The Microfossil Records and Their Paleoenvironmental Implications in Quaternary

Dear Colleagues!

The Quaternary sediment archives provide comprehensive information on the paleoclimates exhibiting both environmental trends and cycles. Regarding modern climatic changes, we need to understand the scenarios of long- to short-term development of natural systems. A reaction of biota on the environmental variations is documented in the specific microfossil assemblages forming within different paleogeographic states (warmings/coolings, transitions between, etc.). Studies of microfossils help to create the chronology and climatostratigraphy and to reconstruct the paleoenvironments.

Contributions to this Special issue are invited to exhibit interpretations of the microfossil distribution for terrestrial or marine biostratigraphy, paleoecology, paleogeography, paleoceanography, and paleoclimate. We also welcome new data on the Quaternary to modern taxonomy, ecology, and methodological questions, as well as micropaleontological information on the relationships of the biotic associations and abiotic factors. A use of microfossils in studies of the Antropocene, in archaeology, and in diverse areas of human activity can be presented.

Dr. Alexander G. Matul
Prof. Dr. Yelena I. Polyakova
Guest Editors

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