Geological Context of the Quaternary Period

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Clues

  • A direct measurement of change - e.g. long-term erosional processes (10, 5)
  • A direct measurement of change - e.g. used to measure sea levels and ice sheets (9, 9)
  • A type of sedimentary archive - a way change is recorded (5, 6)
  • External processes - e.g. driven by changes in the Earth's orbit and receipt of solar radiation (8, 9)
  • Internal processes - e.g. tectonic (continental drift, crustal uplift and subsidence, volcanic emission) (9, 9)
  • Recent human influence on the environment (13)

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