A coleopteran fauna from the middle Würm (Weichselian) of Switzerland and its bearing on palaeobiogeography, palaeoeclimate and palaeoecology - Monika Jost‐Stauffer; G. Russell Coope; Christian Schlüchter (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
Recent exposures of the upper lignite layer from the Gossau section on the Swiss plateau (near Zürich) have shown that it contains a rich fauna of fossil coleopteran remains (beetles). These deposits have been radiocarbon dated to 28 500 yr BP. Up to now the environment of the middle Würm period has not been well documented in Switzerland so this exposure provides a rare opportunity to investigate the palaeobiogeography, local environment and palaeoclimate of this episode. A coleopteran assemblage was obtained from the upper lignite in which 30 taxa were identified of which 26 could be determined to the species level. All the species are still living today though ten of them are no longer found in Switzerland. Their modern geographical ranges are boreal or boreo‐montane and, on the whole, the fauna is typical of lower alpine or northern tundras of the present day. The MCR (Mutual Climatic Range) method was used here to estimate the mean temperatures of the warmest month (9°C) and of the coldest months (−21°C). Comparing these estimated palaeotemperatures with modern values from the nearest meteorological station (Zürich Airport), middle Würm mean July palaeotemperatures were about 10°C lower and mean January/February palaeotemperatures were about 20°C lower than today. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Foraminifera, testate amoebae and diatoms as sea‐level indicators in UK saltmarshes: a quantitative multiproxy approach - W. Roland Gehrels; Helen M. Roe; Dan J. Charman (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
The vertical distribution of foraminifera, testate amoebae and diatoms was investigated in saltmarshes in the Taf estuary (south Wales), the Erme estuary (south Devon) and the Brancaster marshes (north Norfolk), to assess the use of multiproxy indicators in sea‐level reconstructions. A total of 116 samples were subjected to regression analyses, using the program calibrate, with duration of tidal flooding as the dependent variable. We found that the relationship between flooding duration and taxa was strongest for diatoms and testate amoebae and weakest for foraminifera. The vertical range of testate amoebae in saltmarshes is small. Their lower tolerance limit in present‐day saltmarshes occurs where tides cover the marsh less than a combined total of 7 days (1.9%) in a year. However, they are important sea‐level indicators because information for sea‐level reconstruction is best derived from sediments that originate in the highest part of the intertidal zone. Diatoms span the entire sampled range in intertidal and supratidal areas, whereas the upper limit of foraminifera is found very close to the highest astronomical tide level. Local training sets provide reconstructions with higher accuracy and precision than combined training sets, but their use is limited if they do not represent adequate modern analogues for fossil assemblages. Although analyses are time consuming, a regional training set of all three groups of micro‐organisms yields highly accurate ( r 2 = 0.80) and precise (low value of root mean square error) predictions of tidal level. This approach therefore could improve the accuracy and precision of Holocene sea‐level reconstructions. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Holocene land–ocean interaction and enviromental change around the North Sea. I. Shennan and J.E. Andrews (eds). Publisher Special Publication No. 166, Geological Society of London, Bath 2000 (326 pp) £79/US$ 132 (special price for members of GS, AAPG, SEPM, GSA) ISBN 1‐86239‐054‐1 - Wim De Gans (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)

Detecting Holocene movements of the woodland–steppe ecotone in northern China using discriminant analysis - Hongyan Liu; Haiting Cui; Yongmei Huang (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
Discriminant functions link vegetation zones and surface pollen along the woodland–steppe ecotone in northern China. These links were utilised to reconstruct palaeovegetation using fossil pollen data from four lake sediment sites within the ecotone. Holocene movements of the vegetation zones were derived from the above results and were interpreted as the results of climatic, topographic and edaphic factors. This study shows that climatic change was the driving factor for ecotonal movement, but that the positions of vegetational zones were nevertheless controlled by topographical and edaphic conditions, and consequently boundaries between different vegetational zones responded individualistically. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Mid‐ to late Holocene relative sea‐level change in Poole Harbour, southern England - Robin J. Edwards (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
A foraminiferal transfer function for mean tide level (MTL) is used in combination with AMS radiocarbon dated material to construct a record of relative sea‐level (RSL) change from Poole Harbour, southern Britain. These new data, based on multiple cores from duplicate sites, indicate four phases of change during the last 5000 cal. (calendar) yr: (i) rising RSL between ca. 4700 cal. yr BP and ca. 2400 cal. yr BP; (ii) stable to falling RSL from ca. 2400 cal. yr BP until ca. 1200 cal. yr BP; (iii) a brief rise in RSL from ca. 1200 cal. yr BP to ca. 900 cal. yr BP, followed by a period of stability; (iv) a recent increase in the rate of RSL rise from ca. 400–200 cal. yr BP until the present day. In addition, they suggest that the region has experienced long‐term crustal subsidence at a rate of 0.5 mm C 14 yr −1 . Although this can account for the overall rise in MTL observed during the past 2500 yr, it fails to explain the changes in the rate of rise during this period. This implies that the phases of RSL change recorded in the marshes of Poole Harbour reflect tidal range variations or ‘eustatic’ fluctuations in sea‐level. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Vegetation and climate during the Weichselian Early Glacial and Pleniglacial in the Niederlausitz, eastern Germany — macrofossil and pollen evidence - Johanna A. A. Bos; Sjoerd J. P. Bohncke; Cornelis Kasse; Jef Vandenberghe (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
Cryoturbated organic beds and channel fills, intercalated with sandy and gravelly fluvial units, have been studied in an opencast brown‐coal mine near Nochten (Niederlausitz), eastern Germany. The fluvial–aeolian sequence covers parts of the Early, Pleni‐ and Late‐glacial. The detailed chronology is based on 11 radiocarbon and 12 OSL dates, covering the period between ca. 100 kyr and 11 kyr BP. Basal peat deposits are correlated with an Early Weichselian interstadial. During this period boreal forests were present and minimum mean summer temperatures were > 13°C. Early Pleniglacial deposits are absent. The Middle and Late Pleniglacial environments were treeless and different types of tundra vegetation can be recognised. Minimum mean summer temperatures varied between 10 and 15°C. Vegetation and climate is reconstructed in detail for the periods around 34–38 kyr BP and 24–25 kyr BP. Around 34–38 ka, a mixture between a low shrub tundra and a cottongrass tussock–subshrub tundra was present. The botanical and sedimentological data suggest that from the Middle to the Late Pleniglacial, the climate became more continental, aridity and wind strength increased, and the role of a protecting winter snow cover decreased. A sedge–grass–moss tundra dominated around 24 and 25 kyr BP. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Identification and significance of a visible, basalt‐rich Vedde Ash layer in a Late‐glacial sequence on the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland - Siwan M. Davies; Chris S. M. Turney; J. John Lowe (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
This paper reports the discovery of a visible, tephra horizon of Late‐glacial age from the site of Loch Ashik in the Isle of Skye, the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Although the tephra shards have a bimodal geochemical composition identical to that of the Vedde Ash (a well known marker horizon within Late‐glacial sequences. The horizon at Ashik is dominated by basaltic shards and devitrified tephra shards, giving the layer its characteristic black colour. Only rhyolitic shards have previously been reported from Vedde Ash horizons in the British Isles. This new evidence raises some important questions about the factors that govern the distribution and accumulation of basaltic tephra, and about the methods used to detect ash shards in basins distal to centres of volcanic activity. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Geochemistry, dispersal, volumes and chronology of Holocene silicic tephra layers from the Katla volcanic system, Iceland - Gudrún Larsen; Anthony J. Newton; Andrew J. Dugmore; Elsa G. Vilmundardóttir (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
At least 12 silicic tephra layers (SILK tephras) erupted between ca. 6600 and ca. 1675 yr BP from the Katla volcanic system, have been identified in southern Iceland. In addition to providing significant new knowledge on the Holocene volcanism of the Katla system which typically produces basaltic tephra, the SILK tephras form distinct and precise isochronous marker horizons in a climatically sensitive location close to both the atmospheric and marine polar fronts. With one exception the SILK tephras have a narrow compositional range, with SiO 2 between 63 and 67%. Geochemically they are indistinguishable from ocean transported pumice found on beaches in the North Atlantic region, although they differ significantly from the silicic component of the North Atlantic Ash Zone One (NAAZO). Volumes of airborne SILK tephra range from 0.05 to 0.3 km 3 . We present new isopach maps of the six largest layers and demonstrate that they originate within the Katla caldera. The apparently stable magma system conditions that produced the SILK tephras may have been established as a consequence of the eruption of the silicic component of NAAZO (ca. 10.3 ka) and disrupted by another large‐scale event, the tenth century ad Eldgjá eruption (ca. 1 ka). Despite the current long repose, silicic activity of this type may occur again in the future, presenting hitherto unknown hazards. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Late Holocene (ca. 4 ka) marine and terrestrial environmental change in Reykjarfjördur, north Iceland: climate and/or settlement? - John T. Andrews; Chris Caseldine; Nancy J. Weiner; Jackie Hatton (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
Core B997‐328PC is from the landward side of a 100‐m‐deep basin in Reykjarfjördur, a small fjord on the north coast of the northwest peninsula of Iceland. This is an area that can be severely affected by incursions of polar sea‐ice but has not suffered marked land erosion during the Settlement period. The core is 422 cm in length and consists principally of fine‐grained muds with in situ molluscs. Eleven AMS 14 C dates on molluscs indicate a constant sediment accumulation rate of ca. 1 cm 10 yr −1 for the last 4280 ± 50 yr BP. We measured and derived a variety of proxies for indications of changes in the nearshore environment. These included physical properties and grain size, mass accumulation rates, micropalaeontology (pollen and Foraminifera). Multivariate analysis and constrained clustering were used to define major changes in the proxies. In several parameters the major change in the fjord environment occurred close to 1000 14 C yr ago, thus approximately coincident with the onset of the Settlement of Iceland. Other changes are noted at around 1600 and 3400 14 C yr ago; Betula pollen disappears from the record ca. 1500 yr BP and there are peaks in marine productivity occurring ca. 2 and 3.4 ka. A major decline in carbonate accumulation and a sharp increase in the cold water benthic foraminifer Elphidium excavatum forma clavata 400 yr ago represents the local marine signature of the Little Ice Age. None of the changes in our data can be explained adequately by a simple call to land‐use practices and an increase in land to sea transport, but both the pollen and foraminiferal records indicate a decrease and even loss of ‘warm’ elements in both flora and fauna over the past 4 kyr. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Glaciers and environmental change. A. Nesje and S.V. Dahl. Publisher Arnold, London 2000 (203 pp) £45.00 (hardback) ISBN 0‐340‐70637‐6 £18.99 (paperback) ISBN 0‐340‐70634‐1 - Murray Gray (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)

