{"title":"New aspects of lake-level changes: Lake Balaton, Hungary","authors":"Tamás Tullner, T. Cserny","doi":"10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.2.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.2.8","url":null,"abstract":"Lake Balaton is the largest shallow-water lake in Central Europe. The main objective of the research on its Quaternary lacustrine sediments was to reconstruct the evolution of Lake Balaton from its formation until today. One of the key parameters in answering this question is to retrace lake-level changes. There is a lot of evidence, such as sedimentological, mineralogical, geochemical, archaeological, etc. to reveal these changes. Each type is of different reliability depending upon the sensitivity of the lake to level change and to preservation of the traces of those changes as a result of geologic, climatologic or human factors. The average thickness of Quaternary sediments accumulated in Lake Balaton is 5 m. From the lake bottom toward the surface lacustrine sediments are constituted by clastic deposits, peat and calcareous mud with upward-increasing carbonate content (calcite, dolomite, Mg-calcite, protodolomite and aragonite). Towards the end of Pleistocene, approximately 15,000-17,000 years BP, sev...","PeriodicalId":107929,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Hungarica","volume":"686 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115116746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Facies analysis and genetic interpretation of travertine, Buda Vár-hegy, Hungary","authors":"Á. Török","doi":"10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"The Pleistocene travertine of Buda Var-hegy (Castle Hill) has been studied in subsurface galleries and cellars. Lithological variations, sedimentary features of the travertine and the underlying friable chalky carbonates and calcareous clays were described in the field. Four lithotypes and several microfacies types of travertine have been identified. The stratal pattern of travertine, distribution of lithotypes, the macrofauna, and the presence of microbial sediments suggests that the travertine was deposited in a shallow lake environment. The lake was fed by lukewarm springs from the central part (probably from Szentharomsag-ter [Szentharomsag Square] area), where the thickest travertine deposits are found. Direct evidence of cascade deposits or terraced tetarata deposits have not been found in the studied sections. The intense cementation and recrystallisation appear in the form of at least four, mostly phreatic, cement generations, including micrite envelopes, thin fibrous rims, thick radiaxial spars a...","PeriodicalId":107929,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Hungarica","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124533685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermoanalytical study of Quaternary thermal lacustrine travertine occurrences in Hungary (Buda-Vár-hegy, Budakalász, Szomód-Les-hegy)","authors":"M. Földvári, Z. Berner, D. Stüben","doi":"10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.2.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.2.6","url":null,"abstract":"Thermoanalytical (TA) analysis is not at all a frequently used method for studying travertine. Therefore the application of two TA techniques is presented for characterization of the Buda-Var-hegy (Castle Hill), Budakalasz and Szomod-Les-hegy Quaternary travertine occurrences in this paper. TA data give comparable results with those of oxygen and carbon stable isotope compositions and offer a new way to estimate the temperature of carbonate precipitation.","PeriodicalId":107929,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Hungarica","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131751698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stable isotope study in a weakly developed paleosol horizon in the Quaternary Vár-hegy travertine (Budapest, Hungary)","authors":"B. Bajnóczi, A. Demény, L. Korpás","doi":"10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.2.3","url":null,"abstract":"The intraformational paleosol and calcareous muddy cavity fills interbedded in the travertine of the Var-hegy (Castle Hill) in Budapest were analyzed for carbon and oxygen isotope compositions and compared with the isotope compositions of the host travertine. Microscopic investigations of these layers indicate mechanical reworking of the travertine and mixing with the allothigenic siliciclastic material. Micromorphological features, e.g. needle-fiber calcite, carbonate hypocoatings around pores, ferruginous precipitations and clay infillings in the paleosol and cavity fills indicate that in situ pedogenic processes were active in both layers. The presence of ferrihydrite in the A horizon of the paleosol also supports pedogenic alteration. The stable carbon and oxygen isotope compositions of bulk carbonate of paleosol and cavity fills (d13C= -0.6 to 2.1‰ and d 18O= -16.7 to -12.9‰) are very close to the compositions of the host travertine (d 13C=1.1 to 2.1‰ and d 18O = -17.7 to -13.7‰,) and differ from the...","PeriodicalId":107929,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Hungarica","volume":"08 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132224610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Archeological finds in NE-Transdanubian travertine","authors":"V. Dobosi","doi":"10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.2.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.2.7","url":null,"abstract":"At the northeastern part of Transdanubia, connected to the karst-water system of the Gerecse Mts, travertine pools were formed in several localities, at different times and at various altitudes. Quarrying of the travertine is documented since the Bronze Age. The hand-operated quarries are known to have also functioned during the Middle Ages. Several relics of architecture and sculpture from the Roman province of Pannonia and Medieval Hungary were made of this material, specifically from the quarries of the study area. Exploitation of the limestone opened the large, vertically-walled pools preserving the settlements of Paleolithic people in the loose sediments and the travertine cover: at Vertesszolos, remains of Homo erectus, and at Tata, habitations of Homo sapiens neanderthalensis were found in the travertine. Collaboration between geoscientists and archeologists could, apart from identifying the sources of worked travertine, also result in the discovery of new archeological sites.","PeriodicalId":107929,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Hungarica","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124377389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stable isotope geochemistry of Pleistocene travertine from Budakalász (Buda Mts, Hungary)","authors":"S. Kele, O. Vaselli, C. Szabó, A. Minissale","doi":"10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.2.4","url":null,"abstract":"In the Buda Mts. (Hungary) several Pleistocene travertine outcrops are known. The subject of this paper is a stable isotope study on the Pleistocene travertine from Budakalasz that was deposited on the slope of Monalovac Hill of the Buda Mts. The principal goal of this work is to define the depositional environment and related implications by studying the petrographical and microfacies features and C and O stable isotope compositions. The Budakalasz travertine can be divided into two stratigraphic units. The lower part of the studied sections (approx. 