SUBJECT I N D E X

Acquatraversan erosionalphase 55, 61 Acidification and paleolimnology

chironomids as indicators 35, 36 diatoms as indicators: European lakes 153-9; N American

lakes 150-3 principles 147-50

Aghnadarragh Interstadial 275-7 Aghnadarraghstratigraphy 273,274 Agrio, Lake 105,106,108 Aguarico, River 103,105,106 Ahvenainen, Lake 13 AltaiMt stratigraphy 309 Amazon Basin

geography 95, 96 paleoecological records

arid climate 99 erosion 103-5 fire 111 flood 105-7 precipitation 107-11 temperature 102,103

rainforest refugia concept 96-8, 112 Amino acid racemization

Arrhenius equation theory 44-8, 53 geochronology: bones 25-8; molluscs 49-51,246 paleothermometry 49-52

Anangucocha 105,107,108 Aridity records in tropics 97-9 Arno Valley stratigraphy 56 Arnold, Lake 153 Arran, Isle of 15, 16 Arrhenius equation and amino acid racemization 44-8, 53 Athdown event 279 Aughrim event 279 Aullaerosional phase 57,61

Baffin Bay Late Quaternary sedimentation 235-41 marine currents 231,232

Baffin Island Wisconsinan glaciation 232,233 Ballybetagh substage 265 Ballycroneen and Ballycroneen till 261,272,279,280 Ballylanders type site 261 Ballymakegoge type site 261,269 Banco d'Ibizastratigraphy 248,254 Bannow and Bannow till 270,279,280 Barrine, Lake 84-7 Barrow (Alaska) tundra studies 166-9 Belderg shelly till 291,292 Big Moose Lake pH profile 152,153 Big Woods (Minnesota) charcoal and fires 11, 12 Bitteroot Mountain (Montana) charcoal and fires Black Loam Formation 193,194,207,313 Black Moss of Achnacree (Scotland) charcoal and fires Blacksbjerg (Denmark) charcoal and fires 11 Blanket Nook till 291 Blassac (France) Equus records 60-2 Boleyneendorrish type site 261,264,265,267 Bone dating 25, 27, 28 Bonfield Gill (England) charcoal and fires 15 Bosumtwi, Lake 82, 84 Bovevagh till 275,291,292 Bowl (Australia) charcoal and fires, The 14 Br~rvatnlake acidification 155,157-9 Burnfoot till 291 BurnmoorTarn pollen profile 153,154

13, 14

15

~4Cdatingofloess 198 Cahore stratigraphy 270

CajtL Lake 109,110 CalaPistratigraphy 248-50 Camp de Mar stratigraphy 248,252 Campo de Tiro stratigraphy and dating 248,250,252-4 Canada, soil development in see soils Canyamel stratigraphy and dating 249,250,252,253 Carbon budgets

future of 175,176 in biosphere 165,166 in soils

taiga 169-75 tundra 166-9

Carbon-14dating of loess 198 Carbonates in loess 207,208 Carey Valley stratigraphy 293 Cartnege stratigraphy and dating 248,250,252,254 Carya distribution in late Quaternary 131-8 Casa Frata (Italy) Equus records 60, 61 Cassian erosionalphase 57, 61 Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni Group 56, 57 Castlepook Cave deposits 277,278 Cava Bancals stratigraphy 249,250 Central Peten Historical Ecology Project (CPHEP) 117-20 Charcoal in paleoecology

analytical techniques elemental analysis 17, 18 magnetic measures 18, 19 microscopy 9-18

production and distribution 4-8 sampling methods 8,9

Chilhac (France) Equus records 59, 61 China

glacial stratigraphic history eastern area 301-8 western area 308-11

loess stratigraphy 191-4 climatic interpretation 209-16

Chironomidae biology 29, 30 classification 30, 31 morphology 31 preparation for identification 32, 33 taphonomy 31, 32 use in paleoecology 33-8

