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Changing nature of Pleistocene interglacials - is it recorded by paleosoils in Hungary (Central Europe)? [PDF]
Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 2015 Based on stable isotope analyses of worldwide reference curves, it has long been apparent that duration, intensity and climatic conditions of Pleistocene interglacial periods were significantly diverse.
György Varga
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Subkurgan Paleosoils of the Lower Volga Steppes as Indicators of Climate Dynamics over an Historical Epoch [PDF]
Поволжская археология, 2013 The studies of paleosoils buried beneath burial mounds of the Early, Middle, and Late Sarmatian time (4th c. BC to 4th c. AD) were carried out in the dry and desert steppes of the Lower Volga river area (the Volga and Yergenino uplands, the Caspian ...
Demkin Vitaliy A. +2 more
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Поволжская археология, 2013 The total and live biomass, the abundance and ecological-trophic structure of microbial communities in the paleosoils of the solonetz complex buried beneath the mid-Sarmatian (1st century AD) kurgan, located in the dry steppe zone of the Severnye Yergeni
Khomutova Tatyana E. +3 more
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Unlocking the potential of the terrestrial gastropod species Zootecus insularis as a climate archive for arid regions [PDF]
Scientific ReportsLocal-scale climate reconstruction in arid regions is challenging due to the scarcity of suitably preserved archives. While several well-studied climate proxy datasets exist for southeastern Arabia, including those preserved in speleothems, sedimentary ...
Katharina E. Schmitt +10 more
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Environments - MDPIThe degradation of modern and ancient permafrost-affected soils and organic-rich sediments and the release of relict soil organic matter from the frozen state are critical for understanding the global carbon cycle in a changing climate.
Vyacheslav Polyakov +2 more
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Soils and Paleosoils of the Galápagos Islands: What We Know and What We Don't Know, A Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Pacific Science, 2014 Accessible information on Galapagos soils is very limited. Much of the existing, although still scarce, information is several decades old and not easily retrieved. The aim of this paper is to present a critical synthesis. Three local soil-forming factors (parent material, climate, and vegetation) are briefly highlighted, followed by a more detailed ...
Georges Stoops
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SOIL ORGANIC CARBON DATING OF PALEOSOILS OF ALLUVIAL FANS IN A BLOWN SAND AREA (NYÍRSÉG, HUNGARY) [PDF]
Radiocarbon, 2022 The most widely used dating techniques in quaternary research are the radiocarbon (14C) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating methods. In some environments, the investigated sediments do not contain enough material for 14C dating.
Botond Buró +6 more
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Geologica Carpathica, 2023 : The Đurđevac Sands refer to an extensive sandy region south of the Drava River in northern Croatia, where it builds distinctive aeolian dunes. To date, their chronostratigraphical position has been based on stratigraphical inferences (superposition ...
L. Galović +3 more
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Geological evidence of predecessor of the 2018 Tsunami in Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Natural Hazards Research, 2023 Following the 2018 Palu tsunami event in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, the geological evidence of paleotsunami in Palu, was investigated to extend the historical record of past tsunamis in this area. A geological survey was conducted in Talise Beach, Palu
Purna Sulastya Putra +6 more
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Археология евразийских степей, 2023 The cultural layers of five hillforts located in the upper parts of the Volga and Western Dvina rivers (Tver region) were studied according to the descriptions of prospecting shafts and core samples.
Alexey L. Smirnov +5 more
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