Stratigraphic characteristics of Quaternary deposits on the left bank of the Sava River near Belgrade

Slobodan Knežević; Draženko Nenadić; Barbara Radulović; Katarina Bogićević; Jelena Zarić

doi:10.2298/GABP1879021K

Slobodan Knežević University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Department of Regional Geology, Kamenička 6, 11000 Belgrade
Draženko Nenadić University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Department of Regional Geology, Kamenička 6, 11000 Belgrade
Barbara Radulović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Department of Paleontology, Kamenička 6, 11000 Belgrade
Katarina Bogićević University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Department of Paleontology, Kamenička 6, 11000 Belgrade
Jelena Zarić The Jaroslav Černi Institute for the Development of Water Resources, Jaroslava Černog 80 Pinosava, 11226 Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/GABP1879021K

Keywords: Quaternary, stratigraphy, boreholes, left bank of the River Sava

Abstract

Quaternary deposits on the banks of the Sava River in the Belgrade area have a significant thickness and they are represented by genetically different formations. The data about these sediments were obtained by exploration of two relatively shallow boreholes, RB 47/P-1 and RB 53/P-1, located on the left bank of the Sava River. Two genetic entities are distinguished: the lacustrine-palustrine deposits of Plio–Pleistocene age and alluvial deposits of Pleistocene and Holocene age. Deposits of the Plio–Pleistocene are clearly different, both lithologically and palaeontologically, from the overlying alluvial deposits. Lithologically similar fluvial deposits of the Pleistocene and Holocene age were distinguished according to their palaeontological characteristics, particulary by the presence of bivalve genera Corbicula and Dreissena.