15 m thick) consists of massive limestone, which represents a \"smooth-slope\" facies and has mean d13C and d18O values of 2.21‰ and -11.1‰ relative to V-PDB, respectively. Microbial shrub structures were also recognized in the lower part of the section, showing slightly higher d13C values (2.6-2.7‰) relative to the other samples. The upper unit of the sections is composed of what was originally calcareous mud. The studied samples have low d13C values (~1.8‰)...","PeriodicalId":107929,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Hungarica","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125752120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geochemistry and petrogenesis of Early Cretaceous alkaline igneous rocks in Central Europe: Implications for a long-lived EAR-type mantle component beneath Europe","authors":"S. Harangi, S. Tonarini, O. Vaselli, P. Manetti","doi":"10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"In Central Europe, Early Cretaceous alkaline igneous rocks (lamprophyres, basanites, phonolites) occur in the Moravian-Silesian Beskidy area (northern Czech Republic and southern Poland) and in the Mecsek-Alfold Zone (southern Hungary). Presently they are located at about 400 km distance of each other. These alkaline igneous rocks show close similarities in their mineral, chemical, and bulk rock compositional data, implying similar petrogenesis and suggesting that these two regions could have been much closer during the Early Cretaceous; they could belong to the same rift zone in the European continental margin. Their trace element distribution and Sr and Nd isotopic ratios suggest that the parental magmas derived from an enriched, HIMU OIB-like asthenospheric mantle by different degrees (3-6%) of partial melting at the depth of spinel-garnet transitional and garnet stabilization zone (about 60-80 km depth). This mantle source appears to be akin to that thought to have supplied the Tertiary to Quaternary ...","PeriodicalId":107929,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Hungarica","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114394669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Upper Carboniferous flora from the Mecsek Mts (Southern Hungary) - summarized results","authors":"Csaba Gulyás-Kis","doi":"10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.1.8","url":null,"abstract":"Upper Carboniferous pebbles are known from Miocene conglomerates (Szaszvar Formation) in the Mecsek Mts. Some pebbles may contain floral elements. Fine-grained siltstone is the most common fossiliferous rock. There are known leaf and stem fragments and some silicified wood-trunk fragments. These floral elements show Namurian to late Westphalian ages, but primarily the Westphalian B and C. The floral elements could be related to the Polish Carboniferous flora, particularly that of Silesia.","PeriodicalId":107929,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Hungarica","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115729998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Petrology and geochemistry of Upper Carboniferous siliciclastic rocks (Téseny Sandstone Formation) from the Slavonian-Drava Unit (Tisza Megaunit, S Hungary) - summarized results","authors":"A. Varga, G. Szakmány, S. Józsa, Z. Máthé","doi":"10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"Upper Carboniferous (Westphalian) coal-bearing fluvial sediments (Teseny Sandstone Formation) of the Slavonian-Drava Unit and their reworked pebbles and cobbles occurring in the western part of the Mecsek Mountains in Miocene conglomerate sequences (Szaszvar Formation) were studied. Based on the petrographic and geochemical characteristics, the sandstone studied consists of arkose, subarkose, litharenite and sublitharenite. The main clastic source was a recycled orogenic area (collision suture and fold-thrust belt) dominated by metamorphic rocks. It was associated with a probably Variscan magmatic arc as indicated by the volcanic rock fragments. The original source area of these clastic sediments was felsic and the analyzed sandstone could correspond to a continental arc/active margin tectonic suite. The pebble and cobble-sized clasts of the conglomerate were predominantly derived from acidic and intermediate volcanic rocks, low-grade regional metamorphic rocks (different types of schist, metasandstone,...","PeriodicalId":107929,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Hungarica","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114220461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The continuation of the Internal Dinaridic units in the area between the Periadriatic Lineament and the Southern Alps in Slovenia","authors":"J. Pamić","doi":"10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AGEOL.46.2003.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Three Internal Dinaridic tectonostratigraphic units are included in the PANCARDI domain; 1) the Bosnian Flysch, composed of the Liassic to Berriasian Vranduk Subgroup and the Albian to Maastrichtian Ugar Subgroup, originating on the passive Tethyan margin, 2) the Dinaride Ophiolite Zone, made up of the Radiolarite Formation, ophiolite included within the Jurassic olistostrome melange, and a Cretaceous overstep sequence, partly with Urgon-type(?) signatures, and 3) the Sava-Vardar Zone, composed of Cretaceous-Early Paleogene flysch, locally with subduction-related basalt-rhyolites, a Paleogene, very low to medium-grade metamorphic sequence originating from the Cretaceous-Paleogene flysch, Paleogene tectonized ophiolite melange, Eocene syncollisional granitoid occurrences and Oligocene postcollisional ones, accompanied by coeval shoshonite and andesite. All these formations occur as allochthonous blocks within two segments of the southern and western Pannonian Basin. 1) In the adjoining Tisia-Dinarides segm...","PeriodicalId":107929,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Hungarica","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116410936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}