Geolid - Asociación Jóvenes Geógrafos

International and National Organisations

Research Centres

Desert Research Institute Quaternary Sciences Center: Improving the understanding of the nature of Earth's dynamic surface from approximately 2 million years ago to the present day. Research areas comprise anthropology and archaeology, geomorphology, applied environmental studies, the paleoenvironment, quaternary chronology and finally paleoecology and paleoclimatology.(US)
United States Geological Survey Global Change Research Program: Providing reliable predictions of future climate changes and their effects and also documenting the character of environments in the past and present. A very useful quaternary resource is found at the Climate History site. (US)

University of Cambridge Godwin Institute for Quaternary Research: Consists of a palaeoclimate unit, a stable isotope dendroclimatic unit and a radiocarbon laboratory. Also works in co-ordination with a number of research centres such as the geo-archaeology group, the palaeoecology and evolutionary biology group and the palaeoceanography group. (UK)
University of Durham Quaternary Environmental Change: Research covers a broad range of inter-related topics including sea-level change and coastal evolution, continental shelf history, climate change, fluvial records from the last and previous interglacials, vegetation history as well as sediment dating. Works in co-ordination with the Sea-Level Research Unit which studies late-quaternary sea-level and environmental changes and many other topics. (UK)
University of Wales, Lampeter The Palaeoenvironmental Research Centre: Actively involved in a broad spectrum of research dealing with the reconstruction of former environments and environmental change during both prehistoric and historical times. (UK)

North Dakota State University Quaternary Entomology Laboratory: Research specialises in the utilisation of chitinous insect remains, particulary beetles (Coleoptera) from sediments of Quaternary age for use in paleoclimatic, paleoenvironmental, and biogeographic analyses.(US)
University of Waterloo The Quaternary Sciences Institute: Brings together specialists in anthropology, biology, geography, geology, geophysics and planning, to carry out joint research projects, offer interdisciplinary educational activities, sponsor workshops, publish research results and maintain liaison with other related institutes. (Canada)
University of Washington Quaternary Research Center: Faculty and students are engaged in a broad range of research projects involving field, laboratory, and theoretical studies. Research is carried out worldwide in a variety of natural environments.(US)

Data/Information Libraries

Australian Quaternary Data Archive: The Archive consists of 2 principle subdivisions; quaternary datasets and modern datasets. The quaternary datasets range from coastal processes and sea level to vertebrate palaeontology.(Australia)
Australian Quaternary Climates Database: The database is divided into 3 major sections; Sites information, Datasets and Conclusions. The datasets are seperated into specific types of data such as geochemistry and stratigraphy. (Australia)
Canadian Association of Palynologists A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations: A very useful resource containing acronyms and abbreviations that are common in Quaternary studies. (Canada)
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program: A large amount of data on a variety of topics can be found at this site, for example coral, ice cores, fauna, insolation, paleoceanography, paleoliminology and pollen data can easily be accesssed. (US)
USGS Global Change Research Program:Climate History: Holds data for a number of topics such as palynological data, pliocene palynomorph census data and modern and fossil ostracode census data. (US)

Education Materials

University of California Museum of Paleontology Geological Time Machine: Provides detailed accounts of the Cenozoic era and more specificly the two periods making up the Quaternary section, the Holocene and the Pleistocene. Includes diagrams and illustrations as well as explanations. (US)
University of California Museum of Paleontology Geology and Geologic Time: Discusses era's of geologic time and the characteristics of each specific time period, for example stratigraphy, ancient life and localities. Information is expressed using diagrams, photos and explanations. (US)
University of Saskatchewan Geology for Engineers: Provides a detailed undergraduate resource, studies many areas of geology and geologic characteristics. Provides a useful resource when studying earth materials, geologic time and geological structure. (Canada)
University of Wisconsin, Geology Museum Geological Time Scale: A fine example of a detailed geological time scale diagram. Provides a listing of era's, period's and epoch's throughout geological time. (US)

Electronic Journals

International Union for Quaternary Research Quaternary International: Titles and authors published in each volume are listed at this site. Subscription details are also available. (UK)

University of Sheffield Environmental Archaeology: Provides listings of authors and articles published in each volume of the journal. For full-text versions subscription is required. (UK)

Australia Quaternary Association Quaternary Australasia: Provides abstract information for articles listed in publications and also newsletters produced, the full version of the journal is available throught subscription. (Australia)
Quaternary Research Center Quaternary Research: The most recent publication is available as an abstract or the full text versiom is downloadable, but for previous publications subscription is necessary. (US)
Quaternary Science Reviews: Provides the nature, scope and aims of the journal along with subscription details. (US)