Quaternary science

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Earth science subdiscipline geoscience discipline interdisciplinary scientific field

Quaternary science is an interdisciplinary field that investigates Earth’s most recent geological period, focusing on past climates, environmental changes, and their impact on ecosystems and human societies.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Quaternary geology	4
Quaternary science canonical	2
Nordic Quaternary stratigraphy	1
studied in Quaternary geology	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Earth science subdiscipline ⓘ geoscience discipline ⓘ interdisciplinary scientific field ⓘ
aimsTo	assess impacts of environmental change on ecosystems ⓘ assess impacts of environmental change on human societies ⓘ provide context for future climate change ⓘ reconstruct past climates ⓘ understand drivers of climate change ⓘ
focusesOn	Earth’s most recent geological period ⓘ Quaternary archaeology context ⓘ Quaternary extinctions ⓘ cryosphere dynamics ⓘ ecosystem responses to climate change ⓘ environmental change ⓘ glacial–interglacial cycles ⓘ human–environment interactions ⓘ paleoenvironments ⓘ past climates ⓘ sea-level change ⓘ
hasApplication	biodiversity conservation ⓘ heritage and archaeological site management ⓘ land-use planning ⓘ natural hazard assessment ⓘ water-resource management ⓘ
relatedTo	Quaternary science self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quaternary geology anthropology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ climate science ⓘ environmental science ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ paleoecology ⓘ
studies	Holocene ⓘ surface form: Holocene epoch Pleistocene epoch ⓘ Quaternary period ⓘ
usesMethod	GIS ⓘ dendrochronology ⓘ geochronology ⓘ geomorphology ⓘ ice-core analysis ⓘ isotope analysis ⓘ lake-sediment analysis ⓘ luminescence dating ⓘ marine-sediment analysis ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ palynology ⓘ radiocarbon dating ⓘ remote sensing ⓘ sedimentology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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8.2 kiloyear event → studiedIn → Quaternary science ⓘ

Meghalayan → usedInDiscipline → Quaternary science ⓘ

Cenozoic glaciations → studiedIn → Quaternary science ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quaternary geology

Yoldiahavet (Swedish) → usedIn → Quaternary science ⓘ

subject surface form: Yoldiahavet

this entity surface form: Nordic Quaternary stratigraphy

Laurentide Ice Sheet in North America → scientificDiscipline → Quaternary science ⓘ

subject surface form: Laurentide Ice Sheet

this entity surface form: studied in Quaternary geology

Younger Dryas cold event → studiedIn → Quaternary science ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quaternary geology

Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea → hasFieldOfStudy → Quaternary science ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quaternary geology

Quaternary science → relatedTo → Quaternary science self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quaternary geology