Climate in Pleistocene Chinese loess indicators 204-9 interpretation 209-16 periodicity 216,217

Clogga event 279 Collagen racemization 25-7 Connachtian 270 Cornillet (France) Equus records 59, 61 Courtmacsherry stratigraphy 263,265,268,269,272,280,281 Cova de sa Gata stratigraphy 248,250,252 Crostolo (Italy) Equus records 60, 61 Cuenca del Tajo (Spain) Equus records 59 Cueva del Congosto y de la Figuras (Spain) Equus records 60 Cueva Victoria (Spain) Equus records 60, 61 Cullar de Baza (Spain) Equus records 60-2 Cumina, Lake 110 Cunro, Lake 107

Da Gu glaciation 302,303 Dabusan Lake stratigraphy 310 Dali glaciation 305 Dating techniques see amino acid racemization; magnetic

reversals; magnetic susceptibility; radiocarbon; thermoluminescence; thorium isotope; U series

Derryvree Cold Phase 277,278 Derryvree Interstadial 265

vi Subject Index

Derryvree type site stratigraphy 261,273,274 Diatoms in paleolimnology

European lake studies 153-9 N Americanlake studies 151/-3 principles 147-50

DlpH technique 147, 149 Diptera see Chironomidae Drogheda till 282 Drumlin phase in Ireland 290,291 Dundalk Bay stratigraphy 283-6

Eastern General glacial system 263 Ecosystems

factors affecting stability 115-17 human impact

Florida 122-6 Guatemala 117-20 Haiti 1211-2 NAmerica 143

El Junco, Lake 98 Epimerization of amino acids 44 Equus in Mediterranean stratigraphy

E. caballus occurrence 59,60 E. stenonis occurrence 59, 60

Erosion record in Amazon rainforest Everitt Lake charcoal and fires 14

60-3

103-5

Facies analysis in Irish Sea drift 281-90 Fairbanks (Alaska) taigastudies 169-75 Farneta Faunal zone 57, 61, 62 Farneta (Italy) Equus records 60, 61 Fenit type site 273 Fenitian Stage 265 FeohanaghPollen Sands 270 Fermanagh Stadial 265,273-5 Ferrimagnetic oxides and fire history 18, 19 Fire in paleoecology 3, 19, 20, 111 Flaminian erosionalphase 61 Flooding and Amazon paleoecology 105-7 Florida lake district paleoecology 122-6 Forest dynamics in late Quaternary

temperate community relationships 140-3 dominance changes 131-8 human impact 143-5 migration rates 138-40

tropical 1113-5 Foxe Glaciation 231,232 Fraxinus distribution in late Quaternary 131-8 Fuensanta (Spain) Equus records 60, 61

Galerian Stage 61-3 Galheiro, Lake 110 G&rdsj6n lake acidification 153, 154 Garryvoe and Garryvoe till 261,272 Gastropods in loess 204,205 Glacial erosion in Arctic Canada 232 Glacial melting and marine sediments 236,237 Glacials and O-isotope stages 187,189 Glenasmole type site 261 GlenavyStadial 273,274,278 Gongba conglomerate 308 Gortian Stage

deposits 261,265-9 typical taxa 264,265

Greenagho stratigraphy 274 Guatemala paleoecology 117-20

Hacketstown substage 279 Haitipaleoecology 120-2,126 HantengriMt stratigraphy 309 Hipparion clays see Red Clays Hipparion rocinantis 59 Hollybrook stratigraphy 274 Hollymount Cold Phase 274,277 Hollymount stratigraphy 274

Holmvatn lake acidification 155,157-9 Human impact on ecosystems

eutrophication in lakes 35 in Florida 122-6 in Guatemala l l7-20 in Haiti 120-2 in N America 143 tropical rainforests 86-8

