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Title Integrated quaternary stratigraphy [electronic resource] / edited by Michael Montenari.

Imprint Cambridge, MA : Academic Press, 2022.

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Description 1 online resource
Series Stratigraphy & timescales ; Volume 7
Stratigraphy & timescales (Series) ; v. 7.
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Contents Intro -- Integrated Quaternary Stratigraphy -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter One: An outline of geochemical proxies used on marine sediments deposited during the Quaternary Period -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Approach -- 3. Major and trace elemental proxies -- 3.1. Detrital source and grainsize indicators -- 3.2. Paleoweathering and weathering intensities -- 3.3. Paleoproductivity proxies -- 3.4. Redox sensitive elements and their mobilization -- 3.5. Sediment provenance -- 4. Mathematical and statistical analysis of climate variables -- 4.1. Climate reconstruction model -- 4.2. Dominant climatic variable and model reliability -- 4.3. Factors affecting model and source of error in the model -- 5. Summary and remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter Two: Stratigraphy in the Greenland/Iceland/Norwegian (GIN) seas: A multiproxy approach on Pleistocene sediments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Materials, methods and proxy significance -- 2.1. Sedimentary analyses -- 2.2. Micropalaeontological analyses -- 2.3. Data analytical procedures -- 3. Toward a coherent stratigraphy -- 3.1. Building the M17KC03 core stratigraphy -- 3.2. Core-to-core correlations (in depth) from the MOCOSED 2017 cruise -- 4. Discussion -- 4.1. Coherent stratigraphy over GIN seas -- 4.2. The GIN seas at orbital scales: Forcings, teleconnections and typicity? -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter Three: Quaternary Palynostratigraphy of Germany with special emphasis on the Late Pleistocene -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Brief research history -- 3. Plio-Pleistocene boundary -- 4. Early Pleistocene -- 5. Middle Pleistocene -- 6. Late Pleistocene -- 6.1. Eemian Interglacial -- 6.2. Early Weichselian and Early Würmian respectively -- 6.3. (Middle) Weichselian-Pleniglacial and Middle Würmian.
6.4. Pleniglacial and Late Würmian of MIS 2 age up to the last glacial maximum -- 6.5. Late Glacial -- 7. Holocene -- 8. Conclusions and outlook -- References -- Chapter Four: The latest European record of Chasmaporthetes lunensis lunensis (Del Campana, 1914) from Schernfeld (Bavari ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Material and methods -- 3. Locality -- 4. Results -- 5. Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter Five: The Quaternary vertebrate fauna of cave deposits of the Podillia-Bukovynian Karst-Speleological Area (Weste ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature review -- 3. Geological and Karstological settings -- 4. Results (cave sites description) -- 4.1. Atlantyda Cave -- 4.2. Balamutivs´ka Cave -- 4.3. Borshchiv -- 4.4. Bukovynka Cave -- 4.5. Cholivska Gora (Chortivets) -- 4.6. Chortkiv -- 4.7. Chortova Skelia (Lviv VII) -- 4.8. Chun´kiv -- 4.9. Divychi Skaly -- 4.10. Divychi Skaly-Cave Bear Grotto -- 4.11. Horishnia Vygnanka -- 4.12. Kasperivtsi -- 4.13. Kryshtaleva (Nyzhniokryvchanska) Cave -- 4.14. Mala Ilovytsya (Lypa IX, Mount Pustelnya) -- 4.15. Malimon-Canyon Cave -- 4.16. Martynivka Cave -- 4.17. Melna -- 4.18. Ostrivets´ -- 4.19. Ozerna (Popova Yama) Cave -- 4.20. Pryima I (Nimecha) -- 4.21. Shchyrets (Tserkovna Gora) -- 4.22. Shchyrets-1 -- 4.23. Stalactite (Lokitka) Cave -- 4.24. Stradch -- 4.25. Syniakove -- 4.26. Synyakove-1 -- 4.27. Tadirka Cave -- 4.28. Trygolovatka Cave -- 4.29. Tovtry Cave -- 4.30. Vyniava-Horosno -- 5. Discussion and conclusions -- References -- Chapter Six: An overview of the geology of paleoanthropological and archaeological sites of South Africa -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Cradle of Humankind -- 2. Sites in the Cradle of Humankind -- 2.1. Sterkfontein -- 2.2. Swartkrans -- 2.3. Kromdraai -- 2.4. Malapa -- 2.5. Gladysvale -- 2.6. Rising Star -- 3. Sites outside the Cradle of Humankind.
3.1. Anyskop Blowout -- 3.2. Blombos Cave -- 3.3. Border Cave -- 3.4. Bundu Farm -- 3.5. Canteen Kopje -- 3.6. Cornelia Uitzoek -- 3.7. Diepkloof Rock Shelter -- 3.8. Doornlaagte -- 3.9. Duinefontein -- 3.10. Elandsfontein -- 3.11. Florisbad -- 3.12. Kathu Pan -- 3.13. Klasies River main site -- 3.14. Olieboomspoort -- 3.15. Penhill -- 3.16. Pinnacle Point -- 3.17. Rietputs 15 -- 3.18. Rooidam -- 3.19. Sibudu -- 3.20. Wonderwerk Cave -- 4. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter Seven: New lithostratigraphic nomenclature of Neogene rock units in As-Sahabi area, Sirt Basin, northeast Libya -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Description of lithostratigraphic units of As-Sahabi area -- 3. Previous stratigraphic nomenclature -- 4. Methodology -- 5. Revisions of stratigraphic nomenclature for As-Sahabi area of Libya -- 5.1. Unit (1) limestone to sandy limestone -- 5.2. Unit (2) gypsiferous sand and clay -- 5.3. Unit (3) non-gypsiferous sand/sandstone and clay -- 5.4. Unit (4) non-gypsiferous sand and clay -- 5.5. Unit (5) non-gypsiferous sand and clay (sandstone-cemented by dolomite) -- 5.6. Unit (6) non-gypsiferous sand and clay that is capped by an unconformity -- 5.7. Unit (7) sand and pebbly sand that is capped by an unconformity -- 5.8. Unit (8) carbonate soil/calcrete -- 6. Discussion -- 7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Declarations -- References.
Subject Geology, Stratigraphic.
Stratigraphie.
Geology, Stratigraphic
Added Author Montenari, Michael, 1971-
Other Form: Print version: 0323989136 9780323989138 (OCoLC)1302581796
Print version: Stratigraphy & timescales. Volume 7. 9780323989138 (OCoLC)1346305763
ISBN 9780323989145 (electronic bk.)
0323989144 (electronic bk.)
9780323989138
0323989136
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