. Grain-size distribution indicates that the loess from Zmajevac LPS in Baranja is typical loess, comparable with other loess profiles in the Pannonian Basin.