Ice volume and O-isotope record 187, 190 Icebergs and sedimentation 236-8 INQUA 179 Interglacials and O-isotope stages 187, 188 Ireland

glacial deposits and ice limits 260,262,278-81,291-6 Interglacial sites 264-9 Interstadialsites 266,275-8,292 Quaternary stratigraphy

history and development 259-63 problems 263,264 recommendations 261

Irish Sea drifts 281-90 Iron oxides in loess 209

Kangrinboqe Mt stratigraphy 308 Karakorum Mrs stratigraphy 309 KarawuchengMt stratigraphy 309 Kdindexin loess 209 Kilmore Quay stratigraphy 270 Kunlun Mts stratigraphy 309

La Juliana (Spain) Equus records 57, 58 La Malouteyre (France) Equus records 611-2 La Puebla de Valverde (Spain) Equus records 59, 61,62 La Roche Lambert (France) Equus records 59, 61 Labrador Sea

marine currents 231,232 sedimentation in Late Quaternary 235-41

Lachar (Spain) Equus records 60, 61 Lake District (England) acidification studies 153 Lake of Clouds 13 Lakes

classification methods 33, 34 drainage basin ecology 116, 117

Haiti 120-2 Peten region 117-20

paleoecological studies acidification 35, 36, 147-511 eutrophication 35 paleoclimate 36, 37 salinity 36

Las Higueruelas (Spain) Equus records 59 Le Coupet (France) Equus records 59, 61 Le Ville (Italy) Equus records 60, 61 Les Etouaires Equus records 57 Limnology see lakes Limoncocha 105,107, 1(18 Lishi Loess Formation

fossil content 198,204-6 physical characters 193,207, 211-13 stratigraphic correlation 31)5

Littletonian Stage 261,265 Loess

climatic interpretations 204-9 dating techniques 198-204 definition 191 stratigraphy in China 191-4

Loong 302,303 Loughred Series 265 Luochuan loess stratigraphy 191-4,204 Luohe River terrace development 196-7 Lushan piedmont glacial features debated 301-3. 306-8 Lymnaea epimerization 46

Magnetic reversal stratigraphy in loess Magnetic susceptibility

fire history 18, 19

t99,200

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loess stratigraphy climate 208,209 dating 200-4

Maguiresbridge Formation 265,273 Malagrotta (Italy) Equus records 60, 61 Malan Loess Formation

fossil content 198,204-7 physical characters 193,211,212 stratigraphiccorrelation 305,312,313

Mallorca amino acid and U series geochronology 249-53 shoreline stratigraphy 246-9,253-5 tectonic stability 255,256

Man see human Matussino (Italy) Equus records 59, 61 Mayan civilization

development 117, 118 ecologicalimpact 118-2(I, 126

Mell stratigraphy 283 Mera (Equador) Glacial age pollen 99-102 Midland General glacial system 263,273 Midlandian Stage 261,273-8 Miragoane Lake paleoecology 120-2,126 Monte Oliveto (Italy) Equus records 60, 61 Montevarchi Group 56,57 Montopoli Equus records 55, 57, 59, 61 Mud Pond (Maine) PIRLA study 150-2 Munsterian Stage 261,269-73

Nahanagan Moraines 265 Nahanagan Stadial 273,274,292 Napo River 103 Nautica Mts 248,252 Neotyrrhenian 254 New Guinea terrace data 184-7 Newtown stratigraphy 272 Ngari Mtsstratigraphy 3119 Nieniexiongla glaciation 312 Nihewan Formation 308 Nyainqentanglha Range stratigraphy 308