Timing and significance of mid‐Holocene glacier advances in northern and central Iceland - Martin P. Kirkbride; Andrew J. Dugmore (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
Tephrochronology is used to date mid‐Holocene moraines in Iceland. In the Granavatn cirque (Tröllaskagi Peninsula) the H‐4 tephra (ca. 3830 yr BP) lies within sediment accumulated against the distal slope of a lateral moraine, providing a minimum age for glaciation, and the absence of H‐5 (ca. 5950 yr BP) provides a maximum age. By implication, the cirque was glaciated in the early Neoglacial period. A large rock glacier, the development of which post‐dates the moraine, probably formed within the ‘Little Ice Age’ (LIA) of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries ad. At Eystri‐Loðmundarjökull in central Iceland, frozen colluvium containing the H‐3 (ca. 2900 yr BP) and H‐4 tephras provides a minimum age of ca. 3830 yr BP for two terminal moraines, and a maximum age of ca. 2900 yr BP for a third. The older moraines are correlated with the Vatnsdalur I/Drangagíl advances (ca. 4700 yr BP and ≥ 4500 yr BP respectively) and the Begisárdalur I advance (ca. 4200 yr BP). They imply that early Neoglacial advances throughout Iceland were locally more extensive than those of the LIA. The apparent LIA Holocene glacial maximum may reflect (i) selective sampling of large ice‐cap‐outlet glaciers, where the preservation potential of pre‐LIA deposits is low, and (ii) reliance on lichenometric dating, which has a restriced temporal range. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Hominoid evolution and climatic change in Europe, Vol. 1: the evolution of Neogene terrestrial ecosystems in Europe. J.Agostí, L.Rook and P. Andrews (eds). Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999 (512 pp) £60/$100 ISBN 0‐521‐64097‐0 - Svend Funder (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)

Late‐glacial to Holocene environmental changes and climate variability: evidence from Voldafjorden, western Norway - H. P. Sejrup; H. Haflidason; T. Flatebø; D. Klitgaard Kristensen; K. Grøsfjeld; E. Larsen (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
Sedimentological, micropalaeontological (benthic foraminifers and dinoflagellate cysts), stable isotope data and AMS 14 C datings on cores and surface samples, in addition to acoustic data, have been obtained from Voldafjorden, western Norway. Based on these data the late glacial and Holocene sedimentological processes and variability in circulation and fjord environments are outlined. Glacial marine sedimentation prevailed in the Voldafjorden between 11.0 kyr and 9.2 kyr BP (radiocarbon years). In the later part of the Allerød period, and for the rest of the Holocene, there was deposition of fine‐grained normal marine sediments in the fjord basin. Turbidite layers, recorded in core material and on acoustic profiles, dated to ca. 2.1, 6.9–7.6, ca. 9.6 and ca. 11.0 kyr BP, interrupted the marine sedimentation. The event dated to between 6.9 and 7.6 kyr BP probably corresponds to a tsunami resulting from large‐scale sliding on the continental margin off Norway (the Storegga Tsunami). During the later part of the Allerød period, Voldafjorden had a strongly stratified water column with cold bottom water and warm surface water, reaching interglacial temperatures during the summer seasons. During the Younger Dryas cold event there was a return to arctic sea‐surface summer temperatures, possibly with year‐round sea‐ice cover, the entire benthic fauna being composed of arctic species. The first strong Holocene warming, observed simultaneously in bottom and sea‐surface temperature proxies, occurred at ca. 10.1 kyr BP. Bottom water proxies indicate two cold periods, possibly with 2°C lowering of temperatures, at ca. 10.0 (PBO 1) and at 9.8 kyr BP (PBO 2). These events may both result from catastrophic outbursts of Baltic glacial lake water. The remainder of the Holocene experienced variability in basin water temperature, indicated by oxygen isotope measurements with an amplitude of ca. 2°C, with cooler periods at ca. 8.4–9.0, 5.6, 5.2, 4.6, 4.2, 3.5, 2.2, 1.2 and 0.4–0.8 kyr BP. Changes in the fjord hydrology through the past 11.3 kyr show a close correspondence, both in amplitude and timing of events, recorded in cores from the Norwegian Sea region and the North Atlantic. These data suggest a close relationship between fjord environments and variability in large‐scale oceanic circulation. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Tephrological implications of beam size—sample‐size effects in electron microprobe analysis of glass shards - John B. Hunt; Peter G. Hill (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
This paper concerns the potential consequences of varying procedures for the determination of tephra geochemistry by electron microprobe. Application of electron probe microanalysis to tephrostratigraphical methods has increasingly facilitated the resolution and refinement of Quaternary chronology associated with records of proxy‐environmental or proxy‐climatic change. The geographical range over which tephras are recovered has expanded significantly with the identification and analysis of crypto (or hidden) tephras in areas far removed from tephra sources. These tephras are dominated by glass shards, which, in many distal environments, may be either small in size (μm) or may be highly pumiceous with low glass:void ratios and thin (

