Formations of Late Neogene and Pleistocene terrestrial sediments in the region of Mórágy Hill (Hungary)

Abstract

In the 1990s detailed geologic exploration in the eastern part of Moragy Hill (Hungary, southeastern Transdanubia) provided a great deal of new knowledge on stratigraphic features. Making use of and reinterpreting all available geologic data, our study gives an overview of the surface and subsurface extent of the Late Neogene and overlying Pleistocene beds, their stratigraphic position, thickness characteristics, as well as lithology, facies and age. We also cover in detail the stratigraphic position, accumulation type and age of the granite rubble, together with the Tengelic Red Clay Formation, previously unknown in the area. A theoretical section of the characteristics of the Paks Loess Formation is shown, based on the data of Moragy Hill and the Tolna Hegyhat Hills, defining and describing its lithological units. Using the large number of accurately evaluated borehole sections in the region it could be proved that the Hungarian loess stratigraphy elaborated by the specialists of the Geographic Research...