The Introduction to Geoconservation of loess-palaeosol sequences in the Vojvodina region: Significant geoheritage of Serbia

• Published in: Quaternary international Vol. 240; no. 1; pp. 108 - 116
• Main Authors: Vasiljević, Dj.A., Marković, S.B., Hose, T.A., Smalley, I., Basarin, B., Lazić, L., Jović, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2011
• ISSN: 1040-6182; 1873-4553
• DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.07.008

Loess-palaeosol sequences represent important palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental archives on land. Furthermore, loess deposits in the Vojvodina region (North Serbia) can be regarded as one of the most important European terrestrial records of climatic and environmental changes during the last million years which makes them valuable scientific resource. Unfortunately, these sites are endangered by numerous, mostly human, factors and could be degraded permanently. Besides the scientific community, these geosites could be presented and interpreted (geotourism) to a much wider audience. This paper presents an introduction with general overview of the evaluation and conservation methods and sustainable promotion of loess sediments and their possible implications in the Vojvodina region. The proposed methods could also be further applied to other geologically equivalent locations worldwide.