Seismostratigraphy and sediment studies of Lake Hestvatn, southern Iceland: implications for the deglacial history of the region - Jórunn Hardardóttir; Áslaug Geirsdóttir; Árny E. Sveinbjörnsdóttir (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
Core 95‐HV was obtained from Lake Hestvatn, southern Iceland, after a seismic survey had identified a sediment sequence over 45 m thick in the lake. The core penetrated ca. 25 m into the sediment correlating with seismostratigraphic unit 2 of alternating seismic facies, with semi‐parallel reflectors of high amplitude and chaotic reflectors. Detailed sedimentological, chemical, magnetic and chronostratigraphical analyses on core 95‐HV, combined with interpretation of the seismic survey, show considerable changes in the sedimentary environment between ca. 10300 and 9000 14 C yr BP (reservoir corrected). The lowermost ca. 12 m of the core was deposited in a marine environment during energy shifts from a very rapid accumulation of sandy turbidite units to slower deposition of suspended fine‐grained sediments. The turbidite units, thought to have originated from catastrophic outburst floods (jökulhlaup), contributed greatly to the high sediment accumulation rate at the Younger Dryas–Preboreal transition. Further change in the sedimentary environments is evidenced by the deposition of organic‐rich lake sediment with abundant tephra layers, starting at ca. 9000 yr BP (seismostratigraphic unit 3). The study shows that the inland glacier did not override the site of Hestvatn during the time of sediment deposition in the lake basin. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The Greenland 8200 cal. yr BP event detected in loss‐on‐ignition profiles in Norwegian lacustrine sediment sequences - Atle Nesje; Svein Olaf Dahl (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
High‐resolution loss‐on‐ignition analyses of lacustrine sediment cores from both proglacial and non‐glacial lakes in southern Norway have revealed a specific pattern characterised by a significant, two‐peaked reduction of the loss‐on‐ignition values in the basal half of the cores. In non‐glacier‐fed lakes, the loss‐on‐ignition variations are interpreted to reflect mainly lake productivity and hence variability in surface summer air temperature. Sediments deposited in proglacial lakes, however, reflect mainly the glacier activity in the lake catchment. Bulk AMS radiocarbon dates from the core sequences and the loss‐on‐ignition curve pattern suggest that this event correlates with the ‘8200 cal. yr BP event’ recorded in the GRIP and GISP2 Greenland ice‐cores, termed the Finse event in southern Norway. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Editorial - James Scourse (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)

The marine14C age of the Vedde Ash Bed along the west coast of Norway - Stein Bondevik; Jan Mangerud; Steinar Gulliksen (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)

Geomorphological investigations and luminescence dating in the southern part of the Khangay and the Valley of the Gobi Lakes (Central Mongolia) - Frank Lehmkuhl; Andreas Lang (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)

Redating the onset of burning at Lynch's Crater (North Queensland): implications for human settlement in Australia - C. S. M. Turney; A. P. Kershaw; P. Moss; M. I. Bird; L. K. Fifield; R. G. Cresswell; G. M. Santos; M. L. Di Tada; P. A. Hausladen; Y. Zhou (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
Lynch's Crater preserves a continuous, high‐resolution record of environmental changes in north Queensland. This record suggests a marked increase in burning that appears to be independent of any known major climatic boundaries. This increase is accompanied, or closely followed, by the virtually complete replacement of rainforest by sclerophyll vegetation. The absence of any major climatic shift associated with this increase in fire frequency therefore has been interpreted as a result of early human impact in the area. The age for this increase in burning, on the basis of conventional radiocarbon dating, was previously thought to be approximately 38 000 14 C yr BP, supporting the traditional model for human arrival in Australia at 40 000 14 C yr BP Here we have applied a more rigorous pre‐treatment and graphitisation procedure for radiocarbon dating samples from the Lynch's Crater sequence. These new dates suggest that the increase in fire frequency occurred at 45 000 14 C yr BP, supporting the alternative view that human occupation of Australia occurred by at least 45 000–55 000 cal. yr BP. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

A proxy record of late Holocene climate change from May Moss, northeast England - R. C. Chiverrell (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)

Vegetation and climate in the Early- and Pleni-Weichselian in northern Central Europe - Gerfried Caspers; Holger Freund (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)

Aeolian origin and palaeoclimatic implications of the ?red clay? (north China) as evidenced by grain-size distribution - Huayu Lu; Jef Vandenberghe; Zhisheng An (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)

Huge Ice‐age lakes in Russia - Jan Mangerud; Valery Astakhov; Martin Jakobsson; John Inge Svendsen (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
During an early phase of the Last Ice Age (Weichselian, Valdaian), about 90 000 yr ago, an ice sheet formed over the shallow Barents and Kara seas. The ice front advanced on to mainland Russia and blocked the north‐flowing rivers (Yenissei, Ob, Pechora, Dvina and others) that supply most of the freshwater to the Arctic Ocean. The result was that large ice‐dammed lakes were formed between the ice sheet in the north and the continental water divides to the south. Here we present reconstructions and calculations of the areas and volumes of these lakes. The lake on the West Siberian Plain was nearly twice as large as the largest lake on Earth today. The well‐mapped Lake Komi in northeast Europe and a postulated lake in the White Sea Basin would also rank before the present‐day third largest lake. The lakes overflowed towards the south and thus the drainage of much of the Eurasian continent was reversed. The result was a major change in the water balance on the continent, decreased freshwater supply to the Arctic Ocean, and increased freshwater flow to the Aral, Caspian, Black and Baltic seas. A sudden outburst of the lakes' water to the Arctic Ocean when the ice sheet thinned is postulated. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Middle Pleistocene interglacial deposits at Barling, Essex, England: evidence for a longer chronology for the Thames terrace sequence - D. R. Bridgland; R. C. Preece; H. M. Roe; R. M. Tipping; G. R. Coope; M. H. Field; J. E. Robinson; D. C. Schreve; K. Crowe (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
Results are presented from a multidisciplinary study of fossiliferous interglacial deposits on the northern side of the Thames estuary. These fill a channel cut into London Clay bedrock and overlain by the Barling Gravel, a Thames–Medway deposit equivalent to the Lynch Hill and Corbets Tey Gravels of the Middle and Lower Thames, respectively. The channel sediments yielded diverse molluscan and ostracod assemblages, both implying fully interglacial conditions and a slight brackish influence. Pollen analysis has shown that the deposits accumulated during the early part of an interglacial. Plant macrofossils, particularly the abundance of Trapa natans , reinforce the interglacial character of the palaeontological evidence. A beetle fauna, which includes four taxa unknown in Britain at present, has allowed quantification of palaeotemperature using the mutual climatic range method ( T max 17 to 26 °C; T min −11 to 13 °C). A few vertebrate remains have been recovered from the interglacial deposits, but a much larger fauna, as well as Palaeolithic artefacts, is known from the overlying Barling Gravel. The age of the interglacial deposits is inferential. The geological context suggests a late Middle Pleistocene interglacial, part of the post‐diversion Thames system and therefore clearly post‐Anglian. This conclusion is supported by amino acid ratios from the shells of freshwater molluscs. The correlation of the overlying Barling Gravel with the Lynch Hill/Corbets Tey aggradation of the Thames valley constrains the age of the Barling interglacial to marine oxygen isotope stages 11 or 9. The presence of Corbicula fluminalis and Pisidium clessini confirms a pre‐Ipswichian (marine oxygen isotope substage 5e) age and their occurrence in the early part of the interglacial cycle at Barling precludes correlation with marine oxygen isotope stage 11, as these taxa occur only later in that interglacial at sites such as Swanscombe and Clacton. Thus by process of elimination a marine oxygen isotope stage 9 age would appear probable. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Elemental δ 13 C at Allen's Cave, Nullarbor Plain, Australia: assessing post‐depositional disturbance and reconstructing past environments - C. S. M. Turney; M. I. Bird; R. G. Roberts (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
The degree to which post‐depositional disturbance can be assessed in archaeological sequences is critical for the development of robust chronologies for such deposits. A common approach is the identification of conjoined artefacts distributed through the sequence as a measure of disturbance following deposition, although this method is relatively labour intensive and does not provide a continuous record of disturbance through the entire sequence. Here we present δ 13 C values for different size fractions ( 125 µm) of chemically resistant charcoal distributed through a sedimentary profile at Allen's Cave, South Australia. The curves generated from both size fractions parallel one another, indicating minimal disturbance through the entire profile and providing greater confidence in the luminescence and radiocarbon chronologies reported previously for the site. In addition, the elemental δ 13 C values provide an indication of greater aridity (compared with present) persisting in this area from ca. 45 to 12 ka, consistent with other proxy records. The onset of the Holocene is marked by a shift to wetter conditions, probably as a result of post‐glacial marine transgression and closer proximity to the coastline. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The marine 14C age of the Vedde Ash Bed along the west coast of Norway - Stein Bondevik; Jan Mangerud; Steinar Gulliksen (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)

