method, and finally a quantification of climatic parameters. The dominance of arvicolines, and a clear change at the Pliocene-Quaternary boundary, with cooling and a tendency to increasing aridification, are highlighted.
A single vertebra from an Early Formative period archaeological site in coastal Chiapas, Mexico, is identified as belonging to the amphibian Dermophis mexicanus. This specimen represents the first Quaternary fossil record for gymnophiones. Its
The Quaternary deposits in the Galilee coastal plain comprise alternating calcareous sandstone (kurkar), red loam (hamra), dark clay, and uncemented sand. This study deals with the origin of the kurkar, with the correlation between kurkar and hamra
Quaternary moraines vs catastrophic rock avalanches in the Karakoram Himalaya, Northern Pakistan
Glaciation ; Himalaya ; Karokoram ; Mass movement ; Moraine ; Pakistan ; Palaeogeography ; Pleistocene ; Quaternary
The research on which this paper is based concerned the nature and incidence of catastrophic landslides. However, related work, especially that which has mistaken these landslides for glacial deposits, has focused mainly on Quaternary history
This paper defines the physical properties of the Quaternary deposits and associated porewaters of Walpole Island, the largest of the islands composing the St. Clair Delta. The aim is to improve understanding of the delta's sedimentation
Baja California Sur ; Fault ; Marine quaternary ; Marine terrace ; Mexico ; Plate tectonics ; Sea level ; Seismic hazard ; Vertical movement
Quaternary faulting and coastal uplift characterize the rifted margin of Baja California near Loreto. This study seeks to document the rate of uplift of the Loreto basin and the history of Quaternary faulting on the Loreto fault. To determine
the rate of uplift, the AA. examine the coastal uplift of the Loreto basin indicated by the altitudinal distribution of marine terraces. Evidence of Quaternary movement on the Loreto fault consists of morphologically young fault scarps and surfaces
This review examines recent publications in the field of Quaternary biogeography and palaeoecology and, in so doing, argues that the discipline needs to embrace dynamism as the convention.
The purpose of this paper is to examine how the interaction between climatically-driven changes of sediment supply and eustatically-induced changes of base level influence the geomorphology of alluvial fans, using evidence from Quaternary coastal
alluvial fans in the Cabo de Gata ranges of southeast Spain. The geomorphic characteristics of the fans are described first, then, using evidence provided by soil development, the evolution during the late Quaternary is established and related
AVHRR ; Africa ; Biota ; Central Africa ; Climatic variation ; Desert ; Dune ; Endemic disease ; NOAA ; Palaeo-environment ; Palaeogeomorphology ; Pleistocene ; Quaternary ; Remote sensing ; West Africa
New geomorphological evidence from satellite images is interpreted in the light of recent work on Quaternary desert advance in West and Central Africa to suggest that regions currently supporting tropical lowland rain forest were during
the Quaternary period, covered by windblown sand in the form of linear desert dunes. These findings have implications for Pleistocene refugia in Africa and may explain both the relative paucity and high degree of endemism observed among African biota.
Significance of the Pleistocene continental deposits cropping out in the Baronia Mts. in the framework of the quaternary evolution of northern Irpinia (southern Apennines, Italy)
Stratigraphy, chronology, and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Quaternary sedimentary infilling of a volcanic tube in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
C 14 dating ; Canary Islands ; Cave ; Palaeo-environment ; Palaeoclimate ; Quaternary ; Sediment filling ; Stratigraphy ; Volcanic rock
Late Quaternary geology and geochronology of Diring Yuriakh, an early Paleolithic site in central Siberia
Archaeology ; Archeological site ; Asian part of Russia ; Geochronology ; Grain size distribution ; Human occupation ; Palaeolithic ; Quaternary ; Sedimentology ; Siberia ; Stratigraphy ; Thermoluminescence
Late-Quaternary history of the alpine flora of the New Hampshire White Mountains
Late Quaternary history of the White Mountains, New Hampshire and adjacent southeastern Québec
Lateglacial ; Mountain ; New England ; Palaeo-ecology ; Palaeobotany ; Palynology ; Pollen diagram ; Quaternary ; Stratigraphy ; United States of America