The INQUA Dunes Atlas chronologic database

NICHOLAS LANCASTER; STEPHEN WOLFE; DAVID THOMAS; CHARLIE BRISTOW; OLAF BUBENZER; SALLIE BURROW; GEOFF DULLER; ALLAN HALFEN; PAUL HESSE; JOEL ROSKIN; ASHOK SINGHVI; HAIM TSOAR; ALFONSINA TRIPALDI; XIAOPING YANG; MARCELO ZÁRATE

QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2015

1040-6182

The INQUA Dunes Atlas project has developed a global digital database of chronological information forperiods of inland or continental sand dune accumulation and stabilization. The database comprises informationon the site location (including coordinates), dune type, and stratigraphic context, pertinentanalytical information (e.g. luminescence procedures), and literature citations to the original data source.This paper discusses the background to the project, the concept and structure of the chronologicdatabase that forms its core, and gives some examples of the scope of the database and ways in which itcan contribute to greater understanding of the spatial and temporal variability in dune development