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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... established 5.16 a) Glacial moraine in the Nubra Valley to the north of Leh, Ladakh, northern India. b) Boulders on the moraine surface dated by 10Be 5.17 a) Cross-cut of a tree trunk showing seasonally differentiated growth rings. b) X ...
... established usage for the term 'Quaternary' (Gibbard et al., 2010). geologist Jules Desnoyers who, writing in 1829, differentiated between the strata of 'Tertiary' and 'Quaternary' age in the rocks of the Paris basin. The Quaternary was ...
... established named stages must contain a number of separate episodes of cold or temperate character (Figure 1.6). Hence, the Cromerian Complex in the Netherlands is believed to encompass four warm (interglacial?) episodes, while in ...
... established in 1928 to encourage and facilitate the research of Quaternary scientists in all disciplines (http://www.inqua.org/). It holds a major international congress every four years. 5 Isotopes are atoms of an element that are ...
... established, and this limits the potential for altitudinal correlation with features in other areas. An important innovation in geomorphological studies, especially in remote locations, is the Global Positioning System (GPS). This is a ...
Table des matières
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3 Lithological evidence | 93 |
4 Biological evidence | 181 |
5 Dating methods | 267 |
6 Approaches to Quaternary stratigraphy and correlation | 347 |
7 Global environmental change during the Quaternary | 379 |
References | 445 |
Index | 523 |
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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 |