quaternary deposits

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• quaternary — /kwot euhr ner ee, kweuh terr neuh ree/, adj., n., pl. quaternaries. adj. 1. consisting of four. 2. arranged in fours. 3. (cap.) Geol. noting or pertaining to the present period of earth history, forming the latter part of the Cenozoic Era,… …   Universalium

• Quaternary glaciation — The Ice Age redirects here. For other uses, see Ice age (disambiguation). Last ice age redirects here. This term is also used for the last glacial period of the Quaternary glaciation. Northern Hemisphere glaciation during the Last Glacial Maximum …   Wikipedia

• Quaternary — The Quaternary Period is the geologic time period after the Neogene Period roughly 2.588 million years ago to the present. The Quaternary includes two geologic epochs: the Pleistocene including Gelasian, that used to belong to the Pliocene and… …   Wikipedia

• Quaternary — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY The period of Earth s history from about 2 million years ago to the present; also, the rocks and deposits of that age …   Glossary of volcanic terms

• Superficial deposits — In the British Geological Survey superficial deposits refer to all geological deposits of Quaternary age. All pre quaternary deposits are referred to as bedrock. Superficial Deposits were previously called drift …   Wikipedia

• Late Quaternary prehistoric birds — Prehistoric birds are various taxa of birds that became extinct before recorded history, or more precisely, before they could be studied alive by bird scientists. They are known from subfossil remains and sometimes folk memory, as in the case of… …   Wikipedia

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• Musgrave Block — The Musgrave Block is an east west trending belt of Proterozoic granulite gneiss basement rocks approximately 500km long. The Musgrave Block extends from western South Australia into Western Australia. The Musgrave Block is primarily exposed… …   Wikipedia