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John Hardcastle in Timaru, in the South Island of New Zealand, invented paslaeoclimatology in 1890 by studying the nature of loess deposits. He pointed out that the loess deposit acted as a 'climate register' ;he made the first significant observations in palaeoclimatology.
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This page is a summary of: Thick loess deposits reveal Quaternary climatic changes, Endeavour, January 1997, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/s0160-9327(97)01004-1.
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