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View article: Palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Baltic Sea basin during the Last Interglacial (Eemian, Mikulino stages): a review
Palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Baltic Sea basin during the Last Interglacial (Eemian, Mikulino stages): a review Open
This review presents an investigation of the evolution of the Baltic Sea basin and its connections through the Eemian Stage interglacial, based upon sequences of marine and associated deposits from the White Sea to the southwest Baltic, vi…
View article: The river Dniester valley: a long record of late-Cenozoic fluvial evolution within the Eastern Carpathian foreland and East European Platform margin
The river Dniester valley: a long record of late-Cenozoic fluvial evolution within the Eastern Carpathian foreland and East European Platform margin Open
The Dniester valley is a spectacular example of a degrading bedrock fluvial system at the contact between the East European platform and the Carpathian orogen. This study is based upon a combined lithofacies–architecture–morphological stud…
View article: The Evolving Concept of the Anthropocene: A Reply to Zalasiewicz et al.
The Evolving Concept of the Anthropocene: A Reply to Zalasiewicz et al. Open
The claim that the Anthropocene is de facto a new epoch is disputed, along with the suggestion that Earth system transformation from one state to another can be pinned down to a single year. The epoch proposal was formally rejected in 2024…
View article: Middle to Late Pleistocene valley‐slope cambering: The interglacial basin at Wing, Rutland, England
Middle to Late Pleistocene valley‐slope cambering: The interglacial basin at Wing, Rutland, England Open
A depression in the Jurassic bedrock at Wing, Rutland (eastern England), is infilled by deposits spanning the Late Wolstonian (=Late Saalian) to Early Devensian (=Early Weichselian) substages, including the most complete Ipswichian Stage (…
View article: The ICS international chronostratigraphic chart this decade
The ICS international chronostratigraphic chart this decade Open
View article: The Eemian Stage interglacial marine transgression in the south-western Baltic region
The Eemian Stage interglacial marine transgression in the south-western Baltic region Open
Through detailed investigations, three sequences of marine and associated deposits in the south-west Baltic area are shown to represent the Eemian interglacial transgression. Pollen analyses and foraminiferal and ostracod analyses are comb…
View article: A quasi‐continuous long‐term (5 Ma) Mid‐European mountain permafrost record based on fluvial magnetic susceptibility and its contribution to the explanation of Plio–Pleistocene glaciations
A quasi‐continuous long‐term (5 Ma) Mid‐European mountain permafrost record based on fluvial magnetic susceptibility and its contribution to the explanation of Plio–Pleistocene glaciations Open
The low field magnetic susceptibility ( χ LF ) measured in the 1116‐m‐long Dévaványa core (Pannonian Basin) is a quasi‐continuous record of the Plio–Pleistocene Mid‐European mountain permafrost development. The continuity of fluvial condit…
View article: Late Middle Pleistocene (<scp>MIS</scp> 11‐6) in Europe – introduction
Late Middle Pleistocene (<span>MIS</span> 11‐6) in Europe – introduction Open
The following collection of contributions presents both unique and synthesized regional evidence that provides considerable clarification regarding this part of the European Quaternary stratigraphical sequence. It is a reliable step forwar…
View article: Late Middle Pleistocene Wolstonian Stage (<scp>MIS</scp> 6) glaciation in lowland Britain and its North Sea regional equivalents – a review
Late Middle Pleistocene Wolstonian Stage (<span>MIS</span> 6) glaciation in lowland Britain and its North Sea regional equivalents – a review Open
Two major glaciations have been identified on land in England during the Middle Pleistocene. The earliest occurred during the Anglian Stage (= Elsterian, c . Marine Isotope Stage, MIS 12), evidence for which is best developed in lowland Br…
View article: The Anthropocene Is More Than a Time Interval
The Anthropocene Is More Than a Time Interval Open
Following the recent rejection of a formal Anthropocene series/epoch by the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS) of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), and its subsequent confirmation by the International Union of…
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View article: The most consequential ethical decision for geoscience&#160;
The most consequential ethical decision for geoscience  Open
A geological definition of the Anthropocene, shorthand for humanity’s cumulative disruption of the Earth-Human Ecosystem, looms as the planet-and-people focused UN approaches its Summit of the Future in New York City on 22-23 Septemb…
View article: The relationship between the loess stratigraphy in the Vojvodina region of northern Serbia and the Saalian and Rissian Stage glaciations – a review
The relationship between the loess stratigraphy in the Vojvodina region of northern Serbia and the Saalian and Rissian Stage glaciations – a review Open
The regional loess stratigraphy in the Vojvodina region, in the southeastern Carpathian Basin, has often been successfully correlated to the global palaeoclimate. This is a quasi‐continuous sedimentary record that provides detailed environ…