Ocean Point (Alaska) tundra studies 167 Olivola Faunal zone 56, 57, 61 Olivola (Italy) Equus records 59, 61 Ontogenyin Chironomidae 33-5 Oxygen isotope record

factors affecting 183-5 loess record compared 202,209-16

Paguerra, Playa de 248,250,252 Paleoecological analyses

climate 36, 37 limnology 33-8, 14%50 temperature 49-52

Paleoecological investigation of Recent Lake Acidification (PIRLA) 147, 149, 150

Paleosolsin China 194-6 Pardines (France) Equus records 59, 61 Parker, Lake 125,126 Peten (Guatemala) paleoecology 117-20 Picea distribution in late Quaternary 131-9 Pinus distribution in late Quaternary 131-8 PIRLA project 147, 149, 150 pH inlakes 147-50 Phosphorus in lakes 119 Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary position 41,42 Poggio Mirteto (Italy) stratigraphy 58, 59 Pollen spectra

loess 205-7 mid Holocene of England and Scotland 154, 155 tropical rainforest 78, 79

Ponton de la Oliva (Spain) Equus records 60-2 Populus distribution in late Quaternary 131-8 Poyangglaciation 302,303 Pozo de Valverde de Calatrava (Spain) Equus records Precipitation records in Amazon forest 107-11 Prudhoe Bay (Alaska) tundra studies 167

Qiaoer Mt stratigraphy 309 Qilian Mtstratigraphy 309 Qinghai-Xizang Plateau glacial features 308-11 Qomolangmaglaciation 312 Qomolangma Mt stratigraphy 308 Quercus distribution in late Quaternary 131-9 Quexil, Lake 118, 119

Racemization of amino acids 44 Radiocarbon dating of loess 198 Rainforest, tropical

distribution 77, 78 Holocene 83-6 Late Quaternary 79-83

factors affecting distribution aridity 96-9 erosion 103-5 flooding 105-7 human impact 86-8 temperature 102,103

pollen assemblages 78, 79 refugia concept 93-5

Ranuccio Anagni (Italy) Equus records 60, 61 Red Clays (Hipparion Clays) 192,198,200 Rincon (Spain) Equus records 55, 56, 59, 61 Roca Neyra (France) Equus records 59 Roddans Port type sites 261 Round Loch pollen profile 153,155

Sacnab, Lake 118,119 Saint Vallier Faunal zone 56, 57, 61 Saint Vallier (France) Equus records 59, 61,62 Saint Vidal (France) Equus records 59, 61 Sainzelles (France) Equus records 60-2 Salinity studies in lakes 36 Salpeten, Lake 118, 119 San Giacomo (Italy) Equus records 56, 59, 61,62 San Onofre (Spain) stratigraphy 58 Saturated isothermal remnant magnetism (SIRM) 18, 19 Screen Hills Complex 281,282 Sea level

Mallorcan coastalstratigraphy 255 oxygen isotope record 184-7

Sedimentation rates in Late Quaternary methods of estimation 233-5 results 235-41

Seneze (France) Equus records 60, 61 Shortalstown warm stage 268 S'Illot stratigraphy 249,250,253 Slivia (Italy) Equus records 60-2 Soils in Canada

Arctic 225,226 Atlantic Provinces 221-3 Cordillera 228,229 Great Lakes 223-5 Hudson Bay 223-5 Interior Plains 227,228 Mackenzie Valley 226,227 Rocky Mts 227,228 Shield areas 223-5 West Coast 228,229 Yukon 226,227

Soils in China, loessial 194-6 Solihac (France) Equus records 60, 61 Son Grauet stratigraphy 248,250-3 South Ireland End Moraine (SIEM) 262,263,267,278 Spircha till 291 Surara, Lake 11(I

60, 62

TaibaiMt stratigraphy 309 Taiga soils carbon balance 169-75 Tanana River Valley taiga studies 169-75 Tanggula Shankou stratigraphy 308 Tasso Faunal zone 56, 57, 61 Tasso (Italy) Equus records 60, 61 Temperature variation

