Integrated Quaternary Stratigraphy

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Integrated Quaternary Stratigraphy
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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
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