Contents

1. P. Antoine, O. Moine, C. Hatté, C. Prud’homme – Permafrost dynamics and Dansgaard-Oeschger (D-O) cycles in Last Glacial loess sequences from Western Europe

2. Z. Jary, M. Krawczyk, O. Tomeniuk, P. Moska, A. Bogucki, J. Skurzyński, J. Raczyk, P. Mroczek, M. Łopuch, Z. Sowińska – Periglacial phenomena in loess as paleoenvironmental indicators

3. O. Tomeniuk, A. Bogucki – The Krasyliv Palaeocryogenic Stage as a Marker of Final Pleistocene Cooling in Ukrainian Loess–Palaeosol sequences

4. D. Veres, D. Jordanova, U. Hambach, Y. Baykal, M. Robu, A. Trott, B. Georgieva-Ishlyamska, D. Ishlyamski, A. Faragau, L.S. Buchmann, N. Jordanova, D. Dimov, M. Rowley, G. Wiesenberg – On the high-resolution investigation of Danube loess-paleosol records since the mid-Brunhes event – a view from the LOEs-CLIMBE project

5. J. Skurzyński – Introduction to the DUSTCODE project: Unifying European loess archives to decode MIS 2 climate and dust transport systems

6. F. Lehmkuhl, C. Zeeden, Z. Jary, D. Veres, Shiling Yang, P. Schulte, U. Hambach – Eurasian Loess Landscapes in a Three-Eco-zone Framework: Conceptual Model and Regional Illustrations

7. S. Liu, J. Jia, N. Chen, P. Chen, D. Zhao, J. Zhang, Z. Zhu, B. Wang – Spatial Heterogeneity of the Westerlies Evolution over Mid-latitude Asia Since the Middle Pleistocene: Evidence from Loess Records

8. C. Zeeden, K. Ryzner, M. Vinnepand, D. Veres, M. Bosnić, Z. Amiri, F. Lehmkuhl, R. Dar, D. Hlavatskyi, M. Paknia, M. Martinez, U. Hambach – Magnetic enhancement in Eurasian soils, paleosols and loess: insights over formation processes

9. W.Y. Jiang, W.B. Li – Holocene hydroclimate and dust activity, as reconstructed from the sediments of Lake Bayanchagan, on the northern margin of the East Asian summer monsoon

10. M. Krawczyk, Z. Jary, M. Łopuch – Paleoenvironmental changes during the Late Pleistocene recorded in the grain-size of loess-paleosol sequences in southwest Poland

11. Y. Baykal, D. Jordanova, D. Veres, M. Robu, B. Georgieva-Ishlyamska, D. Ishlyamski, A. Trott, N. Jordanova, D. Dimov, U. Hambach, A. Faragau, M. Rowley, G. Wiesenberg, J.-P. Buylaert – Detailed luminescence dating of late Quaternary loess at Kolobar, Bulgaria

12. S.L. Yang, Y.D. Wang, X.F. Huang, M.M. Sun, W.Y. Jiang, Z.L. Ding – Pliocene CO2 rise driven by sea-level fall as a mechanism for the delayed ice age: Evidence from carbonate clumped-isotope analysis of aeolian deposits

13. O. Moine, S. Coutard, C. Paris, C. Richter, M. Horsák – The Gravettian site of Amiens-Renancourt 2: a new reference loess sequence for the late Weichselian Middle Pleniglacial in northern France

14. G.L.B. Wiesenberg, Y. Baykal, B. Georgieva-Ishlyamska, D. Ishlyamski, D. Jordanova, N. Jordanova, U. Hambach, S. Martinengo, M. Robu, M. Rowley, A. Trott, D. Veres, M.I. Gocke – Bioturbation in loess-paleosol sequences: To which extent does it disturb sedimentary, paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic records?

15. S. Martinengo, G.L.B. Wiesenberg, E. Spielman-Sun, A. Trott, D. Jordanova, D. Veres, B. Georgieva-Ishlyamska, Y. Baykal, M. Robu, D. Ishlyamski, N. Jordanova, U. Hambach, M.C. Rowley – Investigating Bioturbation-Driven Element Redistribution and Calcium Speciation in the Kolobar Loess–Palaeosol Sequence Using Synchrotron-based Spectromicroscopy

16. A. Ghafarpour, T. Lauer, E. Appel, S. Spassov, S. Nigmatova, M. Böhme, K. Fitzsimmons – Magnetic signature of loess in the northern Tien Shan piedmont, eastern Kazakhstan

17. F. Lagroix – Loess and Paleosol Sequences are key archives within a global iron cycle: an illustration from Suhia Kladenetz (Bulgaria)

18. D. Dragomirov, Y. Guyodo, F. Lagroix, D. Jordanova, N. Jordanova, P. Antoine, D.-D. Rousseau, O. Moine, C. Hatté – Paleowind directions, paleosecular variations and relative paleointensity from MIS 6 loess at Harletz, NW Bulgaria

