Ice Age earth : late Quaternary geology and climate

Title:

Ice Age earth : late Quaternary geology and climate

Author:

Dawson, A. G.

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Format:

Books

Series:

Routledge physical environment series

Carrier Type:

xx, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject Term:

Glacial epoch.

Paleoclimatology -- Quaternary.

Climatic changes.

Geology, Stratigraphic -- Quaternary.

ISBN:

9780415015660

9780415015677

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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 (130,000 to 7000 years ago) in an effort to apply reliable dating techniques to the reconstruction of past climatic change.

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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