Quaternary Geology

  1. Quaternary Paleoclimatology
    1. Climate Forcing Mechanisms
      1. Orbital Forcing
        1. Eccentricity Cycles
          1. 100,000-year Periodicity
            1. Orbital Shape Changes
            2. Obliquity Cycles
              1. 41,000-year Periodicity
                1. Seasonal Contrast Effects
                2. Precession Cycles
                  1. 23,000-year Periodicity
                    1. Monsoon Influences
                  2. Solar Variability
                    1. Solar Irradiance Changes
                      1. Sunspot Cycles
                        1. Solar Magnetic Field
                        2. Volcanic Forcing
                          1. Stratospheric Aerosols
                            1. Radiative Cooling
                              1. Volcanic Winter Effects
                              2. Greenhouse Gas Variations
                                1. Carbon Dioxide Changes
                                  1. Methane Fluctuations
                                    1. Nitrous Oxide Variations
                                    2. Internal Climate Feedbacks
                                      1. Ice-Albedo Feedback
                                        1. Water Vapor Feedback
                                          1. Cloud Feedbacks
                                            1. Vegetation Feedbacks
                                          2. Paleoclimate Archives
                                            1. Marine Sediment Records
                                              1. Foraminiferal Assemblages
                                                1. Oxygen Isotope Records
                                                  1. Alkenone Paleothermometry
                                                    1. Carbonate Preservation
                                                    2. Ice Core Records
                                                      1. Oxygen Isotope Ratios
                                                        1. Deuterium Excess
                                                          1. Trapped Atmospheric Gases
                                                            1. Volcanic Signals
                                                              1. Dust Records
                                                              2. Terrestrial Archives
                                                                1. Lake Sediment Cores
                                                                  1. Pollen Records
                                                                    1. Diatom Assemblages
                                                                      1. Varve Thickness
                                                                        1. Organic Geochemistry
                                                                        2. Speleothem Records
                                                                          1. Growth Rate Variations
                                                                            1. Isotopic Compositions
                                                                              1. Trace Element Ratios
                                                                              2. Tree Ring Records
                                                                                1. Ring Width Variations
                                                                                  1. Isotopic Compositions
                                                                                    1. Density Measurements
                                                                                  2. Coral Records
                                                                                    1. Growth Band Analysis
                                                                                      1. Isotopic Compositions
                                                                                        1. Trace Element Ratios
                                                                                          1. Fluorescence Banding
                                                                                        2. Major Climate Events
                                                                                          1. Glacial-Interglacial Cycles
                                                                                            1. Marine Isotope Stages
                                                                                              1. Ice Sheet Dynamics
                                                                                                1. Vegetation Changes
                                                                                                  1. Faunal Migrations
                                                                                                  2. Millennial-Scale Variability
                                                                                                    1. Dansgaard-Oeschger Events
                                                                                                      1. North Atlantic Oscillations
                                                                                                        1. Rapid Warming Events
                                                                                                          1. Stadial-Interstadial Cycles
                                                                                                          2. Heinrich Events
                                                                                                            1. Iceberg Discharge Events
                                                                                                              1. Ocean Circulation Changes
                                                                                                                1. Global Teleconnections
                                                                                                              2. Last Glacial Maximum
                                                                                                                1. Ice Sheet Extent
                                                                                                                  1. Sea-Level Lowstand
                                                                                                                    1. Vegetation Patterns
                                                                                                                      1. Atmospheric Circulation
                                                                                                                      2. Deglaciation Events
                                                                                                                        1. Meltwater Pulse Events
                                                                                                                          1. Ice Sheet Collapse
                                                                                                                            1. Ocean Circulation Changes
                                                                                                                            2. Younger Dryas
                                                                                                                              1. Onset Mechanisms
                                                                                                                                1. Geographic Extent
                                                                                                                                  1. Termination Processes
                                                                                                                                  2. Holocene Climate Variability
                                                                                                                                    1. Early Holocene Warming
                                                                                                                                      1. Mid-Holocene Optimum
                                                                                                                                        1. Neoglacial Cooling
                                                                                                                                          1. Medieval Warm Period
                                                                                                                                            1. Little Ice Age

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