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{"title":"Geochronology and ice-flow modelling of the Late Quaternary glaciers on Mt. Soğanlı, Türkiye","authors":"M. A. Sarıkaya,&nbsp;A. Candaş,&nbsp;İ. Ege,&nbsp;K. M. Wilcken","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3660","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Understanding Earth's climate history through the chronology and reconstruction of palaeoglaciers is a central topic of palaeoclimatology. Examining the remnants of past glaciations preserved in isolated alpine environments provides insight into critical palaeoclimatic conditions. Accurate dating techniques, such as terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides, are crucial for understanding the timing of these changes. The Anatolian Peninsula, characterized by diverse topographical and climatic factors, witnessed the presence of glaciers during the Late Pleistocene, shaping its alpine landscape significantly. While mountain ranges such as the Taurus and Pontic favoured glacier development due to their elevation and lower temperatures, isolated mountains such as Mount Soğanlı in the interior hinterland also supported significant palaeoglaciers. Despite previous studies on Anatolia's glaciers, numerical dating of glacial deposits on Mount Soğanlı has remained elusive until now, hindering precise palaeoclimatic interpretations. This study employs cosmogenic ³⁶Cl surface exposure dating and physical-based ice-flow modelling using an open-source framework, Parallel Ice Sheet Model (PISM), to determine the timing of glaciations and to reconstruct past glacier extents on Mount Soğanlı. The results reveal glacier retreat ages of 48.3 ± 13.4 and 18.3 ± 4.4 ka based on two well-preserved moraines. Additionally, palaeoclimate simulations matched with the field observations indicate considerably colder conditions (6.65–8.15°C colder than today) necessary to sustain glaciers on Mount Soğanlı, when precipitation amounts were the same as today. These findings contribute to a better understanding of Anatolia's palaeoclimatic fluctuations and align with similar studies in neighbouring regions, enhancing our knowledge of past climate dynamics of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"40 1","pages":"71-85"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143117871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Within the boundaries of the Dnipro ice lobe: Biotic dynamics in the Middle Dnipro area (Ukraine) during deglaciation and postglacial stages","authors":"Lilia Popova,&nbsp;Yuriy Veklych,&nbsp;Oleksandr Kovalchuk,&nbsp;Alina Mishta,&nbsp;Renata Stachowicz-Rybka,&nbsp;Leonid Gorobets,&nbsp;Vadym Yanenko,&nbsp;Yevheniia Nezdolii,&nbsp;Alina Stupak,&nbsp;Mykola Stakhiv,&nbsp;Andrii Yevstropov,&nbsp;Mykhailo Lyshenko,&nbsp;Leonid Rekovets,&nbsp;Zoltán Barkaszi","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3659","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Several new vertebrate and plant taphocoenoses of fluvial origin have been found in central Ukraine, within the area previously covered with till of the late Chibanian Dnipro glacier. These finds represent a timespan from the late Dnipro glacial to the Pryluky interglacial of the regional stratigraphic scheme of Ukraine and fill an important palaeofaunistic gap: arcto-boreal species have been revealed for the first time in deposits of the Dnipro/Kaidaky, Tiasmyn and an intra-Pryluky cold interval. Their appearance in the fossil record marks the most extreme periods of cooling, but even during these extremes arcto-boreal forms did not dominate. Similarly, a few warm-loving species appear only during interglacials. The tundra–steppe semblance of vertebrate fauna remains generally stable during this time. The new findings were also used to test existing correlation models between the stratigraphic scheme of Ukraine and Marine Isotope Stages (MIS). For this, we used the <i>Arvicola</i> interval-zones: the zone of the extinct water vole <i>Arvicola chosaricus</i>, which, in the studied area, covers the Dnipro, Kaidaky and Tiasmyn stages, and of the extant <i>A. amphibius</i> of the Pryluky interglacial and subsequent time periods. In different parts of Europe, replacement between these two species took place from MIS 6–MIS 5 to MIS 5. This indicates that the Tiasmyn with the latest <i>A. chosaricus</i> might represent both MIS 6 and a cold interval within MIS 5. For further refinement of the correlation, we use the newly discovered taphocoenoses with a clear stratigraphic sequence, together with the previously studied Maksymivka locality. They have a clear stratigraphic relation to the Dnipro till, and together with the above-mentioned climatic signal, these proxies support the correlation of the Dnipro glacial with MIS 6, the Kaidaky interglacial with MIS 5e, the Tiasmyn cold interval with MIS 5d, and the Pryluky interglacial with MIS 5c and younger.