The cyclical structure of loess-palaeosol deposits reflects the patterns of climate change and is a valuable archive of palaeoenvironmental information. In various regions of the distribution of the loess-soil sequences (LPSs), palaeoclimatic signals are differently "recorded" in the magnetic properties of rocks, types of fossil soils and the composition of the ancient vegetation. The similarity of variations in the recording of magnetic susceptibility and other palaeoclimate proxies in the same age marine and lake sediments confirms the possibility of palaeoclimatic reconstruction by magnetic properties. In this study, we present rock magnetic and magnetostratigraphic results, in comparison with the lithological-palaeopedological and palynological properties, obtained from the most complete Pleistocene LPSs in Ukraine, at the Roksolany and Vyazivok sections. Our data confirm that the magnetic susceptibility is a powerful tool in the reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental changes, and should be widely used in the study of loess and soil deposits, and in the resolving geological, economic, and environmental problems.
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