Articles

Paleoenvironments reconstructed from the analyses of loess sequences on Susak Island, Adriatic Sea

Published:
December 21, 2017
Authors
View
Keywords
How To Cite
Selected Style: APA
Kis, Éva, Schweitzer, F., & Lóczy , D. (2017). Paleoenvironments reconstructed from the analyses of loess sequences on Susak Island, Adriatic Sea. Acta Geographica Debrecina Landscape & Environment Series, 11(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.21120/LE/11/2/1
Abstract

Susak Island is the outermost member of the archipelago of the Kvarner Bay, North Adriatic Sea, Croatia. Its long-term landscape evolution is defined by tectonic movements. Most characteristic are partly exhumed landforms of an ancient terrane (scarps, uplifted limestone cliffs) in a still active neotectonic environment, but the most appropriate tools for the reconstruction of Quaternary paleoenvironments are loess and loess-like deposits. The Quaternary sequence is up to almost 100 m thickness locally and intensively studied by numerous disciplines (from structural geology to geochemistry and geomorphology) today. The special location of the island makes it a key area of research into the evolution of the broader environment, including the Po Plain as well as other Italian source areas of wind-borne and redeposited dust. The loess mantle was also of great importance for a paleoecological reconstruction of floral and faunal evolution, on which efforts of nature conservation are founded.