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Pál Sümegi is affiliated with the University of Szeged in Hungary. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant work also in Arts and Humanities. The scientist's work covers various subfields, notably Atmospheric Science, Archeology, Oceanography, Paleontology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their research topics span:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Frequent co-authors of Pál Sümegi include:

  • Sándor Gulyás
  • Dávid Molnár
  • László Makó
  • Péter Cseh
  • Tünde Törőcsik

The most common venues where their work has been published are:

  • Quaternary
  • Archeometriai Műhely
  • Studia Quaternaria
  • Diversity
  • Acta Archaeologica

Selected recent publications by Pál Sümegi include:

  • "Loess landscapes of Europe - Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "14C Dated Chronology of the Thickest and Best Resolved Loess/Paleosol Record of the LGM from SE Hungary Based on Comparing Precision and Accuracy of Age-Depth Models," 2020, Radiocarbon
  • "Vegetation and land snail-based reconstruction of the palaeocological changes in the forest steppe eco-region of the Carpathian Basin during last glacial warming," 2021, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • "Fluvial magnetic susceptibility as a proxy for long-term variations of mountain permafrost development in the Alp-Carpathian region," 2021, Boreas
  • "Application of Parameterized Grain-Size Endmember Modeling in the Study of Quaternary Oxbow Lake Sedimentation: A Case Study of Tövises Bed Sediments in the Eastern Great Hungarian Plain," 2022, Quaternary

Best Publications

  • The Full-Glacial Forests of Central and Southeastern Europe

    Katherine J. Willis;Edina Rudner;Pal Sümegi

  • Danube loess stratigraphy — Towards a pan-European loess stratigraphic model

    Slobodan B. Marković;Thomas Stevens;George J. Kukla;Ulrich Hambach

  • Dust deposition and climate in the Carpathian Basin over an independently dated last glacial-interglacial cycle

    Thomas Stevens;Slobodan B. Marković;Michael Zech;Ulrich Hambach

  • Climate Variability and Associated Vegetation Response throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) between 60 and 8 ka

    A. Feurdean;A. Perşoiu;I. Tanţău;T. Stevens

  • DOES SOIL CHANGE CAUSE VEGETATION CHANGE OR VICE VERSA? A TEMPORAL PERSPECTIVE FROM HUNGARY

    K. J. Willis;M. Braun;P. Sümegi;A. Tóth

  • Loess landscapes of Europe-Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation

    Frank Lehmkuhl;Janina J. Nett;Stephan Pötter;Philipp Schulte

  • Reconstructing Quaternary vegetation history in the Carpathian Basin, SE-Europe, using n-alkane biomarkers as molecular fossils: Problems and possible solutions, potential and limitations

    Michael Zech;Björn Buggle;Katharina Leiber;Slobodan B. Marković

  • The late Quaternary environmental history of Bátorliget, N.E. Hungary

    K.J. Willis;P. Sümegi;M. Braun;A. Tóth

  • Quatermalacological analyses for modeling of the Upper Weichselian palaeoenvironmental changes in the Carpathian Basin

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  • Atmospheric circulation patterns in Central and Eastern Europe during the Weichselian Pleniglacial inferred from loess grain-size records

    M.P. Bokhorst;J. Vandenberghe;P. Sümegi;M. Łanczont

  • An introduction to the Middle and Upper Pleistocene loess–paleosol sequence at Ruma brickyard, Vojvodina, Serbia

    S.B. Marković;E. Oches;P. Sümegi;M. Jovanović

  • Loess in the Vojvodina region (Northern Serbia): an essential link between European and Asian Pleistocene environments

    S.B. Marković;U. Hambach;T. Stevens;T. Stevens;M. Jovanović

  • Late Pleniglacial vegetation in eastern-central Europe: are there modern analogues in Siberia?

    Enikő Katalin Magyari;Petr Kuneš;Gusztáv Jakab;Pál Sümegi

  • Prehistoric land degradation in Hungary: who, how and why?

    K. J. Willis;Pál Sümegi;M. Braun;K. D. Bennett

  • The late Quaternary loess record of Tokaj, Hungary: Reconstructing palaeoenvironment, vegetation and climate using stable C and N isotopes and biomarkers

    Ann Kathrin Schatz;Michael Zech;Björn Buggle;Sándor Gulyás

  • Late Quaternary dynamics of the Tisza River: Evidence of climatic and tectonic controls

    Gábor Timár;Pál Sümegi;Frank Horváth

  • Recurring Taiga forest-steppe habitats in the Carpathian Basin in the Upper Weichselian

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  • Geochronologic and Paleoclimatic Characterization of Quaternary Sediments in the Great Hungarian Plain

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  • Retarded wetland succession: anthropogenic and climatic signals in a Holocene peat bog profile from north‐east Hungary

    E. Magyari;P. Sümegi;M. Braun;G. Jakab

  • Reconstruction of the paleo-environment and soil evolution of the Csípö-halom kurgan, Hungary

    Attila Barczi;Tivadar M. Tóth;Attila Csanádi;Pál Sümegi

  • Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to Dansgaard–Oeshger cycles and Heinrich-events: A 28,000-year record of environmental changes from SE Hungary

    Pál Sümegi;Pál Sümegi;Enikő Magyari;Péter Dániel;Mihály Molnár

  • Palaeoclimate record in the Late Pleistocene loess-paleosol sequence at Miseluk (Vojvodina, Serbia)

    Slobodan B. Marković;Slobodan B. Marković;Eric A. Oches;Tivadar Gaudenyi;Mladjen Jovanović

  • The Crvenka loess-paleosol sequence: A record of continuous grassland domination in the southern Carpathian Basin during the Late Pleistocene

    Slobodan B. Marković;Pál Sümegi;Thomas Stevens;Thomas Stevens;Randall J. Schaetzl

  • New chronology of the best developed loess/paleosol sequence of Hungary capturing the past 1.1 ma: Implications for correlation and proposed pan-Eurasian stratigraphic schemes

    P. Sümegi;P. Sümegi;S. Gulyás;D. Molnár;B. P. Sümegi;B. P. Sümegi

  • In situ charcoal fragments as remains of natural wild fires in the upper Würm of the Carpathian Basin

    Pál Sümegi;Zita Edina Rudner

  • Results of paleoecological studies in the loess region of Szeged-Öthalom (SE Hungary)

    P. Sümegi;P. Sümegi;K. Náfrádi;D. Molnár;Sz. Sávai

  • The loess-paleosol sequence of Basaharc (Hungary) revisited: Mollusc-based paleoecological results for the Middle and Upper Pleistocene

    Pál Sümegi;Sándor Gulyás;Gergő Persaits;Dávid GergelyPáll

Frequent Co-Authors

David Molnar
David Molnar Microsoft (United States)
Slobodan B. Marković
Slobodan B. Marković University of Novi Sad
Frank Lehmkuhl
Frank Lehmkuhl RWTH Aachen University
Ulrich Hambach
Ulrich Hambach University of Bayreuth
Balazs Sumegi
Balazs Sumegi University of Pecs
Attila Demény
Attila Demény Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens Uppsala University
Daniel Veres
Daniel Veres Romanian Academy
Wei Chu
Wei Chu Sichuan University
Ludwig Zöller
Ludwig Zöller University of Bayreuth

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