New Holocene tephras and a proxy climate record from a blanket mire in northern Skye, Scotland - P. G. Langdon; K. E. Barber (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
Four Holocene tephras of Icelandic origin have been identified and geochemically characterised from a water shedding blanket peat sequence on the Trotternish ridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Geochemical characterisation of the shards propose the Glen Garry tephra to be present, a tephra layer of Hekla origin incorporating shards from Hekla‐4, as well as two new tephras dated by interpolation from a radiocarbon based chronology to ca. 830 cal. yr BP and ca. 2340 cal. yr BP. The new historic tephra has an ambiguous geochemistry and therefore has not been correlated with other known Icelandic historic tephras. The new prehistoric tephra is suggested as originating from the Snæfellsjökull volcano in northwest Iceland and forms an important stratigraphical marker in this Holocene sequence. A proxy climate record has been derived from humification analyses of the peat, which compares well with other regional palaeoclimatic reconstructions, as well as enabling correlations based on tephra geochemical linkages between sites and climatic records at precise times in the past. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Marine conditions in central Sweden during the early Preboreal as inferred from a stable oxygen isotope gradient - Kristian Schoning; Fredrik Klingberg; Stefan Wastegård (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
The marine benthic fauna and the δ 18 O c of foraminifers and ostracods from six sites situated on a west–east transect through central Sweden have been analysed in order to estimate the palaeosalinity and palaeocirculation in this shallow‐marine environment. The measurements have been undertaken on material from the early Preboreal, when the Baltic Basin was in contact with the North Sea through straits in central Sweden. The δ 18 O c values have a more negative value towards the east, indicating decreasing salinity. This was the result of limited possibilities for marine water to penetrate into the Baltic Basin and the mixing with freshwater from the melting Fennoscandian ice‐sheet. Four water masses existed in the area: a surface layer of freshwater, marine water from the North Sea, brackish–marine intermediate water on the Swedish west coast and brackish Yoldia Sea water in the Baltic Basin. The chronology is based on radiocarbon dates of marine fossils and, at one site, on the occurrence of the Vedde Ash (10 400–10 300 14 C yr BP). This is the first record from marine settings in Sweden. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Electron spin resonance dating of the fossil deposits in the Naracoorte Caves, South Australia - Rainer Grün; Kevin Moriarty; Rod Wells (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)

Reconstruction of the late Quaternary environment of the lower Luni Plains, Thar Desert, India - A. Kar; A. K. Singhvi; S. N. Rajaguru; N. Juyal; J. V. Thomas; D. Banerjee; R. P. Dhir (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)

Integrated marine and terrestrial evidence for abrupt Congo River palaeodischarge fluctuations during the last deglaciation - Fabienne Marret; James D. Scourse; Gerard Versteegh; J. H. Fred Jansen; Ralph Schneider (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
We present a high‐resolution reconstruction of tropical palaeoenvironmental changes for the last deglacial transition (18 to 9 cal. kyr BP) based on integrated oceanic and terrestrial proxies from a Congo fan core. Pollen, grass cuticle, Pediastrum and dinoflagellate cyst fluxes, sedimentation rates and planktonic foraminiferal δ 18 O ratios, u 37 K′ sea‐surface temperature and alkane/alkenone ratio data highlight a series of abrupt changes in Congo River palaeodischarge. A major discharge pulse is registered at around 13.0 cal. kyr BP which we attribute to latitudinal migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) during deglaciation. The data indicate abrupt and short‐lived changes in the equatorial precipitation regime within a system of monsoonal dynamics forced by precessional cycles. The phases of enhanced Congo discharge stimulated river‐induced upwelling and enhanced productivity in the adjacent ocean. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Late‐glacial and Holocene high‐altitude environmental changes in Vallée des Merveilles (Alpes–Maritimes, France): insect evidence - Philippe Ponel; Valérie Andrieu‐Ponel; Franck Parchoux; Imola Juhasz; Jacques‐Louis de Beaulieu (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2001)
A series of sedimentary profiles derived from the Lac Long Inférieur peat‐bog (2090 m altitude, southern Alps) enabled the tracing of the evolution of successive fossil insect assemblages (Coleoptera, Hymenoptera Formicidae, Diptera Bibionidae, Trichoptera, Megaloptera and Nevroptera) from the Würm deglaciation to the present in this part of Vallée des Merveilles. This evolution reflects the climatic changes and hence the vegetation changes, as well as the human impact on the environment since neolithic times. During deglaciation, an episode marked by very poor fossil insect assemblages was followed by one with abundant boreo‐alpine Coleoptera dependent on melting snow and steppe Coleoptera. This episode corresponds to the Younger Dryas climatic deterioration (10 970 ± 210yr BP; 10 430 ± 210yr BP) during which a steppe vegetation prevailed. The sudden fall in the number of insects belonging to cold environments marks the beginning of the Holocene warming. During the Preboreal and the Boreal period (8801 ± 54 yr BP; 8692 ± 53 yr BP) these insects disappear almost totally. On the other hand, Coleoptera mostly living at the tree‐line and at forest margins increase and reach a maximum at the end of the Boreal. Thereafter (Atlantic, 8087 ± 58yr BP; 5678 ± 50yr BP) they decrease to the benefit of forest insects. This development corresponds to an elevation of the tree‐line during the Atlantic and the Sub‐boreal (4770 ± 300yr BP; 3740 ± 160yr BP) and to a thicker forest cover. Coleoptera dependent on Abies and Larix appear at this time. The final entomological event occurs at the end of the Sub‐boreal and in the Subatlantic (2660 ± 190yr BP): it is characterised by a regular decrease of tree‐dependent taxa. This development is attributed to human action. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Chironomid-inferred Late-glacial air temperatures at Whitrig Bog, Southeast Scotland - Stephen J. Brooks; H. J. B. Birks (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Middle Devensian (Weichselian) coleopteran assemblages from Earith, Cambridgeshire (UK) and their bearing on the interpretation of ‘Full glacial’ floras and faunas - G. Russell Coope (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Palaeoenvironmental history of the Holocene volcanic crater lake Lago d'Averno (central southern Italy) inferred from aquatic mollusc deposits - F. W. Welter-Schultes; I. Richling (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Middle Devensian (Weichselian) coleopteran assemblages from Earith, Cambridgeshire (UK) and their bearing on the interpretation of ?Full glacial? floras and faunas - G. Russell Coope (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

