Ice Age earth : late Quaternary geology and climate
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Ice Age earth : late Quaternary geology and climate
（Routledge physical environment series）
Routledge, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780415015660
Description
The reconstruction of past climate change is dependent upon the application of reliable dating techniques and an understanding of the context of these methods. The study of quaternary environments must draw from a range of disciplines. This study focuses on changes in the Earth's geology and climate between the last interglacial period and the final melting of the last great ice sheets, some 130,000 to 7000 years ago. The author describes the study of ocean sediments and ice cores and the value of these findings to the development of advance circulation models. Emphasis is placed on regional variability in glacial history, the rapidity of past climate change and the complexity of environmental responses to widespread deglaciation. Periglacial environments - as well as rivers, mires, volcanic and aeolian activity, crustal and sea-level movement - are also considered. The author closes with a contextual discussion of Milankovitch insolation theory.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction 2. Ocean Sediments and Ice Cores 3. Ice Age Palaeoclimates and Computer Simulations 4. Glaciation History from the Last Interglacial to the Last Glacial Maximum 5. The Melting of the Last Great Ice Sheets 6. Ice Age Periglacial Environments 7. Lakes, Bogs and Mines 8. Rivers 9. Ice Age Aeolian Activity 10. Late Quaternary Volcanic Activity 11. Crustal and Sub-Crustal Effects 12. Late Quaternary Sea Level Changes 13. Milankovitch Cycles and Late Quaternary Climate Change.
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: pbk. ISBN 9780415015677
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Ice Age Earth provides the first detailed review of global environmental change in the Late Quaternary. Significant geological and climatic events are analysed within a review of glacial and periglacial history. The melting history of the last ice sheets reveals that complex, dynamic and catastrophic change occurred, change which affected the circulation of the atmosphere and oceans and the stability of the Earth's crust.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction 2. Ocean Sediments and Ice Cores 3. Ice Age Palaeoclimates and Computer Simulations 4. Glaciation History from the Last Interglacial to the Last Glacial Maximum 5. The Melting of the Last Great Ice Sheets 6. Ice Age Periglacial Environments 7. Lakes, Bogs and Mines 8. Rivers 9. Ice Age Aeolian Activity 10. Late Quarternary Volcanic Activity 11. Crustal and Sub-Crustal Effects 12. Late Quarternary Sea Level changes 13. Milankovitch Cycles and Late Quarternary Climate Change
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