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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Palaeosols"”.
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Lateritic palaeosols of N.E. Africa: a remote sensing study
… techniques, facilitate a study of lateritic palaeosols. The work centres on laterites, which are thin but important elements of the Phanerozoic stratigraphy of NE Africa. They immediately pre-date midOligocene flood basalts and, if mapped, can be used to delineate a flood basalt-Iaterite …
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Fluvial facies, vertebrate taphonomy and palaeosols of the Teekloof formation (Permian) near Beaufort West, Cape Province, South Africa
… and arc interpreted as evidence of calcic palaeosols that formed under semi-arid climatic conditions. This is an interdisciplinary study that integrates a conventional sedimentary facies analysis with investigations of the taphonomy of in situ therapsid fossils and the nature and …
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Reconstruction of environmental and climate dynamics using multi-proxy evidence from palaeosols of the Western Cape, South Africa
… over centennial to multi-millennial timescales. Palaeosols constitute an important stratigraphic marker for past environments and may provide useful validation of pedogenic and other earth system process models. However, the characterisation and analysis of palaeosols has been a largely neglected …
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The geochemistry of fossil termite nests in Calitzdorp, Western Cape, South Africa
… in the fossil termitaria compared to their host palaeosols and 2) assess the palaeoenvironmental conditions at the time of carbonate precipitation. The fossil termitaria are distinct from their host palaeosols, being enriched in CaO, MgO, MnO, and P₂O₅ and depleted in Al₂O₃, Cu, Fe₂O₃, K₂O, and …
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The Use of Biomarker and Stable Isotope Analyses in Palaeopedology / Reconstruction of Middle and Late Quaternary Environmental and Climate History, with examples from Mt. Kilimanjaro, NE Siberia and NE Argentina
Palaeosols are important terrestrial archives for the reconstruction of the Quaternary landscape and climate history. In order to derive reliable information from these archives about sedimentation, vegetation and climate history, various methods and proxies are traditionally applied, e.g. texture …
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Mid Cretaceous fossil forests of Alexander Island, Antarctica
… by catastrophic floods. Evidence from the palaeosols, sediments and fossil wood of Alexander Island suggest that the climate was warm, temperate, and semi-arid with seasonal precipitation and intermittent wet phases. In structure and composition the Alexander Island forest are very similar …
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Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments and Middle-Late Stone Age habitat preferences in the Nakuru-Naivasha Basin, Kenya: phytolith-based evidence from the site of Prospect Farm
… assemblages. Phytolith analysis from the six palaeosols studied indicates limited past spatial heterogeneity in plant communities across sampling locations. Results do however demonstrate marked changes in past vegetation composition and human habitat preferences, changing from open xeric C4 …
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Settlement and landscape in the Northern Isles; a multidisciplinary approach. Archaeological research into long term settlements and thier associated arable fields from the Neolithic to the Norse periods.
The research contained in these papers embodies both results from direct archaeological investigation and also the development of techniques (geophysical, chronological and geoarchaeological) in order to understand long-term settlements and their associated landscapes in Orkney and Shetland. …
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Ανασύνθεση παλαιοπεριβάλλοντος σε παράκτιες γεωμορφές της νότιας Κύπρου με την χρήση τεχνικών φωταύγειας
… of clearly defined depositional episodes (palaeosols) leading to the identification of paleosurfaces. The finds, mostly lithic tools reinforce the view that this Pleistocene river terrace in the Troodos mountains, was repeatedly visited by groups of hunter-gatherers who remained at the site …