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On the Current Structure of the Quaternary Geological System

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The paper deals with the application issues of a new structure of the Quaternary Geological System approved recently by the International Commission on Stratigraphy in the practice of geological work in Russia and options for possible changes in the hierarchy of Quaternary subdivisions in the Stratigraphic Code of Russia.

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We are grateful to A.Yu. Rozanov, S.I. Bordunov, S.V. Popov, and A.S. Zastrozhnov for advice on improving this paper.

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This work was carried out under the state assignment of the Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow).

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Gladenkov, Y.B., Tesakov, A.S. On the Current Structure of the Quaternary Geological System. Stratigr. Geol. Correl. 31, 502–505 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869593823050039

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