First magnetic measurements on PM10 filters from two stations in Serbia and comparison of the results with those from nine Hungarian stations

We are presenting the results of magnetic susceptibility measurements carried out on PM10 filters collected at two stations in Serbia from July 1st to 31st October 2011 and compare them with those from 9 stations in Hungary, located at different settings and monitoring PM10 derived from different anthropogenic sources. As the vast majority of the magnetic grains in PM10 are derived from anthropogenic sources, it stands to reason to say that variations in magnetic susceptibility are more closely related to pollution than the mass of the dust. Comparison between susceptibilities measured on filters from Hungarian and Serbian stations (Novi Sad and Veliko Gradište) reveals that the latter are polluted similarly to Győr, a Hungarian town with fairly heavy traffic. The difference, however, is that in Győr, Sundays are less polluted than weekdays, while in the Serbian towns such trend is not observable (reason can be no camion stop). Miskolc, an industrial town with heavy traffic in NE Hungary shows twice as high susceptibilities as the previously mentioned locations, while the rest of the Hungarian stations investigated are just moderately polluted (values are only somewhat higher than those for a background station)

Paleomagnetic and magnetic anisotropy results from Miocene Sediments of Central and Western Serbia

In this paper we are presenting a combined paleomagnetic and magnetic susceptibility anisotropy study carried out on 133 independently oriented samples collected from 11 geographically distributed localities (Fig. 1). The samples were drilled and oriented in situ from clay rich lake sediments of pre-Late Badenian and Pannonian-Pontian age and from Early-Mid Badenian marine clay. The principal aims were to find out if the area studied was involved in large scale displacement during or after the time covered by the samples and if the sediments were affected by ductile deformation during young tectonic movements

Marine gateway vs. fluvial stream within the Balkans from 6 to 5 Ma

International audienceSince the discovery of calcareous nannofossils, dinoflagellate cysts and planktonic foraminifers in deposits from the Dacic Basin, intensive research has been performed in order to evidence which gateway this microplankton used to connect Paratethys and the Mediterranean prior and after the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC). Such a gateway is also to be regarded at the origin of successive influxes of Paratethyan organisms (molluscs, ostracods, dinoflagellates) into the Mediterranean Basin ("Lago Mare" events). Observing that the İ stanbul area, usually proposed for this purpose, was inefficient, we examine the succession of marine well-dated pre-MSC and post-MSC deltaic deposits through the Balkans, from northern Greece to southern Romania, that constitutes a reliable candidate for such a marine corridor, the origin of which was caused by the regional tectonic extension. The reconstructed palaeogeography for high sea level episodes that encompassed the MSC clarifies the context of the so-called North Aegean Lake. This marine gateway probably evolved as a powerful river during the peak of the MSC, contributing to the deposition of clastics in the hydrocarbon Prinos Field. A tectonically controlled subsidence to the north and south of the Skopje region caused the closure of such a gateway