CO2 levels 165

viii Subject Index

in Ice Age Amazonia 102,103 Terra Nova, Costa da 107-9, 110 Terrace development and loess stratigraphy 196, 197 Teshekpuk Lake (Alaska) tundra studies 167 Thermoluminescence dating of loess 198, 199 Thorium isotope dating 181 Torre S'Estalella stratigraphy 249,250,254 Torreinpietra (Italy) Equus records 60, 61 Tralee Bay stratigraphy 272 Tree migration rates 140 Triversa (Italy) stratigraphy 58 Tullyallen stratigraphy 283 Tundra soils carbon balance 166-9

U series dating corals 251,253 mollusks 253,256

Valdeganga (Spain) Equus records 59, 61 Valencia, Lake 82, 98 Vallonet (France) Equus records 60-2 Varzeas 107-9 Venosa (Italy) Equus records 60, 61 Venta Micena (Spain) Equus records 60, 61 Vertebrate paleontology in loess

climatic interpretations 205

dating 198 Vialette (France) stratigraphy 57 Victoria, Lake 84 VillafranchianStage 55-9,61-3 Vrica Plio-Pleistocene boundary section 41,42

Water, role in charcoal dispersal 5 Weihe River terrace development 196, 197 Wind, role in charcoal dispersal 5 WisconsinanofBaffin Island 232,233 Wood Village stratigraphy 270 Woodgrange Interstadial 265,273,274,292 Wucheng Loess Formation

fossil content 198,205 physical characters 192, 193,213,214 stratigraphic correlation 305

Xian loess stratigraphy 191-4 Xifeng loess stratigraphy 191-4 Xixabangma glaciation 312 Xizang stratigraphy 309

Yaguarcocha 98, 107 Yambo. Lake 107 Yaxha. Lake 118, 119

CONTENTS OF PREVIOUS VOLUMES

Volume 5

Quaternary Glaciations in the United States of America

G. M. RICHMOND and D. S. FULLERTON: Introduction to Quaternary Glaciations in the United States of America

G. R. HALLBERG: Pre-Wisconsin Glacial Stratigraphy of the Central Plains Region in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri

W. H. JOHNSON: Stratigraphy and Correlation of the Glacial Deposits of the Lake Michigan Lobe Prior to 14 ka BP

D. S. FULLERTON: Stratigraphy and Correlation of Glacial Deposits from Indiana to New York and New Jersey

B. D. STONE and H. BORNS Jr: Pleistocene Glacial and Interglacial Stratigraphy of New England, Long Island, and Adjacent Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine

D. F. ESCHMAN and D. M. MICKELSON: Correlation of Glacial Deposits of the Huron, Lake Michigan and Green Bay Lobes in Michigan and Wisconsin

C. L. MATSCH and A. F. SCHNEIDER: Stratigraphy and Correlation of the Glacial Deposits of the Glacial Lobe Complex in Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin

G. R. HALLBERG and T. J. KEMMIS: Stratigraphy and Correlation of the Glacial Deposits of the Des Moines and James Lobes and Adjacent Areas in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa

D. S. FULLERTON and R. B. COLTON: Stratigraphy and Correlation of the Glacial Deposits on the Montana Plains

G. M. RICHMOND: Stratigraphy and Chronology of Glaciations in Yellowstone National Park

G. M. RICHMOND: Stratigraphy and Correlation of Glacial Deposits of the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado Plateau and the Ranges of the Great Basin

G. M. RICHMOND: Tentative Correlation of Deposits of the Cordilleran Ice-Sheet in the Northern Rocky Mountains

D, J. EASTERBROOK: Stratigraphy and Chronology of Quaternary Deposits of the Puget Lowland and Olympic Mountains of Washington and the Cascade Mountains of Washington and Oregon

D. S. FULLERTON: Chronology and Correlation of Glacial Deposits in the Sierra Nevada, California

T. D, HAMILTON: Correlation of Quaternary Glacial Deposits in Alaska

S. C. PORTER: Glaciation of Mauna Kea, Hawaii

G. M. RICHMOND and D. S. FULLERTON: Summation of Quaternary Glaciations in the United States of America

D. S. FULLERTON and G. M. RICHMOND: Comparison of the Marine Oxygen Isotope Record, the Eustatic Sea Level Record, and the Chronology of Glaciation in the United States of America

