Aminostratigraphic evaluation of conflicting age estimates for the Young Loess of Hungary

Auteurs :
OCHES, E.A.
MCCOY, W.D.

Description :
As part of a regional investigation of the aminostratigraphy of central European loess deposits, the AA. have sampled and analyzed the amino acid composition of fossil gastropod shells from stratotype loess profiles at Mende, Basaharc, and Paks, plus the profile at Süttö, in an effort to correlate independently loess-paleosol formations of the Young Loess of Hungary with loess units elsewhere in the region. Based on amino acid epimerization ratios, the AA. propose a new chronology for the standard Young Loess profile of Hungary.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1995, vol. 44, n°. 2, p. 160-170, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 42 ref.

Date :
1995

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier