GY120 - Class 14 - Reconstructing the Quaternary

Whilst I'm taking
the register... What did you learn in the lecture?
What did you enjoy in the lecture? What defines the Quaternary?
How do we know about Quaternary environments?
What caused the Quaternary and the variations in climate within the Quaternary? The Quaternary Referencing and literature
In-text citations and reference lists
Quotations (page numbers, italics)
Figures and use of figures
Captions and use of captions
Structure - to use (sub)sections or not?
Writing style (e.g. anthropogenic)
ADDRESSING THE QUESTION ESSAY FEEDBACK Show how the study of isotopes has been crucial in shaping our understanding of Quaternary environmental change
If minor variations in the orbital behaviour of the Earth appear to have been the "Pacemaker of the Ice Ages" (Berger, 1992) during the Quaternary, why has the Earth not experienced repetitive glaciations throughout its entire history?
'The study of isotopes has proved crucial to the establishment of a coherent framework of Quaternary climate change.' Discuss. Past exam questions... Discovery Group 1:
reconstruct a climate history of the Sahara for determining when it was wet and where for the purposes of investigating human migration out of Africa

Timespan: 125,000 years
Budget: £2 million


Group 2:
reconstruct a history of precipitation in Huashan, north-central China during the Holocene

Timespan: 10,000 years
Budget: £250,000


Group 3:
determine how often the Earth experienced glacial periods during the Quaternary and what caused them

Timespan: 2,000,000 years
Budget: £12 million