View article: Taphonomy matters
Taphonomy matters Open
Pearce et al. suggest that “… light woodland and open vegetation represented, on average, more than 50% cover” during the temperate phase of the Last Interglacial period in the whole of Europe. We identify some issues with the way they rea…
View article: Sudden disappearance of yew (Taxus baccata) woodlands from eastern England coincides with a possible climate event around 4.2 ka ago
Sudden disappearance of yew (Taxus baccata) woodlands from eastern England coincides with a possible climate event around 4.2 ka ago Open
View article: First results of the biostratigraphy and geochronology of the classic Nihewan Fauna, China
First results of the biostratigraphy and geochronology of the classic Nihewan Fauna, China Open
The Nihewan Basin is infilled by a relatively complete Pliocene to Pleistocene sequence, rich mammalian fossils and containing many Palaeolithic artefacts, implying that it is a unique location for Quaternary multidisciplinary study. Fossi…
View article: The Anthropocene is best understood as an ongoing, intensifying, diachronous event
The Anthropocene is best understood as an ongoing, intensifying, diachronous event Open
Current debate on the status and character of the Anthropocene is focussed on whether this interval of geological time should be designated as a formal unit of epoch/series rank in the International Chronostratigraphic Chart/Geological Tim…
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View article: Extreme glacial cooling likely led to hominin depopulation of Europe in the Early Pleistocene
Extreme glacial cooling likely led to hominin depopulation of Europe in the Early Pleistocene Open
The oldest known hominin remains in Europe [~1.5 to ~1.1 million years ago (Ma)] have been recovered from Iberia, where paleoenvironmental reconstructions have indicated warm and wet interglacials and mild glacials, supporting the view tha…
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View article: Palaeoenvironmental history of the Middle Pleistocene deposits at Gilson, Warwickshire, England: part of the High Speed Two railway route alignment
Palaeoenvironmental history of the Middle Pleistocene deposits at Gilson, Warwickshire, England: part of the High Speed Two railway route alignment Open
The investigation of a hillside at Gilson (Lat. 52.510341, Long. ‐1.718313), southwest of Coleshill, Warwickshire (within the High Speed Two railway ‘Delta Junction’ compound), England, has yielded evidence of sedimentation during a temper…
View article: Obliquity‐driven mountain permafrost‐related fluvial magnetic susceptibility cycles in the Quaternary mid‐latitude long‐term (2.5 Ma) fluvial Maros Fan in the Pannonian Basin
Obliquity‐driven mountain permafrost‐related fluvial magnetic susceptibility cycles in the Quaternary mid‐latitude long‐term (2.5 Ma) fluvial Maros Fan in the Pannonian Basin Open
Magnetic susceptibility (MS) of the Quaternary long‐term mid‐latitude Maros fluvial fan (Pannonian Basin) was recorded to understand the stratigraphical features of source‐proximal fluvial depositional settings. Three fully cored 500‐m‐dee…
View article: The stratigraphic basis of the Anthropocene Event
The stratigraphic basis of the Anthropocene Event Open
This paper outlines the stratigraphic basis of a proposed Anthropocene Event. It considers a diachronous event framework to be more appropriate for understanding the Anthropocene than treating it as a new geological series/epoch. Four gene…
View article: Optimising the Anthropocene definition: an epistemological view with briefings on four 2022-23 conferences
Optimising the Anthropocene definition: an epistemological view with briefings on four 2022-23 conferences Open
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View article: Rediscovery and stratigraphic calibration of the classic Nihewan Fauna, Hebei Province, China
Rediscovery and stratigraphic calibration of the classic Nihewan Fauna, Hebei Province, China Open
The classic Nihewan Fauna, as the representative of early Pleistocene Asian Land Mammal Age Nihewanian, has long been cited for bio- and chronostratigraphic correlation. However, its precise provenance and stratigraphic horizon have remain…
View article: Richard Gilbert West. 31 May 1926—30 December 2020
Richard Gilbert West. 31 May 1926—30 December 2020 Open
Richard West was undoubtedly the greatest British Quaternary geologist of his generation. Following National Service in India, he was admitted to Clare College, Cambridge in 1948 to study the Natural Sciences Tripos. Considering Geology fo…
View article: The Anthropocene serves science better as an event, rather than an epoch
The Anthropocene serves science better as an event, rather than an epoch Open
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View article: Timing and dynamics of Late Wolstonian Substage ‘Moreton Stadial’ (MIS 6) glaciation in the English West Midlands, UK
Timing and dynamics of Late Wolstonian Substage ‘Moreton Stadial’ (MIS 6) glaciation in the English West Midlands, UK Open
Glaciation during the late Middle Pleistocene is widely recognized across continental northwest Europe, but its extent and palaeoenvironmental significance in the British Isles are disputed. Although glaciogenic sediments at Wolston, Warwi…