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Introduction to paleolimnology
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Earth's climate has undergone dramatic changes over the geologic timescale. At one extreme, Earth has been glaciated from the poles to the equator for periods that may have lasted millions of years. At another, temperatures were once so warm that the Canadian Arctic was heavily forested and large dinosaurs lived on Antarctica. Paleoclimatology is the study of such changes and their causes. Studying Earth's long-term climate history gives scientists vital clues about anthropogenic global warming and how climate is affected by human endeavor. In this book, Michael Bender, an internationally recognized authority on paleoclimate, provides a concise, comprehensive, and sophisticated introduction to the subject. After briefly describing the major periods in Earth history to provide geologic context, he discusses controls on climate and how the record of past climate is determined. The heart of the book then proceeds chronologically, introducing the history of climate changes over millions of years--its patterns and major transitions, and why average global temperature has varied so much. The book ends with a discussion of the Holocene (the past 10,000 years) and by putting manmade climate change in the context of paleoclimate. The most up-to-date overview on the subject, Paleoclimate provides an ideal introduction to undergraduates, nonspecialist scientists, and general readers with a scientific background.
Paleoclimatology --- Paléoclimatologie --- Paleoclimatology. --- Paléoclimatologie --- Paléoclimatologie. --- Geologic climate --- Palaeoclimatology --- Paleoclimate --- Climatic changes --- Climatology --- Meteorology. Climatology
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The effect of climate on historical change represents an exciting frontier for reading and research. In this volume scholars contribute to an area of interdisciplinary study which has not been systematically explored by climatologists and historians working together.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Paleoclimatology. --- Geologic climate --- Palaeoclimatology --- Paleoclimate --- Paleoclimatology --- Climatic changes --- Climatology --- Meteorology. Climatology --- History as a science --- History.
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Meteorology. Climatology --- Hydrosphere --- Climatic changes. --- Paleoclimatology --- Paleohydrology --- Global warming.
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This book is the first of three volumes in which the recent knowledge of the extent and chronology of Quaternary glaciations has been compiled on a global scale. This information is seen as a fundamental requirement, not only for the glacial workers, but for the wider user-community of general Quaternary workers. In particular the need for accurate ice-front positions is a basic requirement for the rapidly growing field of palaeoclimate modelling. In order to provide the information for the widest-possible range of users in the most accessible form, a series of digital maps was prepared.
Geology. Earth sciences
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Geology, Stratigraphic
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Paleoclimatology
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Glacial landforms.
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Glacial landforms
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Earth Sciences --- Geology --- Paleontology --- Paleoecology --- Paleobiogeography --- Biodiversity --- Paleobiology --- Paleoclimatology --- Paléobiologie --- Biodiversité --- Paléontologie --- Paléoclimatologie --- Paléobiogéographie --- Paléoécologie --- Biodiversity. --- Paleobiogeography. --- Paleobiology. --- Paleoclimatology. --- Paleoecology. --- Paleontology. --- Facteurs climatiques --- Climatic factors.
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Geology. Earth sciences --- Canada --- Boron --- Coal --- Paleoclimatology --- Charbon --- Paléoclimatologie --- Analysis --- Analyse
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Meteorology. Climatology --- General ecology and biosociology --- Biosphere --- Climatology --- Paleoclimatology --- Biosphère --- Climatologie --- Paléoclimatologie --- Climatology. --- Biosphere. --- Biosphère --- Paléoclimatologie
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Meteorology. Climatology --- Climatology --- Paleoclimatology --- Weather forecasting --- Climatologie --- Paléoclimatologie --- Temps (Météorologie) --- Prévision --- Forecasting, Weather --- Short range weather forecasting --- Weather --- Weather prediction --- Geophysical prediction --- Geologic climate --- Palaeoclimatology --- Paleoclimate --- Climatic changes --- Climate --- Climate science --- Science of climate --- Meteorology --- Forecasting --- Climatology. --- Paleoclimatology. --- Weather forecasting. --- Basic Sciences. Meteorology --- Paléoclimatologie --- Temps (Météorologie) --- Prévision --- Climate sciences --- Atmospheric science
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The transition from the Eocene to the Oligocene epochs was the most significant event in earth history since the extinction of dinosaurs. As the first Antarctic ice sheets appeared, major extinctions and faunal turnovers took place on the land and in the sea, eliminating forms adapted to a tropical world and replacing them with the ancestors of most of our modern animal and plant life. Through a detailed study of climatic conditions and of organisms buried in Eocene-Oligocene sediments, this volume shows that the separation of Antarctica from Australia was a critical factor in changing oceanic circulation and ultimately world climate. In this book forty-eight leading scientists examine the full range of Eocene and Oligocene phenomena. Their articles cover nearly every major group of organisms in the ocean and on land and include evidence from paleontology, stable isotopes, sedimentology, seismology, and computer climatic modeling. The volume concludes with an update of the geochronologic framework of the late Paleogene.Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Palaeozoology --- Meteorology. Climatology --- Palaeobotany --- Tertiary period --- Geologic climate --- Klimatologie [Paleo ] --- Palaeoclimatology --- Paleoclimate --- Paleoclimatology --- Paleoklimatologie --- Paläoklimatologie --- Paléoclimatologie --- Paléoclimats --- Paléotempérature --- Préhistoire -- Climat --- 551.781.4 --- 551.781.5 --- 575.8 --- Paleontology --- -Paleontology --- -Geology, Stratigraphic --- -Paleoclimatology --- Eocene-Oligocene boundary --- Boundary, Eocene-Oligocene --- Eocene-Oligocene transition --- Oligocene-Eocene boundary --- Transition, Eocene-Oligocene --- 575.8 Evolution. Origin of species. Phylogeny --- Evolution. Origin of species. Phylogeny --- 551.781.5 Oligocene --- Oligocene --- 551.781.4 Eocene --- Eocene --- Age of rocks --- Rocks --- Stratigraphic geology --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Age --- Geology, Stratigraphic --- Climatic changes --- Climatology --- Oligocene Epoch --- Eocene Epoch --- Geology [Stratigraphic ] --- Paleontology - Eocene. --- Paleontology - Oligocene. --- Geology, Stratigraphic - Eocene. --- Geology, Stratigraphic - Oligocene. --- Paleoclimatology. --- Eocene-Oligocene boundary.
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