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

Abstract

External impact on the development of fluvial systems is generally exerted by changes in sea level, climate and tectonic movements. In this study, it is shown that a regional to local differentiation of fluvial response may be caused by semi-direct effects of climate change and tectonic movement; for example, vegetation cover, frozen soil, snow cover and longitudinal gradient. Such semi-direct effects may be responsible for specific fluvial activity resulting in specific drainage patterns, sedimentation series and erosion–accumulation rates. These conclusions are exemplified by the study of the fluvial archives of the Tis(z)a catchment in the Pannonian Basin in Hungary and Serbia from the middle of the last glacial to the Pleistocene–Holocene transition. Previous investigations in that catchment are supplemented here by new geomorphological–sedimentological data and OSL-dating. Specific characteristics of this catchment in comparison with other regions are the preponderance of meandering systems during the last glacial and the presence of very large meanders in given time intervals.

Disentangling Sedimentary Pathways for the Pleniglacial Lower Danube Loess Based on Geochemical Signatures

“…The authors interpreted these similarities as an indicator for the importance of the Danube alluvium (DA) as the main sediment supplier and dust source in the LDB, corresponding to the MR mode of loess genesis (Li et al, 2020). However, the geochemical composition of the alluvial sediment changes laterally, as major tributaries in the MDB contribute to the sediment load of the Danube (Nenadić et al, 2016;Vandenberghe et al, 2018;Mitrinović et al, 2020). The influence of other local to sub-regional source areas for the loess of the Middle Danube Basin is evident in the range in the geochemical data of the reference sections from the MDB.…”

The Early Upper Paleolithic Site Crvenka-At, Serbia–The First Aurignacian Lowland Occupation Site in the Southern Carpathian Basin

“…However, even then large variability between aliquots and shine down curve shapes as well as poor recycling ratios were observed. In a later study, this complex behavior was not encountered, but overestimated dose recovery ratios led the authors to caution the quartz OSL results (Vandenberghe et al, 2018). The potassium feldspar samples, however, showed excellent luminescence characteristics.…”

“…This shows potential for other studies on coarse-grained feldspars in the Carpathian Basin, as was already suggested for the deposits of the paleo Tisza River (cf. Popov et al, 2012;Vandenberghe et al, 2018). Nevertheless, it should be noted that the dated grain size fraction does not reflect the dominant sedimentological grain size (cf.…”

“…The grain size differences within trench 3 can be interpreted as contrasting depositional environments typically occurring alongside fluvial channels, at lakeshores or in alluvial fan or delta settings (cf. Xiao et al, 2012;Brooke et al, 2018;Vandenberghe et al, 2018). The absence of finer material such as silt in units C-D of trench 5 highlights that the fluvial sedimentary system was complex, even at a local scale.…”

Saline Soils: A Potentially Significant Geoheritage of the Vojvodina Region, Northern Serbia

“…Slano Kopovo is located at the northern part of the Vojvodina region, between regional roads Novi Bečej-Novo Miloševo-Kikinda and Novi Bečej-Bašaid (Figure 6. The saline soils here have been preserved in paleomeander on a terrace of Tisa River [27,28]. the summer dry season, when the shallow surface water evaporates and the basin becomes completely white with salts, contrasting well with the surrounding green to yellow agricultural fields.…”