Data for "Environmental changes in south-eastern Europe over the last 450 ka: Magnetic and pedologic study of a loess-paleosol profile from Kaolinovo (Bulgaria)"
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This data set is related to the article "Environmental changes in southeastern Europe over the last 450 ka: Magnetic and pedologic study of a loess-paleosol profile from Kaolinovo (Bulgaria)" by Jordanova, D., Simon, Q., Balescu, S., Jordanova, N., Ishlyamski, D., Georgieva, B., Bourles, D.L., Duvivier, A., Cornu, S. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022, 292, 107671 Magnetic properties are sensitive paleoenvironmental proxies frequently used in studies of loess paleosol profiles. We present data from a new 450 ka old loess-paleosol profile from low Danube loess area at Kaolinovo (NE Bulgaria). The profile consists of Holocene soil S0 on top, three paleosol units (S1, S2, S3–S4) and the intercalated loess horizons L1 to L4. Mineral magnetic and rock magnetic data show systematic variations in response to environmental changes. Variations of the following set of magnetic parameters with depth are compiled: magnetic susceptibility, anhysteretic susceptibility, hard isothermal remanence (HIRM), S-ratio, coercive force (Bc) and coercivity of remanence (Bcr) and Mrs/Ms ratio. Magnetic mineralogy data include mean coercivities and relative contribution of IRM-unmixed components of IRM acquisition curves, obtained for 40 depth levels. Additionally, intensities of mineral-specific remanence components, determined from step-wise thermal demagnetization of composite 3-axis remanence are included (ARMmgt+hmt, IRMs-hmt, IRMh-hmt).