General Geocryology. E.D. Yershov. Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1998, Studies in Polar Research (580 pp) 75/$120 ISBN 0-521-47344 9 (hardback) - Wayne H. Pollard (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

A new late glacial to early Holocene palaeobotanical and archaeological record in the Eastern Pre-Alps: the Palughetto basin (Cansiglio Plateau, Italy) - Roberto Avigliano; Giulio Di Anastasio; Salvatore Improta; Marco Peresani; Cesare Ravazzi (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Plant life of the Quaternary cold stages. Evidence from the British Isles. R.G. West. Publishers: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000 (320 pp and CD ROM) 65 ISBN 0-521-59397-2 - Conradin A. Burga (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Antarctic environments and resources: a geographical perspective. J.D. Hansom and J.E. Gordon. Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman, London 1998 (402 pp) £21.99 ISBN 0‐582‐08127‐0 - Mike L. Prentice (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Volcanoes in the Quaternary. C.R. Firth and W.J. McGuire (eds). Publisher: Special Publication No 161, Geological Society of London, Bath 1999 (220 pp) £65 ISBN 1‐86239‐049‐5; ISSN 0305 8719 - Clive Oppenheimer (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

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The last ice sheet in Snowdonia - Danny Mccarroll; Colin K. Ballantyne (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Stable isotopes of pedogenic carbonates from the Somma-Vesuvius area, southern Italy, over the past 18 kyr: palaeoclimatic implications - G. Zanchetta; M. Di Vito; A. E. Fallick; R. Sulpizio (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Pollen record from Colle Curti and Cesi: Early and Middle Pleistocene mammal sites in the Umbro-Marchean Apennine Mountains (central Italy) - Adele Bertini (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

The Great Ice Age: climate change and life. R.C.L. Wilson, S.A. Drury and J.L. Chapman. Publisher: Routledge and the Open University, London 2000 (267 pp) 19.99 ISBN 0-415-19842-9 - Colin A. Whiteman (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Volcanoes in the Quaternary. C.R. Firth and W.J. McGuire (eds). Publisher: Special Publication No 161, Geological Society of London, Bath 1999 (220 pp) 65 ISBN 1-86239-049-5; ISSN 0305 8719 - Clive Oppenheimer (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

A new late glacial to early Holocene palaeobotanical and archaeological record in the Eastern Pre‐Alps: the Palughetto basin (Cansiglio Plateau, Italy) - Roberto Avigliano; Giulio Di Anastasio; Salvatore Improta; Marco Peresani; Cesare Ravazzi (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

A high-resolution record of mire development and climatic change spanning the Late-glacial-Holocene boundary at Church Moss, Davenham (Cheshire, England) - P. D. M. Hughes; H. K. Kenward; A. R. Hall; F. D. Large (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Active tectonics, seismicity and geomorphology with special reference to Normandy (France) - Jean-Louis Lagarde; Stphane Baize; Daniel Amorese; Bernard Delcaillau; Marianne Font; Philippe Volant (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Holocene Amazon rainforest-savanna dynamics and climatic implications: high-resolution pollen record from Laguna Loma Linda in eastern Colombia - Hermann Behling; Henry Hooghiemstra (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Pollen analytical biostratigraphy of the last five climatic cycles from a long continental sequence from the Velay region (Massif Central, France) - M. Reille; J.-L. De Beaulieu; H. Svobodova; V. Andrieu-Ponel; C. Goeury (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Late-glacial and Holocene record of vegetation and climate from Cynthia Bay, Lake St Clair, Tasmania - F. V. L. Hopf; E. A. Colhoun; C. E. Barton (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction from the last interglacial using phytolith analysis, southeastern North Island, New Zealand - John A. Carter; Olav B. Lian (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Common origin for De Geer moraines of variable composition in Raudvassdalen, northern Norway - Kevin P. Blake (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Contribution to the micropaleontology and paleoceanography of the northern North Atlantic H. C. HASS and M. A. KAMINSKI (eds) Publisher Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication No. 5 1997 (275 pp) 25 (individuals), 30 (libraries), student rates and copies available from the editors ISBN 83-901164-5-6 Editors address Dr H. C. Hass, SFB 313, Kiel University, Heinrich-Hecht-Platz 10, 24115 Kiel, Germany. - Morten Hald (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Past global changes and their significance for the future K. D. ALVERSON, F. OLDFIELD and R. S. BRADLEY (eds) Publisher Pergamon, Oxford 2000; Quaternary Science Reviews (vol. 19, no. 1–5) (479pp) Journal version US$57/DFL 124 Hardcover US$64/DFL,139 - Chris Turney (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Aeolian environments, sediments and landforms ANDREW S. GOUDIE, IAN LIVINGSTONE and STEPHEN STOKES (eds) Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Chichester 1999 (325 pp) 85.00 ISBN 0-471-98573-2 - David J. Nash (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Investigation of water pressure transients beneath temperate glaciers using numerical groundwater flow experiments - Sean W. Fleming; Peter U. Clark (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

History of vegetation during the Holocene in the Courel and Queixa Sierras, Galicia, northwest Iberian Peninsula - Luisa Santos; Juan Ramon Vidal Romani; Guy Jalut (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Aeolian environments, sediments and landforms ANDREW S. GOUDIE, IAN LIVINGSTONE and STEPHEN STOKES (eds) Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Chichester 1999 (325 pp) £85.00 ISBN 0‐471‐98573‐2 - David J. Nash (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Natural Environmental Change A. M. MANNION Publisher Routledge, London 1999 (198 pp) 12.99 ISBN 0-415-13933-3 (paperback edition) - Simon G. Lewis (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Handbook of seafloor sonar imagery P. BLONDEL and B. J. MURTON Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Chichester/Praxis Publishing, Chichester 1997 (314 pp) 75.00 ISBN 0-471-96217-1 - Eugene W. Domack (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Chronology of late Holocene climatic events in the northern North Atlantic based on AMS14C dates and tephra markers from the volcano Hekla, Iceland - Jn Eirksson; Karen Luise Knudsen; Haflidi Haflidason; Jan Heinemeier (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Quaternary environments M. WILLIAMS, D. DUNKERLEY, P. DE DECKER, P. KERSHAW and J. CHAPPELL Publisher Arnold, London 1998 (329 pp) 24.99 ISBN 0-340-69151-4 - Lorenz King (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

A high-resolution seismic stratigraphy from a Scottish sea loch and its implications for Loch Lomond Stadial deglaciation - Justin K. Dix; Robert W. Duck (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Is the North Atlantic Oscillation reflected in Scandinavian glacier mass balance records? - Atle Nesje; yvind Lie; Svein Olaf Dahl (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

