The Süttő loess-paleosol sequence is the most investigated Late Pleistocene sequence in Hungary. The sediment succession is deposited next to the right bank of the river Danube. Various investigations and methods were applied on the sequence
in order to get chronological and paleoenvironmental informations. Detailed infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) dating, high resolution grain size and magnetic susceptibility analyses were carried out. The MIS5e paleosol is identified by different
paleoenvironmental signals. Grain-size distribution and magnetic susceptibility data showed similarities with the mother European loess-paleosol sequences, as well as the marine oxygen isotope stages. - (AM)
One of the most outstanding parts of Márton Pécsi’s scientific achievement is related to the investigation of loess-paleosol series. With the detailed stratigraphic partitioning of the most important sequences and complex characterization of certain
units, he initiated the lithostratigraphic subdivision of Plio-Pleistocene terrestrial deposits in Hungary. Paleosols, intercalating the loess sediments are important segments of this lithostratigraphic subdivision, as they serve as marker horizons
. Based on their soil-genetic levels, paleosols have been set against recent soils; this comparison was the ground of paleoenvironmental reconstructions. However, different paleogeomorphological position and its various processes can lead to the formation
The loess chronology in Hungary has been revised several times since the time of Bulla's studies, well visible on the position of the last interglacial paleosol on the loess sections. The aim of this work is to compare the outcome of the most recent