THE LOESS-LIKE DEPOSITS IN THE LOWER DANUBE BASIN. GENETIC SIGNIFICANCE

Abstract. The main goal of this study is the sedimentogenesis of the loess-like deposits in the Lower Danube Basin. A pros and cons genetic analysis of these deposits is carried out in the paper. Resulting from this analysis, the optimal logical solution to explain the distal loess-like sedimentation in the Lower Danube Basin is the joint action of the alluvial and eolian processes. The initial alluvial sedimentation (not solely by overbank flows) could have been continued and extended by the eolian action. The loess-like deposits of the Lower Danube Basin are sedimentary accumulations of primary genesis