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Untangling the Quaternary Period— A Legacy of Stephen C. Porter
Edited by Richard B. Waitt, Glenn D. Thackray, and Alan R. Gillespie

Stephen C. Porter was an international leader in Quaternary science for several decades, having worked on
most of the world’s continents and having led international organizations and a prominent interdisciplinary
journal. His work in uenced many individuals, and he played an essential role in linking Chinese Quaternary
science with the broader international scienti c community. This volume brings together nineteen papers of
interdisciplinary Quaternary science honoring Porter. Special Paper 548 features papers from six continents,
on wide-ranging topics including glaciation, paleoecology, landscape evolution, mega oods, and loess. The
topical and geographical range of the papers, as well as their interdisciplinary nature, honor Porter’s distinct
approach to Quaternary science and leadership that in uences the eld to this day.

SPE548, 414 p., ISBN 9780813725482 | list price $86.00 | member price $60.00

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