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Quaternary Stratigraphy

Quaternary Stratigraphy is the systematic study and classification of layered geological deposits formed during the Quaternary Period, distinguished by its focus on the chronological ordering, correlation, and environmental interpretation of sediments and rocks from the past ~2.6 million years.

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Chronology of Fluctuating Sea Levels Since the Triassic

Bilal U. Haq, Jan Hardenbol, Peter R. Vail · Science · 1987 · 7.3K citations

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The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart

K.M. Cohen, Stanley C. Finney, P.L. Gibbard et al. · Episodes · 2013 · 3.2K citations · Full text

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Handbook of Holocene Palaeoecology and Palaeohydrology.

Brian Moss, B. E. Berglund · Journal of Ecology · 1987 · 2.3K citations

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Cycles and events in stratigraphy

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 1.9K citations

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Use of U–Pb ages of detrital zircons to infer maximum depositional ages of strata: A test against a Colorado Plateau Mesozoic database

William R. Dickinson, George E. Gehrels · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2009 · 1.5K citations

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Authors

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  1. AA
    Alessandro Amorosi

    University of Bologna, Italy

    31 publications · 1.7K citations

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    Wout Krijgsman

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    27 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. OC
    Octavian Catuneanu

    University of Alberta, Canada

    24 publications · 4.9K citations

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  4. MH
    Mathias Harzhauser

    Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria

    26 publications · 1.4K citations

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    Philip L. Gibbard

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    27 publications · 2.8K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    68 h-index

    761 publications

    42K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    64 h-index

    478 publications

    26.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    59 h-index

    585 publications

    27.2K citations

  4. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    47 h-index

    174 publications

    20.3K citations

  5. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    47 h-index

    102 publications

    12.5K citations

  6. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    47 h-index

    135 publications

    11.8K citations

  7. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology

    Nanjing, China

    43 h-index

    227 publications

    18.6K citations

  8. Geological Survey of Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    43 h-index

    148 publications

    12.3K citations

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  1. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

    345 publications · 21.4K citations

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  2. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    313 publications · 19.9K citations

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  3. Quaternary Science Reviews

    194 publications · 12.6K citations

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  4. Sedimentary Geology

    308 publications · 17.1K citations

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  5. Marine Geology

    180 publications · 9.6K citations

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