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"40 1","pages":"53-70"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143111606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Climate variability in West Anatolia from Last Glacial Maximum to present based on the µXRF data from Buldan Yayla Lake (Denizli)","authors":"Mustafa DoĞan,&nbsp;Yasemin Ünlü,&nbsp;Şule Gürboğa,&nbsp;Sabina Fiołna,&nbsp;Çetin Şenkul","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3658","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Studying climate changes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean region, particularly in Western Anatolia, is crucial for understanding environmental dynamics over time. We present high-resolution, long-term micro-X-ray fluorescence data from Buldan Yayla Lake (Denizli-Buldan), a key area, covering the period from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to the present. Sedimentological and paleoclimate data are supported by high-resolution radiocarbon analyses, as well as two tephra chronologies from Cape Riva and Minoan. According to the results, a cold and arid climate is observed during the LGM, Post-LGM and Younger Dryas. From the LGM to the present, there has been a trend towards increasing warmth and humidity. During the Late Glacial (LG) and Holocene (especially in the early Holocene), the climate was warmer and more humid. A short-lived climate change associated with the Older Dryas is recorded during the Bølling–Allerød warm period (~13 200–12 350 cal a <span>bp</span>) within the LG. The data indicate that the sediment cores of Buldan Yayla Lake are highly sensitive in reflecting climate information between the LGM and the present day. At the same time, the climate in Western Anatolia is recorded as more stable throughout the Holocene. In conclusion, this study enhances our understanding of Western Anatolia's climate dynamics and environment–society relationship from the LGM to the present.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"40 1","pages":"86-105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143111607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Palaeoenvironmental implications of Late Quaternary bioerosion traces in central Patagonia (Southern Atlantic, Argentina)","authors":"Luciana M. Giachetti,&nbsp;Sebastián Richiano,&nbsp;Karla Rubio-Sandoval,&nbsp;Clara B. Giachetti,&nbsp;Deirdre D. Ryan,&nbsp;Darrell S. Kaufman,&nbsp;Jordon Bright,&nbsp;Florencia Mari,&nbsp;Alessio Rovere,&nbsp;Diana E. Fernández","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3657","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Bioerosion is a valuable tool for inferring palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic changes over time and across different regions. However, studies of bioerosion traces are scarce in the Southern Hemisphere. Most ichnological studies within Argentina are concentrated in San Jorge Gulf (Patagonia, Argentina) and little is known about deposits located north of the Gulf. Here, we focus on bioerosion traces on Quaternary mollusc shells. Samples were collected from Quaternary marine deposits at the Bahía Vera–Cabo Raso sites in northern San Jorge Gulf. To resolve age discrepancies reported in the literature, we use amino acid racemization and radiocarbon dating to confirm the presence of beach ridge deposits from Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 and MIS 1. Fourteen ichnotaxa are recorded in the study area. Additionally, distinct variations in the pattern of bioerosion across different ages are observed, indicating that environmental changes occurred in the northern San Jorge Gulf between the MIS 5 interglacial and the Holocene. This reinforces the hypothesis that there is an association between bioerosion, productivity and circulation in the Southern Atlantic Ocean.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"40 3","pages":"481-499"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143778402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) subfossils from Abismo Anhumas, Bonito/MS, Brazil: Morphology, isotopic habitat (δ13C, δ18O), radiocarbon dating, biogeography and human impact on the species conservation in Brazil","authors":"Flavia Miranda,&nbsp;Leonardo Cotts,&nbsp;Edmundo P. Dineli Da Costa Júnior,&nbsp;Maíra Prestes Margarido,&nbsp;Alexander Cherkinsky,&nbsp;Mário André Trindade Dantas","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3656","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p><i>Myrmecophaga tridactyla</i> Linnaeus, 1758 is the largest extant anteater, being distributed in most biomes from southern Central America and northern South America. Herein, we analyzed cranial and postcranial elements of three partial skeletons of <i>M. tridactyla</i> found submerged in Abismo Anhumas cave (Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil). The bones collected were the skull (LEG 2598), left humerus (LEG 2601), ungueal phalanx (LEG 2602), and lumbar vertebrae (LEG 2599; LEG 2600). Radiocarbon dating and isotope analyses indicate that these animals lived between 360 and 560 cal a BP in an arboreal to open savanna habitat associated with the Cerrado, a Seasonal Dry Forest. Radiocarbon-dated oxygen isotopes are possibly in agreement with dated oxygen isotopes found in stalagmites, suggesting a wet period between 442–364 cal a BP in the region. Finally, we created paleo-species distribution models, which allowed the generation of a consensus map showing a historically stable area between 21 and 6 ka for this species. Currently, more than 50% of this area has been destroyed by human activity.