Geomorphological investigations and GIS approach of the Tamis loess plateau, Banat region (northern Serbia)

Abstract

The focus of this study was the loess plateau located in the Tamiš River valley in the central part of Banat region (northern Serbia). This morphologic unit has been formed by the loess accumulation process during the last two glacial periods. Digital elevation model (DEM) is based on the 1:25.000 scale topographic maps. Detailed geomorphologic and hypsometric maps are provided with selected cross sections. The borders of the plateau and spatial distribution of the micromorphology are precisely defined on DEM. The plateau rises gradually from the Upper Pleistocene terrace on the north and northwest, while to the east and south slopes and vertical bluffs were controlled by the lateral erosion process of surrounding channels and by the weathering process on the loess. The plateau has an atypical morphology characterized by reduced geomorphologic diversity. Loess topography is significantly flattened by human impact. Its micromorphology is characterised by shallow depressions and gullies.

Environmental dynamics and luminescence chronology from the Orlovat loess-palaeosol sequence (Vojvodina, northern Serbia)

“…These palaeochannels are relicts of ancient fluvial activity of, most probably, the palaeo Tisa River (Figs and ). Hydromorphometric parameters of the Petra channel and recent Tisa meanders support this assumption and it is plausible that the Begej or even Tamiš rivers used this riverbed after the Tisa had shifted westwards (Popov et al ., , , ). Thus, the current distribution of the Tamiš loess plateau is a relic of a previously much larger loess belt reduced in extent by intensive fluvial erosion.…”

“…(A) Map of the Vojvodina region with the geographical positions of the main loess sections (Marković et al ., , modified). (B) A geomorphological map of the Tamiš loess plateau surrounded by the Tamiš and Begej river valleys (Popov et al ., , modified). This figure is available in colour online at wileyonlinelibrary.com.…”

Specifying the External Impact on Fluvial Lowland Evolution: The Last Glacial Tisza (Tisa) Catchment in Hungary and Serbia

“…and the Tamiš plateau in the east (at >82 m a.s.l. ), both consisting of Late Pleistocene loess [68,[72][73][74]. The Zrenjanin section is the most representative, crossing three terrace levels (location Figure 5).…”

Specifying the External Impact on Fluvial Lowland Evolution: the Last Glacial Tis(Z)a Catchment In Hungary and Serbia

“…internal report). Sharply dissecting the Titel plateau in the west (at 110-130 m) and the Tamiš plateau in the east (at >82 m in the east), both consisting of Late Pleistocene loess [68,[71][72][73], a series of meander systems may be distinguished. The Zrenjanin section is the most representative one, crossing 3 terrace levels (location Figure 5).…”