An experimental approach to the palynology of cave deposits - C. Navarro Camacho; J. S. Carrin; J. Navarro; M. Munuera; A. R. Prieto (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Investigation of water pressure transients beneath temperate glaciers using numerical groundwater flow experiments - Sean W. Fleming; Peter U. Clark (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Extending the known distribution of the Younger Dryas Vedde Ash into northwestern Russia - Stefan Wastegrd; Barbara Wohlfarth; Dmitry A. Subetto; Tatyana V. Sapelko (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Natural Environmental Change A. M. MANNION Publisher Routledge, London 1999 (198 pp) £12.99 ISBN 0‐415‐13933‐3 (paperback edition) - Simon G. Lewis (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Quaternary environments M. WILLIAMS, D. DUNKERLEY, P. DE DECKER, P. KERSHAW and J. CHAPPELL Publisher Arnold, London 1998 (329 pp) £24.99 ISBN 0‐340‐69151‐4 - Lorenz King (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Past global changes and their significance for the future K. D. ALVERSON, F. OLDFIELD and R. S. BRADLEY (eds) Publisher Pergamon, Oxford 2000; Quaternary Science Reviews (vol. 19, no. 1-5) (479pp) Journal version US$57/DFL 124 Hardcover US$64/DFL,139 - Chris Turney (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Solar system ices B. SCHMITT, C. DE BERGH and M. FESTOU (eds) Publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht 1998 Astrophysics and Space Science Library Vol. 227 (826 pp) DFI 595; $340 ISBN 0-7923-4902-4 - Richard C. A. Hindmarsh (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Modelling the influence of glacial isostasy on Late Weichselian ice-sheet growth in the Barents Sea - Daniel Howell; Martin J. Siegert; Julian A. Dowdeswell (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Embanked floodplains in the Netherlands; geomorphological evolution over various time slices H.MIDDELKOOP Quantification of catchment discharge sensitivity to climate variability B.VAN DER WATEREN-DE HOOG Suspended sediment in the River Rhine; the impact of climate change on erosion, transport, and deposition N.E.M. ASSELMANN Publisher Utrecht University (PhD theses Fysische Geografie, Nederlandse Geografische Studies 224, 223 and 234) Utrecht 1997 (352 pp; 160 pp; 266 pp) DFI 69; DFI 41; DFI 42 ISBN 90-6809-244-8; 90-6809--253-7; 90-6809-254-5 - Darrel Maddy (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Main types of geological maps: purpose, use and preparation FRENCH OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Publisher Oxford and IBH Publishing, New Delhi and Editions Technip, Paris 1997 (348 pp) FFr. 560 ISBN 2-7108-0622-3 and 81-204-0839-X - A. Maltman (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Stable climatic conditions in central Germany during the last interglacial - Tatjana Boettger; Frank W. Junge; Thomas Litt (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Platenatlas van noordelijke kristallijne gidsegesteenten JACOB G. ZANDSTRA Publisher Backhuys, Leiden, 1999 (412 pp), NLG 140, ISBN 90-5782-014-5 - Jrgen Ehlers (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Mid-Holocene environmental changes in the Bay of Skaill, Mainland Orkney, Scotland: an integrated geomorphological, sedimentological and stratigraphical study - Anne C. de la Vega Leinert; David H. Keen; Robert L. Jones; James M. Wells; David E. Smith (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Glacial deposits at the Boyne Bay Limestone Quarry, Portsoy, and their place in the late Pleistocene history of northeast Scotland - J. Douglas Peacock; Jon W. Merritt (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Vegetation und Paleoklima der Weichsel-Kaltzeit im nrdlichen Mitteleuropa, Ergebnisse paleobotanischer, -faunistischer und geologischer Untersuchungen H. FREUND and G. CASPERS (eds) Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft (Vol.4) 1998 (249 pp) DM 50 ISBN 3932537025 - Sjoerd J.P. Bohncke (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Palaeoclimatic record in the loess-palaeosol sequence of the Strelitsa type section (Don glaciation area, Russia) deduced from rock magnetic and palynological data - Elena I. Virina; Friedrich Heller; Stanislav S. Faustov; Nathalia S. Bolikhovskaya; Robert V. Krasnenkov; Tatyana Gendler; Ernie A. Hailwood; Jozeph Hus (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Palaeoenvironmental analysis of Italian crater lake and Adriatic sediments P. GUILIZZONI and F. OLDFIELD (eds) Publisher Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia, Verbania Pallanza (1996) Special Issue, Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia, International Journal of Limnology, Volume 55 (357 pp) ISSN 0374-9118 - Chris O. Hunt (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

The Boyne Valley in the Ice Age R.T. MEEHAN and W.P.WARREN Publisher Meath County Council and Geological Survey of Ireland, 1999 (84 pp) IR 5 ISBN 1-899702-20-2 - W.C Mahaney (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Fluvial processes and environmental change A.G. BROWN and T.A. QUINE (eds) Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Chichester 1999 (413 pp) $160 ISBN 0-471-98548-1 - Rick Shakesby (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Die Bndertone Mitteldeutschlands und angrezender Gebiete FRANK W. JUNGE Publisher Altenburger Naturwissenschaftliche Forschungen, Heft 9, Altenburg 1998 (210 pp, 58 figures - 40 pictures and 31 tables in a separate booklet) ISSN 0232-5381 - Benjamin Mller (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Holocene reworking of drift-mantled hillslopes in the Scottish Highlands - Alastair M. Curry (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Chronology of Late Pleistocene environmental changes in the lower Mahi basin, western India - Navin Juyal; Rachna Raj; Deepak M. Maurya; Laxman S. Chamyal; Ashok K. Singhvi (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Rapid mass movement as a source of climatic evidence for the Holocene J.A. MATTHEWS, D. BRUNSDEN, B. FRENZEL, B. GLSER and M.M. WEI (eds) Publisher Paloklimaforschung - Palaeoclimate Research, Vol. 19, 1997 (444 pp) DM 138, ISBN 3-437-25388-3 - Mauro Soldati (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Onset of Neoglaciation in the Southern Hemisphere - Stephen C. Porter (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Interhemispheric synchroneity of Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 2 glacier fluctuations along the American cordilleras transect - Chalmers Clapperton (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Experiments in linking regional climate, ice-sheet models and topography - R. S. Purves; N. R. J. Hulton (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Quaternary climate change and South America: a tribute to Chalmers Clapperton - David Sugden (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Palaeoecology and climate of the Amazon basin during the last glacial cycle - Paul A. Colinvaux; Paulo E. De Oliveira (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

South American palaeoclimate model simulations: how reliable are the models? - Paul J. Valdes (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Does an asymmetric thermohaline-ice-sheet oscillator drive 100 000-yr glacial cycles? - George H. Denton (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Palaeoreconstruction of the Amazon River freshwater and sediment discharge using sediments recovered at Site 942 on the Amazon Fan - M. A. Maslin; E. Durham; S. J. Burns; E. Platzman; P. Grootes; S. E. J. Greig; M-J. Nadeau; Markus Schleicher; U. Pflaumann; B. Lomax; N. Rimington (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Drake Passage and palaeoclimate - J. R. Toggweiler; H. Bjornsson (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Ice-core palaeoclimate records in tropical South America since the Last Glacial Maximum - Lonnie G. Thompson; Ellen Mosley-Thompson; Keith A. Henderson (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Montane forest evolution during the last 650 000 yr in Colombia: a multivariate approach based on pollen record Funza-I - Ron Van't Veer; Henry Hooghiemstra (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Climatic inferences from glacial and palaeoecological evidence at the last glacial termination, southern South America - R. D. McCulloch; M. J. Bentley; R. S. Purves; N. R. J. Hulton; D. E. Sugden; C. M. Clapperton (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Late quaternary sea‐level changes, crustal movements and coastal evolution in Northumberland, UK - Ian Shennan; Ben Horton; Jim Innes; Roland Gehrels; Jerry Lloyd; Jenny McArthur; Mairead Rutherford (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Decline of the mid‐ to late Holocene forests in China: climatic change or human impact? - Guoyu Ren (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Decline of the mid- to late Holocene forests in China: climatic change or human impact? - Guoyu Ren (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Holocene river development and environmental change in Upper Wharfedale, Yorkshire Dales, England - Andy J. Howard; Mark G. Macklin; Stuart Black; Karen A. Hudson-Edwards (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Timing of Late Quaternary glaciations in the Himalayas of northern Pakistan - Benedict W. Richards; Lewis A. Owen; Edward J. Rhodes (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Timing of Late Quaternary glaciations in the Himalayas of northern Pakistan - Benedict W. Richards; Lewis A. Owen; Edward J. Rhodes (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Late quaternary sea‐level changes, crustal movements and coastal evolution in Northumberland, UK - Ian Shennan; Ben Horton; Jim Innes; Roland Gehrels; Jerry Lloyd; Jenny McArthur; Mairead Rutherford (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Vegetation history of the English chalklands: a mid-Holocene pollen sequence from the Caburn, East Sussex - Martyn P. Waller; Sue Hamilton (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

