2023-01-01 null null 76(卷), null(期), (null页)
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 Ti -tel loess plateau (TLP), near the confluence of the Tisa and Danube rivers in Vojvodina (north-ern Serbia). The results of low-field magnetic susceptibility measurements (& chi;lf) 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 ex-isted between & chi;lf, and a* chromaticity. The initial results of this study highlight the utility of colo-rimetric 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 ex-tending over the Eurasian LPS provinces.