Késő-pleisztocén (késő-glaciális) – holocén környezetváltozás Duna menti homokbuckák komplex vizsgálata alapján

In this study the authors analyse the sands and fossil soils of three sand dunes situated along the Danube River near toBudapest, using sedimentological, pedological, xylotomical and malacological methods. The respective ages of the layerswere determined by radiocarbon and luminescence methods (IRSL, TL). The main aims of the research were thefollowing: outline the characteristic features of the evolution of the Late Glacial-Holocene environment; determine themain July temperature by malacothermometre; indicate three natural sand-moving periods (as younger Dryas, end ofBoreal and the second phase of Atlantic), and three anthropogenic sand-moving periods (as Subboreal (bronze age),Subatlantic, and Medieval Age). A brown forest soil was discovered as a regional element. This soil developed on theaeolian sand deposited 8000±300 years ago, and indicates the surface through 3–7 thousand years. Nowadays it is coveredby blown sands of a different age.