Chief editor: Christopher Lüthgens
E&G Quaternary Science Journal (EGQSJ) is an interdisciplinary open-access journal, which publishes peer-reviewed articles and express reports, as well as thesis abstracts related to Quaternary geology, paleo-environments, paleo-ecology, soil science, paleo-climatology, geomorphology, geochronology, archaeology, geoarchaeology, and now also encompassing methodological advances and aspects of the societal relevance of Quaternary research. EGQSJ is a non-profit, community-based effort: It is run by Quaternary scientists, financed by Quaternary scientists, and supporting Quaternary scientists, because any revenue generated is only used to support publications in the journal.
EGQSJ was established under the name "Eiszeitalter & Gegenwart" (i.e. "ice age and present" in German) in 1951 and has since then covered the broad range of Quaternary research. By linking insights from the past (i.e. the ice age) with the present, our publications provide an interdisciplinary understanding and knowledge that becomes even more important in the context of the current challenges of global climate change. Please take your chance to join us in shaping the future of the journal by considering EGQSJ as a reputable, worthwhile alternative for publication of scientific papers, innovative express reports, and thesis abstracts dealing with Quaternary research.
19 Mar 2026
An MIS 8 terrestrial record retrieved from a glacially overdeepened basin in the northern foreland of the European Alps
Gustav Firla, Christopher Lüthgens, Thomas Burschil, Stephanie Neuhuber, Roberta Pini, Oscar Marchhart, Alexander Wieser, Clemens Schmalfuss, Ernst Kroemer, and Markus Fiebig
E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 75, 85–105, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-75-85-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-75-85-2026, 2026
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18 Mar 2026
Environmental reconstruction of the younger loess sequences of the Petrovaradin Fortress Palaeolithic site (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Slobodan B. Marković, Dušan Mihailović, Milica G. Bosnić, Petar Krsmanović, Philip D. Hughes, Aleksandar Pilipović, Mirjana Roksandić, Qingzhen Hao, Luo Wang, Jelena Kolundžija, Dušan Puhar, Rastko S. Marković, Tin Lukić, and Zoran M. Perić
E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 75, 73–84, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-75-73-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-75-73-2026, 2026
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26 Feb 2026
The fluvial anthroposphere of the Wiesent River catchment, northern Bavaria, Germany: review and first results
Bastian E. W. W. Grimm, Alexander Voigt, Andreas Dix, Rainer Schreg, and Markus Fuchs
E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 75, 49–67, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-75-49-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-75-49-2026, 2026
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16 Feb 2026
Historical clay extraction from paleo-channel deposits of the late-glacial Bergstraßenneckar in the Upper Rhine Graben, southwestern Germany
Felix Henselowsky, Annette Kadereit, Manuel Herzog, Barbara Tuczek, Heinrich Thiemeyer, Olaf Bubenzer, and Max Engel
E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 75, 33–47, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-75-33-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-75-33-2026, 2026
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