Initial results of the colorimetric indices of the oldest exposed pedocomplex (Titel loess plateau, Serbia)
Authors:   University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia, Lukić Tin , Radaković Milica ,   University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia, Marković Rastko ,   University of Niš, Department for Geography, Faculty of Sciences, Niš, Serbia, Thompson Warren ,   Radiation Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, Micić Ponjiger Tanja ,   University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia, Basarin Biljana ,   University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia, Tomić Nemanja ,   University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia, Tomović Vladimir ,   University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology, Novi Sad, Serbia, Popov Raljić Jovanka ,   Singidunum University, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Belgrade, Serbia, Gavrilov Milivoj ,   University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia, Valjarević Aleksandar ,   University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, Serbia, Sipos György ,   University of Szeged, Geomorphological and Geochronological Research Group, Department of Geoinformatics, Physical and Environmental Geography, Szeged, Hungary, Filipović Dejan ,   University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, Serbia, Morar Cezar ,   University of Oradea, Department of Geography, Tourism and Territorial Planning, Oradea, Romania, Marković Slobodan ,   Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Published: July 2023

n this study we present an in-depth description of the colorimetric values for the lowest section of the Dukatar Loess Palaeosol Sequence (LPS) pedocomplex S5. Formed during the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 13-15, it represents the oldest pedocomplex exposed at the base of the Titel loess plateau (TLP), near the confluence of the Tisa and Danube rivers in Vojvodina (northern Serbia). The results of low-field magnetic susceptibility measurements (χlf) were compared to colour properties (obtained by conventional methods as well as instrumental measuring) and quantified Soil Development Indices (SDI). Of these measurements we found that the Redness Index (RI1) yielded the most useful results, as this index appears most sensitive to lithological changes and soil development intensity. It was also observed that a high level of correlation existed between χlf, and a* chromaticity. The initial results of this study highlight the utility of colorimetric methods as an interdisciplinary tool when evaluating the presence of ferromagnetics, and the application of rock magnetism to the Middle and Upper Pleistocene LPS of the Middle Danube Basin. The presented approach can be used to observe the evolution of climatic and ecological conditions in the given study area, and for establishing correlations between sites extending over the Eurasian LPS provinces.