What do ?14C changes across the Gerzensee oscillation/GI-1b event imply for deglacial oscillations? - C. S. Andresen; S. Bjrck; O. Bennike; J. Heinemeier; B. Kromer (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Studies in Quaternary Entomology—an Inordinate Fondness for Insects - James Shulmeister (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Pollen sequence from the Chilean Lake District during the Llanquihue glaciation in marine Oxygen Isotope Stages 4-2 - Calvin J. Heusser; Thomas V. Lowell; Linda E. Heusser; Andrs Moreira M.; Simn Moreira M. (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Studies in Quaternary Entomology—an Inordinate Fondness for Insects - James Shulmeister (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Geology of the United States? seafloor: the view from GLORIA - James Scourse (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Glacial geology?ice sheets and landforms - Frederik M. Van Der Wateren (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

The environment of Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian and Azilian) hunters at Hauterive-Champrveyres, Neuchtel, Switzerland, interpreted from coleopteran remains - G. Russell Coope; Scott A. Elias (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Deglacial palaeoclimate at Puerto del Hambre, subantarctic Patagonia, Chile - Calvin J. Heusser; Linda E. Heusser; Thomas V. Lowell; Andrs Moreira M.; Simn Moreira M. (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

The glacial and interstadial sediments at the Burn of Benholm, Kincardineshire: evidence for onshore pre-Devensian ice movement in northeast Scotland - Clive A. Auton; John E. Gordon; Jon W. Merritt; Michael J. C. Walker (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

The glacial and interstadial sediments at the Burn of Benholm, Kincardineshire: evidence for onshore pre‐Devensian ice movement in northeast Scotland - Clive A. Auton; John E. Gordon; Jon W. Merritt; Michael J. C. Walker (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Plant macroscopic remains from recent sediments of Banks Island, Northwest Territories, and Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canada, and the interpretation of Quaternary cold stage plant macroscopic assemblages - Richard G. West; Mary E. Pettit (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Plant macroscopic remains from recent sediments of Banks Island, Northwest Territories, and Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canada, and the interpretation of Quaternary cold stage plant macroscopic assemblages - Richard G. West; Mary E. Pettit (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Analyses of iron oxide assemblages within Namib dune sediments using high field remanence measurements (9 T) and Mssbauer analysis - John Walden; Kevin H. White; Susan H. Kilcoyne; Phillip M. Bentley (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Magnetic properties of lake sediments from Lake Chalco, central Mexico, and their palaeoenvironmental implications - Beatriz Ortega Guerrero; Roy Thompson; Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Comment: Fluvial incision and channel downcutting as a response to Late-glacial and Early Holocene climate change: the lower reach of the River Meuse (Maas), The Netherlands - C. Kasse; M. Huisink; W. Z. Hoek; J. Vandenberghe (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Reply: Fluvial incision and channel downcutting as a response to Late-glacial and Early Holocene climate change: the lower reach of the River Meuse (Maas) The Netherlands - L. A. Tebbens; A. Veldkamp; W. Westerhoff; S. B. Kroonenberg (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Multiple and single aliquot luminescence dating techniques applied to quartz extracted from Middle and Upper Weichselian loess, Zemechy, Czech Republic - A. Zander; G. A. T. Duller; A. G. Wintle (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Lithostratigraphical correlation of micromammal sites and biostratigraphy of the Upper Pliocene to Lower Pleistocene in the Northeast Guadix-Baza Basin (southern Spain) - Oriol Oms; Jordi Agustí; Montserrat Gabàs; Pere Anadón (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

The tephrochronology of Iceland and the North Atlantic region during the Middle and Late Quaternary: a review - Haflidi Haflidason; Jon Eiriksson; Shirley Van Kreveld (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Editorial - James Scourse (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Late-glacial and Holocene palaeoceanography of the North Icelandic shelf - Jn Eirksson; Karen Luise Knudsen; Haflidi Haflidason; Peter Henriksen (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Editorial - James Scourse (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Late Middle Pleistocene deposits at Norton Farm on the West Sussex coastal plain, southern England - Martin R. Bates; C. Richard Bates; Philip L. Gibbard; Richard I. Macphail; Frederick J. Owen; Simon A. Parfitt; Richard C. Preece; Mark B. Roberts; J. Eric Robinson; John E. Whittaker; Keith N. Wilkinson (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

Lithostratigraphical correlation of micromammal sites and biostratigraphy of the Upper Pliocene to Lower Pleistocene in the Northeast Guadix‐Baza Basin (southern Spain) - Oriol Oms; Jordi Agustí; Montserrat Gabàs; Pere Anadón (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2000)

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Glacial meltwater erosion of the Mid-Cheshire Ridge: implications for ice dynamics during the Late Devensian glaciation of northwest England - Neil F. Glasser; Gregory H. Sambrook Smith (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

New radiocarbon dates from Finnish mammoths indicating large ice-free areas in Fennoscandia during the Middle Weichselian - Pirkko Ukkonen; Juha Pekka Lunkka; Högne Jungner; Joakim Donner (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Glacial landsystems of the southwest Laurentide Ice Sheet: modern Icelandic analogues - David J. A. Evans; Donald S. Lemmen; Brice R. Rea (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

U-series dating of Hoxnian interglacial deposits at Marks Tey, Essex, England - P. J. Rowe; T. C. Atkinson; C. Turner (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

New relative sea-level curves for the southern Scott Coast, Antarctica: evidence for Holocene deglaciation of the western Ross Sea - Brenda L. Hall; George H. Denton (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Global meltwater discharge and the deglacial sea-level record from northwest Scotland - Ian Shennan (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

El glaciarismo surpirenaico: nuevas aportaciones, C. M. BONO and J. G. RUIZ (eds) Geoforma Ediciones. Logroño 1994 (142pp) ISBN 8-487-77916-6 - Conrado Tobon Marin (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Glacial landsystems of the southwest Laurentide Ice Sheet: modern Icelandic analogues - David J. A. Evans; Donald S. Lemmen; Brice R. Rea (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Late Holocene floodplain incision and alluvial fan formation in the central Grampian Highlands, Scotland: chronology, environment and implications - Colin K. Ballantyne; Graeme Whittington (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Global meltwater discharge and the deglacial sea‐level record from northwest Scotland - Ian Shennan (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Editorial - Mike Walker (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Glaciers and glaciation, D. I. BENN and D. J. A. EVANS,Publisher Arnold, London 1998 (734pp) ?50.00 (hardback) ISBN 0-340-65303-5 ?24.99 (paperback) ISBN 0-340-58431-0 - Richard Hodgkins (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

