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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... 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 ...
... Methods 2.2.1 Field methods 2.2.1.1 Field mapping 2.2.1.2 Instrumental levelling 2.2.2 Remote sensing 2.2.2.1 Aerial photography 2.2.2.2 Satellite imagery 2.2.2.3 Radar 2.2.2.4 Sonar and seismic sensing 2.2.2.5 Digital elevation/terrain ...
... methods 2.3.5.2 ELA/FLA method 2.4 Periglacial landforms 2.4.1 Palaeoclimatic inferences based on periglacial evidence 2.4.1.1 Rock glaciers 2.4.1.2 Pingos and palsas 2.4.1.3 Pronival ('protalus') ramparts 2.5 Sea-level change 2.5.1 ...
... methods 4.3.4 The interpretation of Quaternary diatom records 4.3.5 Applications of diatom analysis 4.3.5.1 Diatoms as salinity indicators 4.3.5.2 Diatoms and pH 4.3.5.3 Diatoms and trophic status 4.3.5.4 Diatoms and the archaeological ...
... methods 5.4.1 Dendrochronology 5.4.1.1 General principles 5.4.1.2 Measurement and problems 5.4.1.3 Dendrochronological records 5.4.1.4 Dendroclimatology 5.4.2 Varve chronology 5.4.2.1 The nature of varved sediments 290 290 291 291 291 ...
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 J. John Lowe,Mike Walker,Mike J. C. Walker Aucun aperçu disponible - 2014 |