Eolian relief of southeast Banatian

Menkovic, Ljubomir

doi:10.2298/gsgd1304001m

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“…Wing lengths can reach up to 1.5 km and have heights of ca. 5-10 m (Menković, 2013). The dunes have formed under significant vegetative control and with a moderate sand supply, and are dated to the Early Holocene (Sipos et al, 2016).…”

Section: Proxy Wind Data From Loess and Dunesmentioning

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Prevailing surface winds in Northern Serbia in the recent and past time periods; modern- and past dust deposition

et al. 2018

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This study utilizes four different methodological approaches to examine the prevailing surface winds and their associated aeolian processes in Northern Serbia, focusing on the southeastern part of the Carpathian Basin. We utilized wind and atmospheric pressure data from 1939-2014 and 1960-2010 for the climatological analyses. Geomorphological data and numerical simulations were used to estimate prevailing paleowind systems. Northern Serbia is currently dominated by surface winds coming from the fourth (270°-360°) and second (90°-180°) quadrants, with frequencies of ca. 116 and 105 days/year, respectively. Comparable frequencies within Banatska Peščara are 115 and 129 days/year, respectively. Crestal orientations of the vast majority of the ≈1300 parabolic dunes here suggest that they have formed from winds derived from the second quadrant, indicating formation during the early Holocene. The remaining dunes, of the transverse type, have orientations aligned to the third quadrant. Grain size analysis of loess deposits near Banatska Peščara points to deposition driven by southeasterly winds, probably during the period between the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the early Holocene. Modern wind measurements and geomorphological data showed that the prevailing winds in the recent and past periods were from the same quadrant, in and around Banatska Peščara. These results were confirmed with an explicit numerical simulation that modelled prevailing winds from the second quadrant during the LGM. Thus, the various geomorphologic and climatic data analyzed in this study show that the general air circulation patterns in the recent period are not dissimilar to those operative during the LGM.

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Prevailing surface winds in Northern Serbia in the recent and past time periods; modern- and past dust deposition

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“…Between the loess plateaus, there is a Vršac-Alibunar tectonic depression (Figure 3A). In this depression and the river valleys that are open to it, the Upper Pleistocene river terrace was built (Figure 3A), by mixing marsh sediments and loess blown from the surrounding plateaus [55].…”

Section: Geomorphological Settingmentioning

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“…The Banatska peščara Sands is characterized by a distinctly dune relief, which represents the long dunes of the NW-SE direction and the interdepression [47]. The height difference between dunes and depressions is 20-30 m. The sand accumulated in the Banatska peščara sands comes from the alluvial material made by the Danube floods during the Holocene [55]. This sand is mostly driven by prevailing winds that blow from the SE quadrant (Košava wind) and form more than 1300 parabolic dunes [58].…”

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Geological Approach for Landfill Site Selection: A Case Study of Vršac Municipality, Serbia

et al. 2021

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One of the biggest problems of environmental protection in Serbia is landfills. It is often a case that the economic interests are predominant in the landfill sitting; thus, most landfills are not located according to standards. This study shows that detailed geological data assets combined with geographical modeling represents a reliable way to define and locate the landfill site. Geological evaluation is discussed in detail with regard to bedrock lithology, quaternary geology, geological structure, hydrogeology, surface runoff patterns, and topography. An approach combining geographical modeling and geology is presented for determining the sites suitable for landfill selection with respect to their geologic favorability. As opposed to numerous research papers on this topic, in the methodological procedure, special importance is devoted to the analysis of the geological criteria. In this way, it is significantly easier to determine the landfill area with the best characteristics due to geological structure and lithology which unequivocally and precisely indicates inadequate territories for candidate sites. The multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) is based on geological criteria upgraded with road (primary, residential, secondary, and tertiary), settlements network, railway, airport, infrastructure, land use, hypsometry aquifer, wetland, and surface water. The score values are divided into four classes, i.e., restricted areas, suitable but avoid, suitable, and most suitable. Combining geographical modeling with geology led to the recognition of two locations to be most favorable for landfill site located in the most suitable area, which represents 25.3% of the study area.

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“…There is minimal information concerning blown sand movement in the Deliblato Sands in Serbia, an area termed the 'Desert of Europe' or 'European Sahara,' because it is characterized by large, fixed dune forms that were bare in the past few centuries, and provided a desert-like look to the landscape until the beginning of the 20 th century (Cholnoky, 1902). The development of the dune field has been investigated by several researchers in the past, and primarily based on geomorphic observations, various hypotheses and assumptions were made concerning the origin and the time of its formation (Cholnoky, 1910(Cholnoky, , 1940Menković, 2013).…”

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“…As the sand overlies loess at some locations, other authors placed the major deflation phase in the Holocene, subsequent to fluvial deposition and loess formation (Marković-Marjanovič, 1950). More recently, Menković (2013) concluded that the sand sheet was formed during the last glacial termination and the Preboreal (10.3–9 ka) and Boreal (9–8 ka) periods of the Early Holocene (Greenlandian stage), and, after an Atlantic period (8–5 ka) stabilization in the Mid Holocene (Northgrippian stage), the present-day dunes developed in the Subboreal period (5–2.5 ka) and later (Meghalayan stage). Nevertheless, it is essential to underline that no numeric age data were available when these hypotheses were formulated.…”

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Late Pleistocene and Holocene aeolian activity in the Deliblato Sands, Serbia

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The Deliblato Sands is among the largest uniform dune fields of Europe, with a very pronounced topography reflecting extensive past aeolian events. Although lacking numerical age data, previous researchers have hypothesized various periods of dune formation. Our research goals were to map the main morphological units of the Deliblato Sands, and to provide the first optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages for the major dune types. Mapping was carried out using digital elevation models, satellite images, and GPS profiles. Dune development was investigated using OSL. Several tests were performed concerning thermal treatment, signal characteristics, dose recovery, and dose distributions to assess the suitability of sediments for luminescence dating. Based on our results, two dune generations could be identified that differed in morphology and age. Older dune forms are primarily low sand-supply, hairpin-like parabolic dunes that developed from the last glacial maximum until the end of the early Holocene, then became stabilized. Younger, superimposed parabolic dunes record an intensive aeolian signal from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The history of the Deliblato Sands fits with those from other European sand dune areas, and provides further details to understand paleoenvironmental changes in the region.

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Eolian relief of southeast Banatian

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Prevailing surface winds in Northern Serbia in the recent and past time periods; modern- and past dust deposition

Prevailing surface winds in Northern Serbia in the recent and past time periods; modern- and past dust deposition

Geological Approach for Landfill Site Selection: A Case Study of Vršac Municipality, Serbia

Late Pleistocene and Holocene aeolian activity in the Deliblato Sands, Serbia

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