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 8","pages":"1264-1274"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142708437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using pollen in turbidites for vegetation reconstructions","authors":"Laura S. McDonald,&nbsp;Lorna J. Strachan,&nbsp;Katherine Holt,&nbsp;Adam D. McArthur,&nbsp;Philip M. Barnes,&nbsp;Katherine L. Maier,&nbsp;Alan R. Orpin,&nbsp;Mark Horrocks,&nbsp;Aratrika Ganguly,&nbsp;Jenni L. Hopkins,&nbsp;Helen C. Bostock","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3653","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Turbidites, deposited by sub-aqueous gravity flows, are common in sedimentary archives worldwide and present a unique challenge and opportunity when reconstructing past vegetation through pollen analysis. When sampling pollen from a sediment core for palaeovegetation records, it is common practice to target background sediments (i.e. pelagic sediment) and avoid sampling turbidites, as they are presumed to portray a misleading picture of past vegetation. This assumption stems from our limited understanding of pollen abundance and distribution through turbidites, meaning that palynologists overlook deposits that could potentially be used to reconstruct past vegetation and climate. We present pollen assemblage and sedimentological data from four recent (&lt;150 years) deep marine turbidite deposits from the Hikurangi Subduction Margin, Aotearoa-New Zealand, with the aim of understanding the abundance and distribution of pollen in fine-grained turbidites. We find that pollen is diluted in the bases of turbidites, but despite this dilution, the proportions of different pollen taxa remain consistent through each turbidite. These results confirm that pollen can be sampled from turbidites for palaeovegetation reconstructions and that sampling the fine-grained upper parts of turbidites will provide the best pollen recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 7","pages":"1053-1063"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jqs.3653","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A temperature snapshot from MIS 5c in southeastern Alaska","authors":"PAUL S. Wilcox,&nbsp;Christoph Spötl,&nbsp;R.L. Edwards","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3652","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3652","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5c, between ~106 000 and ~93 000 years ago, represents an important warm period in which the current anthropogenic warming can be contextualized. Although viewed as a pronounced interstadial, its climate expression is regionally disparate, with different regions on Earth showing evidence of either cooler or warmer conditions than modern-day. It is therefore important to expand temperature reconstructions to different regions on Earth to gain a better picture of climate dynamics during MIS 5c. In Alaska, there are no quantitative temperature reconstructions for MIS 5c, limiting our knowledge of temperature changes in this climatically sensitive high-latitude region. Here, we fill this gap by providing the first quantitative temperature estimates from MIS 5c in Alaska using hydrogen isotopes of fluid inclusions in precisely dated speleothems. We find that regional temperatures during MIS 5c were within error of the modern-day reference period (1929–1989 <span>ce</span>) temperatures, possibly representing the most recent time period that regional temperatures were as high as modern-day.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 7","pages":"1031-1037"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stratigraphy and dating of Middle Pleistocene sediments from Rodderberg, Germany","authors":"Bernd Zolitschka,&nbsp;Frank Preusser,&nbsp;Junjie Zhang,&nbsp;Ines Hogrefe,&nbsp;Nikolaus Froitzheim,&nbsp;Philipp Böning,&nbsp;Patrick Schläfli,&nbsp;Felix Bittmann,&nbsp;Franz Binot,&nbsp;Manfred Frechen","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3654","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3654","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The stratigraphy and dating of lacustrine sediments and loess derivatives from Rodderberg, a crater of the East Eifel Volcanic Field in Germany, is based on luminescence dating and incorporates radiocarbon ages, fingerprinting of key tephra layers of the East Eifel Volcanic Field (Rieden Tephra, Hüttenberg Tephra, Laacher See Tephra), pollen stratigraphy, varve counting data, and a correlative age–depth model. These methods yield a robust age–depth model for the last 258 ka. Beyond this, luminescence ages differ from tephra-derived ages. In light of the apparent presence of the Rieden Tephra, the lowermost interglacial is assigned to Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 11 or 420 ka. This provides a high-resolution record of environmental conditions representing an analogue for the Holocene, characterized by a warming planet. However, new luminescence ages may indicate a younger age for basal sediments, with the lowermost interglacial representing MIS 9. Both age–depth models constrain regional environmental changes during the Middle Pleistocene controlled by global climate variations. For the hydrologically closed nature of the Rodderberg crater, with limited pathways for sediment inflow and erosional export, these results shed new light on the continuity of long Middle Pleistocene records.