19. M. Chadima – Rock magnetic study of the Dejvice loess/paleosol sequence (Prague, Czech Republic)

20. K. Kolaříková, P. Kolařík, B. Bradák, T. Lauer, B. Strouhalová – Filling the gap between loess regions of the European Loess Belt – the loess-palaeosol profile of Dejvice (Czech Republic)

21. D. Hlavatskyi, O. Bonchkovskyi, V. Bakhmutov, S. Cherkes, I. Kravchuk, I. Poliachenko, V. Shpyra – Sanzhiyka – a new key loess-palaeosol sequence in the western Black Sea region

22. C. Kabala, M. Krupski – Holocene soil evolution on loess in south Poland – old concepts and new models

23. G. Poręba, I. Malik, P. Moska, P. Mroczek, A. Szymak, A. Wojtalak, Z. Śnieszko – Holocene Transformation of Agriculturally Used Loess Areas: A Chronological Perspective Based on Examples from Southern Poland

24. U. Hambach, D. Veres, C. Zeeden, I. Obreht, Y. Baykal, D. Jordanova, G. Wiesenberg, B. Georgieva-Ishlyamska, D. Ishlyamski, A. Trott, N. Jordanova, D. Dimov, A. Faragau, M. Rowley, M. Robu, S.B. Marković, F. Lehmkuhl – Can stacks of palaeosols in a Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sequence be regarded as temporal soil catenas and do spatial pedofacies changes in palaeosols exist?

25. O. Bonchkovskyi, D. Molnar, L. Popova, D. Hlavatskyi, I. Kravchuk – High-resolution MIS 3-2 loess-palaeosol record at the Novostav site (NW Ukraine): evidence from palaeopedology, malacology, and microtheriology

26. A. Trott, L. Buchmann, B. Georgieva-Ishlyamska, Y. Baykal, M. Robu, D. Ishlyamski, N. Jordanova, U. Hambach, D. Veres, D. Jordanova, G.L.B. Wiesenberg – Pedogenic developmental variation through a novel Loess-Palaeosol Sequence in Kolobar, Bulgaria, since the Mid-Brunhes Event (430 kyr) assessed by geochemical proxies

27. P. Krsmanović, W. Thompson, Z.M. Perić, M. Bosnić, C.S. Ryan, T. Lukić, S.B. Marković – Analyzing temporal changes in loess provenance using XRF geochemistry: insights from the Velika Vrbica loess section

28. J. Nawrocki, M. Pańczyk – Frequency and age spectrum of Carpathian zircons deposited in the Boyanychi loess section (W Ukraine) and in the modern alluvial sediments of the Vistula River

29. A. Wiśniewski, P. Moska, Z. Jary – Loess and Palaeolithic sites in Poland: An Overview of the Recent Research

30. S.B. Marković, Q. Hao, P. Ludwig, C. Zeeden, Z.M. Perić, D. Mihailović, P. Radović, M. Roksandić, J. Lindal, P. Krsmanović, Y. Baykal, J. Vandenberghe, M.G. Bosnić, G. Soreghan, R.S. Marković, B. Cai, M. Li, P. Moska, T. Lukić, A. Timar-Gabor, M.B. Gavrilov, G. Sipos – Does the Dupljaja loess sequence (southeastern Carpathian Basin) record evidence for the Danube Paleolithic corridor “opening”?

31. Z. Amiri, J. Meister, S. Tsukamoto, R.A. Dar, K. Ryzner, J.A. Mir, S.H. Mir, R.A. Shah, C. Zeeden – Late Quaternary atmospheric dynamics recorded in the Shankerpora loess-paleosol sequence, Kashmir Valley, Northwestern India

32. N.P. Gerasimenko – The palaeonvironmental record of the loess-palaeosol succession of Eastern Ukraine

33. C. Delpupo, V.S. Souza-Junior, A. Carvalho, A. Lim – Coarse fragments and soil classification: conceptual and taxonomic challenges from a Brazilian perspective

34. H. Achyuthan, A.M. Lone, R.A. Shah, S. Pirzomwalla, A. Ali – Contemporaneous loess deposition and soil pedogenesis from the Kashmir Valley, western Himalaya: Multiproxy records since 300 ka

35. O. Tomeniuk, A. Bogucki, R. Koropetskyi – Palaeolithic Cultural Horizons within the Loess–Palaeosol Sequence of Western Ukraine

36. L.A. Mihova, M.I. Nedelcheva – Analysis of the condition of Lipnik Dam (Ruse Region, Bulgaria) following the extreme rainfall event of 2025

37. V. Petrova, Y. Evlogiev, M. Nedelcheva – Deformations of a high-rise building caused by inappropriate foundation design in collapsible loess soil (block “Russia”, Ruse, Bulgaria)

38. Y. Evlogiev, V. Petrova, M. Nedelcheva – Collapse-induced settlement of a loss terrain within urban infrastructure due to technogenic wetting

