Lake Hovsgol in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene: On-Land Geological Evidence for a Change in Its Level

Until now there have been no reliable historical or skeletal fossil records for the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) south of the Orange River or northern Namaqualand. The recent discovery of fossil giraffe tracks in coastal aeolianites east of Still Bay, South Africa, significantly increases the geographical range for this species, and has implications for Late Pleistocene climate and vegetation in the southern Cape. Giraffe populations have specialised needs, and require a savanna ecosystem. Marine geophysical and geological evidence suggests that the broad, currently submerged floodplains of the Gouritz and Breede Rivers likely supported a productive savanna of Vachellia karroo during Pleistocene glacial conditions, which would have provided a suitable habitat for this species. We show evidence for the hypothesis that the opening of the submerged shelf during glacial periods acted as a pathway for mammals to migrate along the southern coastal plain.

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New Zealand Glaciations and the Duration of The Pleistocene

Journal of Glaciology ◽

10.1017/s0022143000027295 ◽

1961 ◽

Vol 3 (29) ◽

pp. 940-943 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Maxwell Gage

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Recent Work ◽

Late Pleistocene ◽

Early Pleistocene ◽

Pleistocene Glaciation ◽

Shield Volcano ◽

Geological Evidence ◽

Pleistocene Period

Abstract Recent work has resulted in recognition of an additional glaciation preceding the Waimaunga Glaciation in the late Pleistocene. This followed the mid-Pleistocene climax of earth movements responsible for most of the present mountainous relief of New Zealand, but only after an interval of time long enough for the construction and subsequent deep dissection of Banks Peninsula shield volcano. It is inferred from this and other geological evidence that the earliest late Pleistocene glaciation was separated from the early Pleistocene Ross Glaciation by several hundred thousand years, and that the Pleistocene Period altogether covers at least one million years.

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A Preliminary Study of Rodent Burrows at Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia: Comparison with the Late Pleistocene Rodent Burrows of Korea

Journal of the Korean earth science society ◽

10.5467/jkess.2014.35.4.290 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. 290-294

Author(s):

Hyoun Soo Lim ◽

Jae Il Lee ◽

Sujeong Park ◽

Hoon Young Jeong ◽

Jinyeon Hwang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Late Pleistocene ◽

Lake Hovsgol ◽

Preliminary Study

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New Zealand Glaciations and the Duration of The Pleistocene

Journal of Glaciology ◽

10.3189/s0022143000027295 ◽

1961 ◽

Vol 3 (29) ◽

pp. 940-943

Author(s):

Maxwell Gage

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Recent Work ◽

Late Pleistocene ◽

Early Pleistocene ◽

Pleistocene Glaciation ◽

Shield Volcano ◽

Geological Evidence ◽

Pleistocene Period

AbstractRecent work has resulted in recognition of an additional glaciation preceding the Waimaunga Glaciation in the late Pleistocene. This followed the mid-Pleistocene climax of earth movements responsible for most of the present mountainous relief of New Zealand, but only after an interval of time long enough for the construction and subsequent deep dissection of Banks Peninsula shield volcano. It is inferred from this and other geological evidence that the earliest late Pleistocene glaciation was separated from the early Pleistocene Ross Glaciation by several hundred thousand years, and that the Pleistocene Period altogether covers at least one million years.

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