Clay mineralogy of red clay deposits from the central Carpathian Basin (Hungary): Implications for Plio-Pleistocene chemical weathering and palaeoclimate

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 414-426

  Kovács, János ^a,b   Raucsik, Béla ^a   Varga, Andrea ^a   Újvári, Gábor ^c,d   Varga, György ^c   Ottner, Franz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Institute of Applied Geology   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

East Central Europe; Loess; Palaeoclimate; Palaeosol; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Red clay

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

CARPATHIAN BASIN; HUNGARY;

EID: 84878436387     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-1201-4     Document Type: Article

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