Environmental Changes and Their Significance for Sustainability

A special issue of Quaternary (ISSN 2571-550X).

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Dear Colleagues,

The evolution of natural geo-ecosystems is mostly described from a purely academic viewpoint. However, the genetic processes of operation within those systems and their evolution in a geological framework may provide a good understanding of the natural conditions and mechanisms that govern our present-day natural environment. This knowledge will help in the evaluation of the risks of natural disasters or hazards and in managing a sustainable environment. We welcome papers that lead to a better understanding of natural systems and their evolution in Quaternary perspectives with the potential for consideration or implementation within present-day and future environments.

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Dr. Slobodan B. Marković
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Keywords

  • environmental change
  • hazard risk
  • sustainable land surface evolution
  • sustainable land surface processes

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A Glacial–Interglacial Malacofauna Record from the Titel Loess Plateau, Serbia, between ~350 and 250 ka
by Milica G. Radaković, Bojan Gavrilović, Milivoj B. Gavrilov, Rastko S. Marković, Qingzhen Hao, Randall J. Schaetzl, Christian Zeeden, Binggui Cai, Zoran M. Perić, Aleksandar Antić, Tin Lukić and Slobodan B. Marković
Quaternary 2024, 7(2), 28; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat7020028 - 14 Jun 2024
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We present data on molluscan fauna within the L3 loess unit (and partially within the S3 paleosol) from the key loess section of Veliki Surduk in Serbia. The section correlates to Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 8 and late MIS 9 and, thus, spans [...] Read more.
We present data on molluscan fauna within the L3 loess unit (and partially within the S3 paleosol) from the key loess section of Veliki Surduk in Serbia. The section correlates to Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 8 and late MIS 9 and, thus, spans the time frame from ~350 to 250 ka. The Veliki Surduk loess–paleosol sequence (LPS) is located on the northwestern margin of the Titel loess plateau and comprises ~30 m of sediments. Our focus is on a 5.4 m thick sedimentary interval, which was sampled at 20 cm increments, each sample covering approximately 2 ky. Nine mollusk species were identified in the loess sequence: Granaria frumentum, Helicopsis striata, Pupilla triplicata, Chondrula tridens, Pupilla muscorum, Succinella oblonga, Punctum pygmaeum, Vallonia costata, and Vitrina pellucida, as well as a few unidentified slug taxa (Limacidae, Agriolimacidae, and Milacidae). The majority of the snail assemblage occurs at the transition between MIS 9 and MIS 8, suggesting a mostly dry climate and an open and steppe-like habitat. The fauna identified in the upper part of the paleosol layer S3, below the L3 unit, indicated aridification. Full article
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