Quaternary Glaciations in Mexico

S. E. WHITE: Quaternary Glacial Stratigraphy and Chronology of Mexico

Quaternary Glaciations in Canada

R. J. FULTON: Quaternary Stratigraphy of Canada

R. J. FULTON, P. F. KARROW, P. LASALLE and D. R. GRANT: Summary of Quaternary Stratigraphy and History, Eastern Canada

R. J. FULTON, M. M. FENTON and N. W. RUTTER: Summary of Quaternary Stratigraphy and History, Western Canada

J. T. ANDREWS, G. H. MILLER, J.-S. VINCENT and W. W. SHILTS: Quaternary Correlations in Arctic Canada

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Quaternary Glaciations in Europe

J. LUNDQVIST: Stratigraphy of the Central Area of the Scandinavian Glaciation

J. LUNDQVIST: Late Weichselian Glaciation and Deglaciation in Scandinavia

F. W. SHOq-TON: Glaciations in the United Kingdom

D. Q. BOWEN, J. ROSE, A. M. McCABE and D. G. SUTHERLAND: Correlation of Quaternary Glaciations in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

W. H. ZAGWIJN: The Pleistocene of The Netherlands with Special Reference to Glaciation and Terrace Formation

F. GRUBE, S. CHRISTENSEN, T. VOLLMER, K. DUPHORN, J. KLOSTERMANN and B. MENKE: Glaciations in North West Germany

A. G. CEPEK: Quaternary Stratigraphy of the German Democratic Republic

J. RZECHOWSKI: Pleistocene Till Stratigraphy in Poland

K. BRUNNACKER: Quaternary Stratigraphy in the Lower Rhine Area and Northern Alpine Foothills

V. glBRAVA: Scandinavian Glaciations in the Bohemian Massif and Carpathian Foredeep and their Relationship to the Extraglacial Areas

J.-P. LAUTRIDOU, J. L. MONNIER, M. T. MORZADEC, J. SOMME and A. TUFFREAU: The Pleistocene of Northern France

Y. VEYRET: Quaternary Glaciations in the French Massif Central

G. HERAIL, J. HUBSCHMAN and G. JALUT: Quaternary Glaciations in the French Pyrenees

M. CAMPY: Glaciations in the Jura Range

A. BILLARD and G. OROMBELLI: Quaternary Glaciations in the French and Italian Piedmonts of the Alps

C. SCHLIJCHTER: The Quaternary Glaciations of Switzerland, with Special Reference to the Northern Alpine Foreland

H. KOHL: Pleistocene Glaciations in Austria

O. CONCHON: Quaternary Glaciations in Corsica

V. glBRAVA: Correlation of European Glaciations and their Relation to the Deep-Sea Record

Quaternary Glaciations in Eurasia

A. A. VELICHKO: Methodological Approaches in the Investigation of the Development of Glaciation in Northern Eurasia

A. A. VELICHKO and M. A. FAUSTOVA: Glaciations in the East European Region of the USSR

S. A. ARKHIPOV, L. L. ISAYEVA, V, G. BESPALY and O. GLUSHKOVA: Glaciation of Siberia and North-East USSR

S. A. ARKHIPOV, V. G. BESPALY, M. A. FAUSTOVA, O. YU. GLUSHKOVA. L. L. ISAEVA and A. A. VELICHKO: Ice-Sheet Reconstructions

S. HORIE: Glacial Stratigraphy in Japan

LIU TUNGSHENG, ZHANG SHOUXIN and HAN JIAMAO: Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironmental Changes in the Loess of Central China

SUN D1ANQING and WU XIHAE: Preliminary Study of Quaternary Tectono-Climatic Cycles in China

YAFENG SHI, B1NGHUI REN, JINGTAI WANG and E. DERBYSHIRE: Quaternary Glaciation in China

