Abstract
The first detailed record of mineral magnetic properties of a loess-paleosol profile comprising four loess horizons, three interbedded paleosols and recent soil at the top in the southeastern Danube plain (Romania) is presented. A strong contrast between the soil and loess susceptibility as well as other concentration dependent parameters is present, similar to magnetic characteristics of the Chinese loess. Pedogenetic susceptibility suggests paleoprecipitation values for the first and second paleosols similar with the present-day annual rainfall. During the formation of the third paleosol the rainfall value was probably in the order of 10% compared to the present-day value. According to susceptibility data from the Carpatho-Pannonian-Black Sea region, it seems that the warmest and moistest condition in the whole area prevailed during stage 9 of the marine δ18O record.
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