Quaternary Sedimentary, Paleoclimatic, and Paleoceanographic Changes from Coastal to Deep-Ocean Settings

Dear Colleagues,

Due to the detailed sedimentary record and numerical dating, the Quaternary period is quite relevant for characterizing its pronounced climatic oscillations and dynamic interactions between terrestrial, coastal and marine environments. Sedimentary archives spanning the continuum from coastal zones to the deep ocean provide critical multi-proxy records of these changes, capturing variations in sediment supply, ocean circulation, sea-level fluctuations and paleoclimatic conditions at regional to global scales.

This Special Issue aims to bring together original research and review articles that investigate Quaternary sedimentary processes, paleoclimatic reconstructions and paleoceanographic evolution using records from coastal, shelf and deep-marine settings. We welcome contributions that integrate sedimentological, geochemical, micropaleontological, geochronological and modelling approaches to elucidate forcing mechanisms, spatial–temporal linkages and environmental responses across this land–ocean continuum.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, source-to-sink sediment dynamics, high-resolution paleoclimate and paleoceanographic proxies, sea-level and monsoon variability, and the imprint of abrupt events in sedimentary sequences (e.g., tsunamis and floods). By synthesizing coastal-to-deep-ocean perspectives, this collection seeks to advance our understanding of Quaternary environmental change and its broader implications for the Earth system.

Dr. Kunwen Luo
Guest Editor

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