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Correlation of Quaternary Glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere

D. Q. BOWEN, G. M. RICHMOND, D. S. FULLERTON, V. SIBRAVA, R. J. FULTON and A. A. VELICHKO: Correlation of Quaternary Glaciations in the Northern Hemisphere

Volume 4

V. R. BAKER and R. C. BUNKER: Cataclysmic Late Pleistocene flooding from Glacial Lake Missoula: a review

R. J. DEVOY: The problems of a Late Quaternary landbridge between Britain and Ireland

A. C. MIX and W. F. RUDDIMAN: Structure and timing of the Last Deglaciation: oxygen-isotope evidence

R. G. CURRIE and R. W. FAIRBRIDGE: Periodic 18.6-year and cyclic ll-year induced drought and flood in northeastern China and some global implications

S. H,~KANSSON: A review of various factors influencing the stable carbon isotope ratio of organic lake sediments by the change from glacial to post-glacial environmental conditions

J. E. KUTZBACH and H. E. WRIGHT, Jr: Simulation of the climate of 18,000 years BP: results for the north American/North Atlantic/European sector and comparison with the geologic record of North America

M. GAGE: Glaciation in New Zealand - - the first century of research

Volume 3

J. EHLERS, K.-D. MEYER and H.-J. STEPHAN: The pre-Weichselian glaciations of North-West Europe

R. W. FAIRBRIDGE and C. W. FINKL, Jr: Tropical stone lines and podzolized sand plains as paleoclimatic indicators for weathered cratons

C. ARIAS, G. BIGAZZI, F. BONADONNA, K. BRUNNACKER and B. URBAN: Correlation of Plio- Pleistocene deposits of the Lower Rhine Basin (North-West Germany) and the Valle Ricca pits (Central Italy)

H. E. WRIGHT, Jr: Sensitivity and response time of natural systems to climate change in the Late Quaternary

K. D. BENNETT: The Post-Glacial history of Pinus sylvestris in the British Isles

The Quaternary of Scotland Reviews in honour of J. B. Sissons

Guest Editors J. M. Gray and C. K. Ballantyne

Volume 2

K. W. BUTZER: Global sea level stratigraphy: an appraisal

S. HOWE and T. WEBB, III: Calibrating pollen data in climatic terms: improving the methods

J. A. TYLDESLEY and P. G. BAHN: Use of plants in the European Palaeolithic: a review of the evidence

C. M. CLAPPERTON: The glaciation of the Andes

G. J. HENNIG and R. GRON: ESR dating in Quaternary geology

A. STRAW: Pre-Devensian glaciation of Lincolnshire (Eastern England) and adjacent areas

F. W. SHOTTON: The Wolstonian stage of the British Pleistocene in and around its type area of the English Midlands

G. M. PETERSON: Recent pollen spectra and zonal vegetation in the Western USSR

Volume 1

J. T. ANDREWS: On the reconstruction of Pleistocene ice sheets: a review

A. G. WINTLE and D. J. HUNTLEY: Thermoluminescence dating of sediments

L. CLAYTON and S. R. MORAN: Chronology of late Wisconsinan glaciation in middle North America

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J. F. WEHMILLER: A review of amino acid racemization studies in Quaternary mollusks: stratigraphic and chronologic applications in coastal and interglacial sites. Pacific and Atlantic coasts, United States, United Kingdom, Baffin Island and tropical islands

C. K1DSON: Sea level changes in the Holocene

H. R. DELCOURT, P. A. DELCOURT and T. WEBB, III: Dynamic plant ecology: the spectrum of vegetational change in space and time

T. M. CRONIN: Rapid sea level and climate change: evidence from continental and island margins

R. W. FAIRBRIDGE: The Pleistocene-Holocene boundary

P. E. O'SULLIVAN: Annually-laminated lake sediments and the study of Quaternary environmental changes - - a review