LATE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE LITHOFACIES - PALEOGEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS IN BA LAT RIVER MOUTH

Holocene-Late Pleistocene Climatic Ice Core

Three ice cores to bedrock from the Dunde ice cap on the north-central QinghaiTibetan Plateau ofChina provide a detailed record of Holocene and Wisconsin-Wurm late glacial stage (LGS) climate changes in the subtropics. The records reveal that LGS conditions were apparently colder, wetter, and dustier than Holocene conditions. The LGS part of the cores is characterized by more negative 8180 rati...

Rapid late Pleistocene incision of Atlantic passive-margin river gorges.

The direct and secondary effects of rapidly changing climate caused large rivers draining the Atlantic passive margin to incise quickly into bedrock beginning about 35,000 years ago. Measured in samples from bedrock fluvial terraces, 10-beryllium shows that both the Susquehanna and Potomac Rivers incised 10- to 20-meter-deep gorges along steep, convex lower reaches during the last glacial cycle...

Late Pleistocene-Holocene paleobiogeography of the genus Apodemus in Central Europe

Wood mice of the genus Apodemus are an essential component of small mammal communities throughout Europe. Molecular data suggest the postglacial colonization of current ranges from south European glacial refugia, different in particular species. Yet, details on the course of colonization and Holocene history of particular species are not available, partly because of a lack of reliable criteria ...

Late Pleistocene and Holocene Paleolimnology of Two Mountain Lakes in Western Tasmania

Late Pleistocene and Holocene Moraines in the Sagarmatha (Everest) Region, Khumbu Himal*

Detailed field mapping of moraines in the Sagarmatha (Everest) region of the Nepal Himalayas indicates that there are four stages of glacial advance. The Lobuche stage moraines are fresh and sparsely covered with vegetation, which contact the dirty terminus of glaciers. The Thuklha stage moraines which are covered with soil and vegetation are located just outside of the Lobuche stage moraines. ...