39. K. Widawski, Z. Jary – Loess Geoheritage and Accessible Geotourism in Kłodzko for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities

40. Y. Evlogiev – The Loess-soil Complex in Northeastern Bulgaria – Geomorphology, Lithology and Stratigraphy

41. M. Vinnepand, F.M. Hofmann, L. Gegg, A. Fülling, F. Preusser – Loess-Palaeosol-Sequences at the Kaiserstuhl – Towards a million years record at the interface of the Atlantic and Mediterranean climate systems

42. T. Kertész, B. Buró, A.J.T. Jull, E. Horváth, G. Bartha, M. Molnár – Earthworm biospheroids as radiocarbon chronological markers in the Süttő loess-paleosol sequence, Hungary

43. K. Ryzner, M. Vinnepand, M.G. Bosnić, P. Stojakowits, M.B. Gavrilov, S.B. Marković, Z. Amiri, H. Müssener, C. Zeeden – Quantitative Climate Signals in European Loess–Palaeosol Systems: Insights from Modern Soil Calibration

44. Z. Sowińska, Z. Jary – Ice wedge pseudomorphs mark the degradation of permafrost in southwestern Poland

45. B. Korabiewski – A Geomorphological Perspective on Contemporary Fluvial–Aeolian Sediment Transfer in the Yarlung Tsangpo Valley (Southern Tibetan Plateau)

46. Y. Zhang, X. Fang, C. Zeeden – A 13,000-year record of glacier fluctuations at YuzhuFeng glacier (Kunlun Mountains) inferred from periglacial loess grain size

47. J. Raczyk, J. Skurzyński, Z. Jary, P. Kenis – Coarse silt from the Sahara: long-range dust transport to Central Europe in April 2026

48. M. Łopuch, M. Krawczyk, Z. Jary, J. Raczyk – The relation between loess and dunes in south-west Poland: evidence of a shift in atmospheric circulation at the end of the last glaciation?

49. A. Trott, M. Rowley, S. Martinengo, B. Georgieva-Ishlyamska, Y. Baykal, M. Robu, D. Ishlyamski, U. Hambach, D. Veres, G.L.B. Wiesenberg – Initial insights from alkane- and organic geochemical proxies of a novel loess-palaeosol sequence from Kolobar, Bulgaria

50. E. Steuck, C. Zeeden, U. Hambach, P. Schulte, P. Fischer, I. Obreht, S.B. Marković, F. Lehmkuhl – New insights into Pleistocene environmental dynamics recorded on the Titel Loess Plateau, Serbia

51. S. Ohler, F. Lehmkuhl, P. Schulte, M. Novák, J. Wilczyński, M. Händel – Exploring the landscape setting: First results of geomorphological and sedimentological investigations of the mammoth bone site Dolní Věstonice I (Czech Republic)

52. Ö. Makaroğlu, N. Kaya, Ö. Karslıoğlu, K. Erturanç – Preliminary Environmental Magnetic Evidence from a Possible Dust-Dominated Sequence in Central Anatolia, Türkiye

53. W. Ning, J. Zan, F. Heller, X. Fang – Magnetic Proxy of Eurasian Loess Revealing Enhanced Physical Erosion Since the Mid-Pleistocene Transition

54. D. Ishlyamski, D. Jordanova, N. Jordanova, D. Veres, Y. Baykal, G. Wiesenberg, A. Trott, B. Georgieva-Ishlyamska, M. Robu, U. Hambach – Local and Regional Controls on Magnetic Susceptibility Records in the Lower Danube Loess Region

55. B. Georgieva-Ishlyamska, A. Trott, N. Jordanova, D. Jordanova, D. Veres, Y. Baykal, M. Robu, U. Hambach, D. Ishlyamski, G. Wiesenberg – High-resolution magnetic and geochemical study of magnetic depletion in the S4 paleosol of the Kolobar loess–paleosol sequence (NE Bulgaria)

56. S.P. Doroshkevych, Zh.M. Matviishyna – The potential of micromorphological analysis for determining the genesis of fossil soils in Ukraine

57. G. Poręba, P. Moska, S.B. Marković, A. Wojtalak, A. Szymak, P. Krsmanović, V. Filipović, S. Živanović – An Anthropogenic Water System in Mačva: OSL and Radioisotope Evidence from Bitva, Jerez, and Obrovčine Channels

58. Y. Evlogiev, Iv. Vaisov, V. Popov – Stratigraphic relationships between Neolithic and Chalcolithic sites and their host loess-soil sediments near the village of Koprivets, Ruse region

59. D. Lesigyarski, K. Madzharov, V. Bonev, A. Nikolova – Provenance and technological study of Iron Age ceramic amphorae from the northern Black Sea coast of Bulgaria

60. A. Nikolova, V. Bonev – A study of ceramic residues with FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy – preliminary report

61. A.A. Zlatarov, A.T. Totsev – Determination of the Properties of copolymer-stabilized loess under laboratory conditions