Loess correlations – Between myth and reality

Slobodan B. Marković; Thomas Stevens; Joseph Mason; Jef Vandenberghe; Shiling Yang; Daniel Veres; Gábor Újvári; Alida Timar-Gabor; Christian Zeeden; Zhengtang Guo; Qingzhen Hao; Igor Obreht; Ulrich Hambach; Haibin Wu; Milivoj B. Gavrilov; Christian Rolf; Nemanja Tomić; Frank Lehmkuhl

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.04.018

Loess correlations – Between myth and reality

Slobodan B. Marković^*, Thomas Stevens, Joseph Mason, Jef Vandenberghe, Shiling Yang, Daniel Veres, Gábor Újvári, Alida Timar-Gabor, Christian Zeeden, Zhengtang Guo, Qingzhen Hao, Igor Obreht, Ulrich Hambach, Haibin Wu, Milivoj B. Gavrilov, Christian Rolf, Nemanja Tomić, Frank Lehmkuhl

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Abstract

The correlation of loess sequences across global, hemispheric, regional and local scales is one of the most fundamental aspects to loess research. However, despite recent progress in stratigraphic and chronometric methods, the correlation of many loess sequences is often still based on untested assumptions over loess deposition, preservation, soil type and age. As such, the aim of this overview is to provide an adequate framework for evaluation of the accuracy of loess correlations applied on different temporal and spatial scales across Eurasia. This opens up possibilities for detailed temporal and spatial environmental reconstructions across the huge loess provinces of the Eurasia and provides a framework for future extension of this to North America. Additionally, we evaluate the potential development of appropriate sub-millennial scale loess correlations, as well as essentially important chronological approaches for establishing valid correlations between different loess records, such as current improvements in tephrochronology, ¹⁴C and luminescence dating techniques.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4-23
Number of pages	20
Journal	Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Volume	509
Early online date	30 Apr 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.04.018
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2018

Funding

This research was financially supported by Project 176020 of the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science and grant F-178 of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts . S.B.M. is grateful for VIFI fellowship of Chinese Academy of Sciences. F.L., C.Z., and I.O. acknowledge the financial support from a grant the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 806 grant of the German Research Foundation (DFG). JM acknowledges support through several grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). We are very grateful to anonymous reviewers whose comments and suggestions significantly improved the quality of this study. We especially wish to also extend our deep gratitude to editors Thomas Algeo and Paul Hesse for their outstanding and detailed comments and suggestions on our manuscript.

Keywords

Loess-palaeosol sequences
Northern Hemisphere
Pleistocene
Scales

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Marković, S. B., Stevens, T., Mason, J., Vandenberghe, J., Yang, S., Veres, D., Újvári, G., Timar-Gabor, A., Zeeden, C., Guo, Z., Hao, Q., Obreht, I., Hambach, U., Wu, H., Gavrilov, M. B., Rolf, C., Tomić, N., & Lehmkuhl, F. (2018). Loess correlations – Between myth and reality. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 509, 4-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.04.018

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