Source data used in "Loess distribution and related Quaternary sediments in the Carpathian Basin" by Lehmkuhl et al. 2018

Abstract

This set of data depicts the distribution of loess and related Quaternary sediments in the Carpathian Basin. Using a Geographic Information System (GIS), we compiled a map showing the distribution of loess and related Quaternary sediments in the Carpathian Basin, with unprecedented detail. We vectorized and analyzed existing data (mainly from geological maps) and combined and transferred these into a common (loess) sediment classification system. This cross-border map shows the distribution of eolian sediments in the Carpathian Basin at a scale of 1:1,500,000.

Here, we distribute the original data used to compile the map published in Lehmkuhl et al. (2018). We attribute the shapefiles of the used source maps by various authors, in order to facilitate further usage. This data does not depict the complete maps, but focusses on the Quaternary deposits. Please quote the dataset, article and source reference when using this data. In all shapefiles, the column of "Klassi" depicts the classification used in Lehmkuhl et al. 2018. The map used in Lehmkuhl et al. (2018) is accessible under the DOI: 10.5880/SFB806.43. The article can be found at https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2018.1526720

Shapefiles:
FinkNagel1979: Staublehm (dust loam) distribution of eastern Austria, 1:100k.
Fusan1967: Geological map of Czechoslovakia, 1:200k.
Galovic2016: Quaternary deposits in eastern Croatia, based on CGS (2009), 1:300k.
Koscal2005: Geomorphological map of Vojvodina, 1:500k.
Lindner2017: Loess map of Hungary, adapted from Lindner et al., 2017, based on Balogh et al. (1956). 1:500k.
Romania2018: Combination from Florea et al., 1971; Lindner et al., 2017; Ovejanu et al., 1968; Sandulescu et al., 1978 to deal with cross-border problems.
Vetters1933: Geological map of Austria, 1:500k.
CzechGeologicalSurvey2017: Geological map of Czechia, 1:50k.
FederalGeoInstitute1970: Geological map of Yugoslavia, 1:500k.

References:
Balogh, K., Erdélyi, M., Kretzoi, M., Rónai, A., Schréter, Z., Sümeghy, J., … Urbancksek, J. (1956). Magyarország földtani térképe, 1 : 300.000. Budapest: Magyar Állami Földtani.

CGS. (2009). Geological Map of Republic of Croatia. Croatian Geological Survey, Department for Geology, Zagreb.

Czech Geological Survey. (2017). Czech Geological Map. Retrieved from https://mapy.geology.cz/geocr50/

Federal Geological Institute. (1970). Geological map of SFR Yugoslavia, 1:500,000. Prepared by Institute for geological and mining exploration and investigation of nuclear and other raw materials, Belgrade.

Fink, J., & Nagl, H. (1979). Quartäre Sedimente und Formen (Quaternary sediments and forms), 1:1,000,000. In: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW). Kommission für Raumforschung, Atlas der Republik Österreich 1:1,000,000, Nr. II/6. Wien: Freytag-Berndt & Artaria.

Florea, N., Conea, A., & Munteanu, I. (1971). Harta Pedologica a Republicii Socialiste Romania (Soil Map of Romania). Retrieved from http://esdac.jrc.ec. europa.eu/images/Eudasm/RO/hun_x14.jpg; http://esdac. jrc.ec.europa.eu/images/Eudasm/RO/hun_x14_2.jpg: Institutul Geologic si Institutil de Studie si cercetari Pedologice. Retrieved from https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/harta-pedologica-republicii-socialiste-romania-1-soil-map-romania-sheet-1

Fusan, O., Kodym, O., Mateijka, A., & Urbanek, L. (1960). Geological map of Czechoslovakia. Constructed on the basis of the Geological and Agro-geological Maps of Czechoslovakia 1:200,000, published maps of Poland, the German Democratic Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, and manuscript maps of the of the U.S.S.R. and Austria, map based on investigation results of 1960, partly completed.

Galović, L. (2016). Sedimentological and mineralogical characteristics of the Pleistocene loess/paleosol sections in the Eastern Croatia. Aeolian Research, 20, 7–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2015.10.007

Košćal, M., Menković, L., Mijatović, M., & Knežević, M. (2005). Geomorphological map of the autonomous province of Vojvodina 1:200,000. Provincial secretariat for energy and mineral resources of AP Vojvodina, Geozavod-Gemini, Belgrade.

Lehmkuhl, F., Bösken, J., Hošek, J., Sprafke, T., Marković, S.B., Obreht, I., Hambach, U., Sümegi, P., Thiemann, A., Steffens, S., Lindner, H., Veres, D. & Christian Zeeden (2018) Loess distribution and related Quaternary sediments in the Carpathian Basin, Journal of Maps, 14:2, 673-682, DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2018.1526720

Lindner, H., Lehmkuhl, F., & Zeeden, C. (2017). Spatial loess distribution in the eastern Carpathian Basin: a novel approach based on geoscientific maps and data. Journal of Maps, 13(2), 173–181. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2017.1279083

Ovejanu, I., Candrea, B., & Crǎciunescu, V. (1968). Harta Geologica a Reppublicii Socialiste Romania (Geological Map of the Socialist Republic of Romania) 1:200.000. Bukarest: Comittul de stat al geologiei Institutul geologic (State Geological Survey). Bukarest.

Săndulescu, M., Kräutner, H., Borcoș, M., Năstăseanu, S., Patrulius, D., Ștefănescu, M., … Marinescu, F. (1978). România - Atlas geologic foaia 1 (Geological Atlas of Romania), scale 1:1,000,000.

Vetters, H. (1933). Geologische Karte der Republik Österreich und der Nachbargebiete (Die Ostalpen, ihre Ausläufer und Vorlande nebst den angrenzenden Teilen der fränkischen Alb und des böhmischen Massivs). (Geological Map of the Austrian Republic and its neighbouring regions - the eastern alps, its foothills and forelands, the neighbouring parts of Franconian Jura and the Bohemian Massif). Wien: Geologische Bundesanstalt.

Resources

• Vetters1933.lpk
• Romania2018.lpk
• Lindner2017.lpk
• Koscal2005.lpk
• Galovic2016.lpk
• Fusan1967.lpk
• FinkNagel1979.lpk
• CzechGeologicalSurvey2017.lpk

Bibliography

Lehmkuhl, F., Bösken, J., Hošek, J., Sprafke, T., Marković, S., Obreht, I., Hambach, U., Sümegi, P., Thiemann, A., Steffens, S., Lindner, H., Veres, D., Zeeden, C. (2018): Source data used in "Loess distribution and related Quaternary sediments in the Carpathian Basin" by Lehmkuhl et al. 2018.