IManyano yeHlabathi yoPhando lweQuaternary (INQUA)

IManyano yaMazwe ngaMazwe yeQuaternary Resarch (INQUA) luthungelwano lwehlabathi lwezazinzulu ezingaphezu kwama-5000 kumazwe angama-50. Igxile kwelona xesha lamva nje lembali yoMhlaba (i-Quaternary; i-2.6 yezigidi zeminyaka yokugqibela), kunye nokunxibelelana phakathi kwabantu kunye nenkqubo yoMhlaba yangoku. I-Quaternary lixesha elikhethekileyo kwimbali yoMhlaba. I-genus Homo yavela ekuqaleni kwe-Quaternary, kwaye i-evolution yabantu yayiqhutywa lutshintsho olukhulu rhoqo kwimozulu yehlabathi eyakhokelela kulandelelwano lwe-glacial kunye ne-interglacial age kunye neemeko zokusingqongileyo ezahluke kakhulu kwezo zanamhlanje. Oku kuguquguquka kwemozulu kukhokelele kuhlengahlengiso olukhulu lwehlabathi lwejografi yomhlaba, ukujikeleza kolwandle, kunye noluntu lwebhayoloji.

Injongo ye-INQUA kukukhuthaza uphando lwezenzululwazi oluhlangeneyo, lwezifundo ezahlukeneyo ngokudibanisa izazinzulu ezisebenza kwi-archaeology, i-anthropology, i-paleobiology, isayensi yomhlaba, i-ecology, i-geology, i-geochemistry, i-geophysics, i-geochronology, i-geography, i-glaciology, i-climatology, i-oceanography, kunye nesayensi yezentlalo. I-INQUA ikhulisa kwaye ikhuthaze intsebenziswano yoosonzululwazi kunye namaziko ophando kwihlabathi jikelele ngeekomishini, iintlanganiso kunye nopapasho. Ugxininiso olubalulekileyo lwe-INQUA luphando kwimiba esetyenziswayo efana neenkqubo eziyingozi ze-geophysical, imozulu notshintsho lwemo engqongileyo, kunye neempembelelo zolo tshintsho ebantwini. Izazinzulu zeQuaternary zibhala ukuguquguquka kwemozulu yexesha elidlulileyo kwaye ziseke umda weemeko zemozulu ezifanelekileyo ebantwini. Ngokusekwe kulwazi lwabo lwexesha elidlulileyo, izazinzulu zeQuaternary ziseka iimeko zenguqu yexesha elizayo ngokusebenzisa imodeli yamanani kunye ne-analog.

Iziphumo zophando ngoososayensi be-INQUA kunye nezazinzulu zemibutho ehlangeneyo zipapashwa kwiindidi ezininzi zeejenali zamazwe ngamazwe eziphononongwa ngoontanga, ezinye zinikezelwe ngokukodwa kwi-Quaternary Period. I-INQUA ikwapapasha ijenali yayo, iQuaternary International. Ijenali, eyaqala ukupapashwa ngo-1989, ifikelela kubantu abahlukahlukeneyo bezizwe ngezizwe.

I-INQUA incedisa izazinzulu nabafundi, ngakumbi kumazwe asakhasayo, ukomeleza amandla abo ophando. Ibonelela ngezibonelelo kwizazinzulu kunye nabafundi ukubavumela ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwiiprojekthi zophando, iindibano zocweyo kunye neenkomfa. Iinkxaso-mali zikwabonelelwa koosonzululwazi abasebatsha nabafundi ukubavumela ukuba baye kwiinkongolo ze-INQUA zekota.

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