I-International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)

I-International Union for Quaternary Resarch (INQUA) iyinethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke yososayensi abangaphezu kuka-5000 emazweni angama-50. Igxile enkathini yakamuva kakhulu yomlando woMhlaba (i-Quaternary; iminyaka eyizigidi ezingu-2.6 edlule), kanye nokusebenzisana phakathi kwabantu nohlelo lomhlaba lwamanje. I-Quaternary isikhathi esiyingqayizivele emlandweni woMhlaba. I-genus Homo yavela ekuqaleni kwe-Quaternary, futhi ukuziphendukela kwemvelo komuntu kwakuqhutshwa izinguquko ezinkulu ezivamile zesimo sezulu somhlaba wonke okwaholela ekulandelaneni kwenkathi ye-glacial kanye ne-interglacial age nezimo zemvelo ezihluke kakhulu kulezo zanamuhla. Lokhu kuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kuholele ekuhlelweni kabusha okukhulu komhlaba jikelele kwe-terrestrial geography, ukujikeleza kolwandle, kanye nemiphakathi ye-biotic.

Inhloso ye-INQUA ukugqugquzela ucwaningo lwesayensi oludidiyelwe, oluhlanganisa imikhakha eyahlukene ngokuhlanganisa ososayensi abasebenza ku-archaeology, anthropology, paleobiology, inhlabathi isayensi, i-ecology, geology, geochemistry, geophysics, geochronology, geography, glaciology, climatology, oceanography, nesayensi yezenhlalo. I-INQUA ikhulisa futhi ikhuthaze ukubambisana kososayensi nezikhungo zocwaningo emhlabeni wonke ngamakhomishini ayo, imihlangano, kanye nezincwadi. Okubalulekile okugxilwe kukho kwe-INQUA wucwaningo olumayelana nezindaba ezisetshenziswayo njengezinqubo ze-geophysical eziyingozi, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nemvelo, kanye nomthelela walolo shintsho kubantu. Ososayensi be-Quaternary babhala ngokushintshashintsha kwesimo sezulu kwesikhathi esidlule futhi basungula izimo zezulu ezihambisana nabantu. Ngokusekelwe olwazini lwabo lwesikhathi esidlule, ososayensi baseQuaternary basungula izimo zenguquko yesikhathi esizayo ngokusebenzisa imodeli yezinombolo ne-analog.

Imiphumela yocwaningo olwenziwa ososayensi be-INQUA nososayensi bezinhlangano ezihlangene ishicilelwa ezinhlobonhlobo eziningi zamajenali amazwe ngamazwe abuyekezwe ngontanga, amanye anikezwe ngokukhethekile ku-Quaternary Period. I-INQUA iphinde ikhiphe ijenali yayo, i-Quaternary International. Ijenali, eyaqala ukushicilelwa ngo-1989, ifinyelela izilaleli ezihlukahlukene zomhlaba wonke.

I-INQUA isiza kakhulu ososayensi nabafundi, ikakhulukazi emazweni asathuthuka, ukuqinisa ikhono labo lokucwaninga. Ihlinzeka ngezibonelelo kososayensi nabafundi ukuze ibavumele ukuthi babambe iqhaza kumaphrojekthi ocwaningo, izinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi, nezinkomfa. Izimali ziphinde zinikezwe ososayensi abasebasha nabafundi ukuze zibavumele ukuthi bathamele izingqungquthela ze-INQUA zeminyaka emine.

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