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 7","pages":"1011-1030"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jqs.3654","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Taxonomic and stable isotope analyses of mammal remains from the Lateglacial site of Grotta Polesini (central Italy): Paleoenviromental implications","authors":"Francesca Giustini,&nbsp;Alessio Iannucci,&nbsp;Giovanni Porcelli,&nbsp;Ileana Micarelli,&nbsp;Mauro Brilli,&nbsp;Raffaele Sardella,&nbsp;Beniamino Mecozzi","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3655","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3655","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Grotta Polesini is one of the most famous paleontological and archaeological sites of central Italy, which testifies to its human occupation during the Lateglacial. The site comprises a cave system where systematic excavation campaigns have been carried out since the 1950s. In 1974, 656 mammal remains were collected but never studied. This fossil collection is here described for the first time through taxonomic and stable isotope analyses of the enamel of selected mammal teeth. The aim is to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental and climatic conditions of the site and to offer new information on terrestrial ecosystems during the Lateglacial in central Italy. The faunal assemblage studied herein, in addition to other species reported in previous works, suggests cold climate conditions. We also describe a right radius of an adult individual of <i>Homo sapiens</i>, increasing the human fossil record of the site. Carbon isotope data point to a scenario dominated by C3 plants in open and dry habitats, such as grasslands and steppes, in accordance with the pollen data from central Italy. The oxygen isotope data suggest the use of water resources with a local origin, i.e. local precipitation and surface waters with a provenance from the nearby Apennine chain. The ecology of the taxa influenced the oxygen isotope values, especially in the case of semi-obligate to non-obligate drinker species.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 7","pages":"1098-1115"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are human activities or climate changes the main causes of soil erosion in the South African drylands?: A palaeo-perspective from three sites in the interior","authors":"Richard Lyons,&nbsp;Stephen Tooth,&nbsp;Geoff A. T. Duller,&nbsp;Terence McCarthy","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3651","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3651","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Soil erosion across South Africa's drylands occurs widely in the form of gullies and badlands (locally termed dongas) that have developed in colluvium and in valley fills along incised rivers. This erosion has commonly been attributed to land mismanagement, particularly since European settlement, but natural factors such as soil properties, local base level fall and climate change have also been invoked. To disentangle human and natural factors, we use optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating, supported by documentary and archaeological evidence, to constrain the timing and causes of donga formation at three widely spaced sites across interior South Africa. At all three sites, the exposed stratigraphy indicates that hillslopes and floodplains underwent net sediment accumulation during most of the late Quaternary, and that present-day deep erosion is of a magnitude unprecedented probably within at least the past 100 ka. OSL ages indicate that the onset of erosion at each site significantly pre-dates European incursion and instead was broadly coincident with abrupt climatic changes that occurred during the Medieval Climatic Anomaly (MCA, ~<span>ad</span> 900–1300) and Little Ice Age (LIA, ~\u0000<span>ad</span> 1300–1800). Based on correlation with palaeoclimate proxy records, we propose that erosion was triggered by abrupt hydroclimatic oscillations during the MCA, and continued during the LIA in response to climate-driven, large floods. At these sites, soil type and local base level falls exert secondary controls on the specific locations, processes, rates and depths of erosion. In other areas of South Africa, clear links between land mismanagement and soil erosion have been demonstrated, but for sites where detailed investigations have yet to be undertaken, these findings challenge an often default assumption that soil erosion is necessarily attributable to human factors. Our findings have significant implications for soil erosion control strategies and assessment of South African dryland landscape response to future climate changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 7","pages":"1116-1137"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jqs.3651","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}