Quaternary Journal of Iran

Scope

Multidisciplinary research on Earth & Biological Sciences to promote the understanding and reconstruction of environmental changes and processes during the last 2.6 million years.

Subjects:

• Palaeo‐studies:

- Palaeoclimatology.

- Palaeoecology.

- Palaeogeography.

- Palaeoceanography, Palaeohydrology.

- Palaeontology, Palaeobotany, Palaeopedology.

- Palaeoanthropology.

- Geoarcheology, Zooarchaeology, Biological Anthropology, Palaeolithic Archaeology.

• Methods:

- Environmental reconstruction proxies: Geochemistry, Palynology, Ice coring, Varves, Dendrochronology, Tephrocronology, Lichenometry, Speleothemes, Coral Reefs...

- Geochronology (dating methods): ¹⁴C, Luminiscence, Cosmogenic Nuclides, Paleomagnetic…

• Palaeo‐environmental research with global implications. Climatic changes and climate change. Evaluation of potential future climate variability (climate modeling). Human‐induced changes and implications (Anthropocene).
• Earth surface processes and responses to Holocene, Pleistocene, or Quaternary environmental change. Natural Hazards.
• Applied Quaternary Research.

Relevant disciplines (but not limited to):

- Quaternary Geology, Physical Geography.

- Earth Surface Processes and Geomorphology.

- Climatology.

- Oceanography, Limnology, Glaciology.

- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Soil Science.

- Geophysics, Neotectonics, Volcanology.

- Biology, Botany, Zoology, Palaeontology.

- Archaeology, History, Anthropology.