U‐series dating of Hoxnian interglacial deposits at Marks Tey, Essex, England - P. J. Rowe; T. C. Atkinson; C. Turner (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Characterising prehistoric lowland environments using local pollen assemblages - A. G. Brown (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Some aspects of the palaeoecology of commensals - Elizabeth M. Somerville (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

A view from outside: recognising the big picture - M. G. L. Baillie (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Climatic change and reconstruction - Brian Huntley (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Palynology and people: observations on the British record - Kevin J. Edwards (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Preface - Kevin J. Edwards; Jon P. Sadler (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Mesolithic archaeology, environmental archaeology and human palaeoecology - Steven J. Mithen (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Landscape scale soil pollen analysis - Graeme Whittington; Kevin J. Edwards (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Archaeological and environmental change on prehistoric Dartmoor—current understanding and future directions - C. J. Caseldine (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Introduction: striving for an environment-human consensus - Kevin J. Edwards; Jon P. Sadler (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Climatic change and reconstruction - Brian Huntley (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

The archaeological record and mid-Holocene marginal coastal palaeoenvironments around Liverpool Bay - David Huddart; Silvia Gonzalez; Gordon Roberts (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Mesolithic archaeology, environmental archaeology and human palaeoecology - Steven J. Mithen (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Some aspects of the palaeoecology of commensals - Elizabeth M. Somerville (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

10,000 years of change: the Holocene Entomofauna of the British Isles - Mark H. Dinnin; Jonathan P. Sadler (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

The Iron Age: aspects of the human communities and their environments - Ian B. M. Ralston (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Rethinking the Bronze Age environment - John C. Barrett (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Holocene river environments in prehistoric Britain: human interaction and impact - Mark G. Macklin (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

The Iron Age: aspects of the human communities and their environments - Ian B. M. Ralston (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Inhabiting neolithic landscapes - Mark Edmonds (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

10,000 years of change: the Holocene Entomofauna of the British Isles - Mark H. Dinnin; Jonathan P. Sadler (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Landscape scale soil pollen analysis - Graeme Whittington; Kevin J. Edwards (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Perspectives on the Holocene in Britain: human DNA - Martin P. Evison (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Palaeoecology of Africa 24 Publisher A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam/Brookfield, 1996 (243pp) HFI 150 ISBN 90-5410-660-3 ISSN 0168 6208 - Gail M. Ashley (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Abrupt deglaciation events and Holocene palaeoceanography from high-resolution cores, Cartwright Saddle, Labrador Shelf, Canada - J. T. Andrews; L. Keigwin; F. Hall; Anne E. Jennings (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Estimating past leaf-to-air vapour pressure deficit from terrestrial plant δ13C - Chris S. M. Turney; James Barringer; John E. Hunt; Matt S. McGlone (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Palaeoecology of Africa 24 Publisher A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam/Brookfield, 1996 (243pp) HFI 150 ISBN 90-5410-660-3 ISSN 0168 6208 - Gail M. Ashley (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Holocene evolution of Zeeland (SW Netherlands) M. M. FISCHER (ed.) Mededelingen Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO, Number 59, Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience TNO, P.O. Box 157, 2000 AD Haarlem, The Netherlands 1997 (141 pp + 2 maps and 1 CD ROM.) Dfl. 85, ISBN 09-72869-58-3 CD ROM Dfl. 35 - James Rose (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Sedimentology, palaeoecology and geochronology of Last Interglacial deposits from Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, England - D. H. Keen; M. D. Bateman; G. R. Coope; M. H. Field; H. E. Langford; J. S. Merry; T. M. Mighall (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Geomorphological hazards in high mountain areas J. KALVODA and C. L. ROSENFELD (eds) Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht 1998 (328 pp), ?95, ISBN 0-7923-4961-X - Andreas Kääb (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

‘Bond cycles’ recorded in terrestrial Pleistocene sediments of southwestern British Columbia, Canada - Stephen R. Hicock; Olav B. Lian; Rolf W. Mathewes (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Geomorphological hazards in high mountain areas J. KALVODA and C. L. ROSENFELD (eds) Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht 1998 (328 pp), ??95, ISBN 0-7923-4961-X - Andreas Kääb (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Estudos do Quaternario. Revista de Associação Portuguesa para o Estudio do Quaternario (Quaternary Studies. Journal of the Portuguese Association for Quaternary Research) Price in EU is US$ 17.50, outside EU it is US$ 20. - Jaap J. M. Van Der Meer (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Late Quaternary cycles of mangrove development and decline on the north Australian continental shelf - John Grindrod; Patrick Moss; Sander Van Der Kaars (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Late Quaternary cycles of mangrove development and decline on the north Australian continental shelf - John Grindrod; Patrick Moss; Sander Van Der Kaars (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Abrupt deglaciation events and Holocene palaeoceanography from high‐resolution cores, Cartwright Saddle, Labrador Shelf, Canada - J. T. Andrews; L. Keigwin; F. Hall; Anne E. Jennings (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Climate oscillations and tephrochronology in eastern middle Sweden during the last glacial-interglacial transition - Jonas Björck; Stefan Wastegård (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

‘Bond cycles’ recorded in terrestrial Pleistocene sediments of southwestern British Columbia, Canada - Stephen R. Hicock; Olav B. Lian; Rolf W. Mathewes (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Multiproxy surface wetness records from replicate cores on an ombrotrophic mire: implications for Holocene palaeoclimate records - Dan J. Charman; Dawn Hendon; Susan Packman (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Estudos do Quaternario. Revista de Associação Portuguesa para o Estudio do Quaternario (Quaternary Studies. Journal of the Portuguese Association for Quaternary Research) Price in EU is US$ 17.50, outside EU it is US$ 20. - Jaap J. M. Van Der Meer (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Early and Middle Pleistocene river systems in eastern England: evidence from Leet Hill, southern Norfolk, England - James Rose; Jeremy A. Lee; Ian Candy; Simon G. Lewis (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Correlation of Swedish glacial varves with the Greenland (GRIP) oxygen isotope record - Thomas Andrén; Jonas Björck; Sigfus Johnsen (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Saalian to Weichselian stratigraphy and sedimentation along the Lågjæren – Høgjæren escarpment, southwest Norway - Knut Stalsberg; Jon Y. Landvik; Eiliv Larsen; Hans Petter Sejrup (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Isolation basin stratigraphy and Holocene relative sea-level change on Arveprinsen Ejland, Disko Bugt, West Greenland - Antony J. Long; David H. Roberts; Matthew R. Wright (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Short-term climate changes during the Last Glacial-Holocene transition: comparison between Mediterranean records and the GRIP event stratigraphy - A. Asioli; F. Trincardi; J. J. Lowe; F. Oldfield (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Saalian to Weichselian stratigraphy and sedimentation along the Lågjæren - Høgjæren escarpment, southwest Norway - Knut Stalsberg; Jon Y. Landvik; Eiliv Larsen; Hans Petter Sejrup (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

An approach to modelling the impact of snow drift on glaciation in the Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland - Ross S. Purves; William A. Mackaness; David E. Sugden (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

Editorial - Mike Walker (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

An approach to modelling the impact of snow drift on glaciation in the Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland - Ross S. Purves; William A. Mackaness; David E. Sugden (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)

The new hominid skeleton from Sterkfontein, South Africa: age and preliminary assessment - Timothy C. Partridge; John Shaw; David Heslop; Ronald J. Clarke (Journal of Quaternary Science, 1999)