Reconstructing Quaternary EnvironmentsRoutledge, 28 oct. 2014 - 568 pages This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes during the Quaternary. The evidence is extremely diverse ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and geochemical data, and includes new data from terrestrial, marine and ice-core records. Dating methods are described and evaluated, while the principles and practices of Quaternary stratigraphy are also discussed. The volume concludes with a new chapter which considers some of the key questions about the nature, causes and consequences of global climatic and environmental change over a range of temporal scales. This synthesis builds on the methods and approaches described earlier in the book to show how a number of exciting ideas that have emerged over the last two decades are providing new insights into the operation of the global earth-ocean-atmosphere system, and are now central to many areas of contemporary Quaternary research. This comprehensive and dynamic textbook is richly illustrated throughout with full-colour figures and photographs. The book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals in Earth Science, Environmental Science, Physical Geography, Geology, Botany, Zoology, Ecology, Archaeology and Anthropology |
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... assemblages The interpretation of Quaternary fossil assemblages Pollen analysis Introduction The nature of pollen and spores Field and laboratory work Pollen diagrams The interpretation of pollen diagrams Applications of pollen ...
... assemblages Interpretation of nonmarine molluscan assemblages: habitat groups and indices of species diversity Applications of Quaternary nonmarine molluscan records Biostratigraphic correlation Palaeoclimatic reconstructions ...
... assemblages Cave and fissure deposits Lacustrine sediments Fluvial sediments Quaternary vertebrate records Vertebrate biostratigraphy Vertebrate biogeography Vertebrate fossils and Quaternary environments Vertebrate fossils and faunal ...
... assemblages of species found living today at thirtyfive localities in North America Generalized climatic curves of estimated T MAX variations during the Lateglacial–early Holocene for different parts of Europe Head capsules of common ...
... assemblages in cave sites, but was one of the first British converts to the Glacial Theory. As early as 1838, James Smith ('Smith of Jordanhill') was using fossil shells to demonstrate that the seas around the coast of western Scotland ...
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Reconstructing Quaternary Environments John Lowe,Mike Walker,Mike J. C. Walker Aucun aperçu disponible - 2014 |
Reconstructing Quaternary Environments J. John Lowe,Mike Walker,Mike J. C. Walker Aucun aperçu disponible - 2014 |