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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... and hydroisostasy Shoreline sequences in areas affected by glacio isostasy Palaeoenvironmental significance of sealevel changes River terraces Origins of river terraces 2.6.1.1 2.6.1.2 2.6.1.3 2.6.1.4 2.6.1.5 2.6.2 2.6.3 2.7 2.7.1 2.7.2.
... palaeoenvironmental reconstruction The terraces of the River Thames Quaternary landforms in low latitudes Pluvial lakes Dunefields Fluvial landforms Weathering crusts Conclusions Notes Lithological evidence Introduction Field and ...
... Palaeoenvironmental evidence from lake sediments Lake sediments and landscape changes Lakelevel variations and climatic changes Lake sediments and palaeotemperatures Palaeoenvironmental evidence from mire and bog sediments ...
... Palaeoenvironmental significance of ice cores Conclusions Notes Biological evidence Introduction The nature of the Quaternary fossil record The taphonomy of Quaternary fossil assemblages The interpretation of Quaternary fossil ...
... palaeoenvironmental applications Micropalaeontology of deepsea sediments Introduction Radiolaria Coccolithophores Dinoflagellates (dinocysts) Marine microfossils in ocean sediments Laboratory separation of marine microfossils Marine ...
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