Examples of this type of data include tree ring width and density measurements, fossilized plant remains, insect and pollen frequencies in sediments, moraines and
other glacial deposits, marine organism fossils, and the isotope ratios of various elements.
Not exact matches
In fact, the Libyan Sahara Desert contains unmistakable
glacial scars and Antarctica has extensive coal
deposits — and very likely abundant oil and gas — that establish that their plates were once at the
other ends of the earth (see image at right).
I've sometimes thought that global cataclysms like the largest volcanic eruptions would disrupt the
glacial records by many years, like Oruanui eruption c. 26500bp, as these would induce unrecorded behavior in weather and
other things, f.e. the huge ash
deposits might decrease the albedo so much a local melting event happens.