Quaternary

Introduction
The Quaternary environment
- Glaciation
  - The “Ice Ages”
  - Glacial remnants
    - Landforms
    - Lakes
- Sea-level changes
- Paleoclimate
Quaternary life
- Fauna and flora
- Hominin evolution
Quaternary geology
- Economic significance of Quaternary deposits
- Types of Quaternary sediments
- Correlation of Quaternary deposits

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Quaternary paleogeography

Quaternary Period in geologic time

Gornergletscher (Gorner Glacier

woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)

woolly rhinoceros

human evolutionary pathways

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Quaternary Period summary

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Also Known As	Quaternary Period • Great Ice Age

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Quaternary paleogeography

Quaternary Period in geologic time

Gornergletscher (Gorner Glacier

woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)

woolly rhinoceros

human evolutionary pathways

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Topics

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Key People

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Maurice-Irénée-Marie Gignoux

French geologist