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Paleoclimatology --- Paleoecology --- 911.2 --- Quaternary Period --- Climates, Quaternary --- Quaternary climates --- Quaternary climatology --- Quaternary paleoclimatology --- Physical geography
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The Quaternary has been a period of major climatic and environmental oscillations, and our knowledge of these past variations is important for our understanding of the possible impact of human activity on the present-day environment. First published in 1999, Quaternary Climates, Environments and Magnetism presents an account of the rich variety of uses of magnetic measurements in the environmental geosciences. Ten chapters by leading world authorities describe the highlights of environmental magnetic work during the last decade and identify directions for future research. Emphasis is placed on a multidisciplinary approach to achieve a more thorough understanding of the environmental processes involved. This volume will be of interest to research scientists from a wide range of disciplines working on Quaternary environments, including earth and environmental sciences, physical geology, geography and palaeoclimatology. It will also be valuable as a supplementary text for graduates and advanced undergraduates.
Paleoclimatology --- Paleoecology --- Paleomagnetism --- Geografie --- Fysische geografie --- Paleogeografie (en Quartairstratigrafie). --- Quaternary Period --- Climates, Quaternary --- Quaternary climates --- Quaternary climatology --- Quaternary paleoclimatology
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Paleoclimatology --- Geology, Stratigraphic --- Paléoclimatologie --- Stratigraphie --- Paléoclimatologie --- Climates, Quaternary --- Quaternary climates --- Quaternary climatology --- Quaternary paleoclimatology --- Quaternary Period --- Paleoclimatology - Quaternary --- Geology, Stratigraphic - Quaternary
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This book delves into the environmental changes that have taken place during the Quaternary: the two to three million years during which humans have inhabited the Earth, and conveys the relevance of the study of this period to current environmental and climatic concerns.
Paleogeography --- Paleoclimatology --- Paléoclimatologie --- Geology, Stratigraphic --- Glacial epoch. --- Climates, Quaternary --- Quaternary climates --- Quaternary climatology --- Quaternary paleoclimatology --- Quaternary Period --- Ice Age --- Paléoclimatologie --- Glacial epoch --- Paleogeography - Quaternary --- Paleoclimatology - Quaternary
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Historically, climate fluctuations, such as the Little Ice Age, show that interglacial climate change in not entirely stable, but responds to even subtle changes in radiative forcing. Through research, it has been made clear that even an abrupt change of climate within years is not just a theoretical possibility but has in fact happened in the prehistoric past. It is therefore clear that in principal it could happen again. Human civilization has exploded under the mild and relatively stable climatic conditions that have prevailed over the last 11,000 years. This book focuses on
Paleoclimatology --- Glacial climates --- Climatic changes --- Paléoclimatologie --- Climats glaciaires --- Climat --- Changements --- Paléoclimatologie --- Climatic changes. --- Climatology. --- Climate --- Climate science --- Climate sciences --- Science of climate --- Atmospheric science --- Climates, Quaternary --- Quaternary climates --- Quaternary climatology --- Quaternary paleoclimatology --- Quaternary Period --- Paleoclimatology - Quaternary
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Megaflooding is the sudden discharge of exceptional volumes of water. Megafloods have significantly altered the terrain of Earth and Mars, and may have acted as triggers for climate change on these planets. Recently, research into megaflooding has made important advances: on Earth, real-time measurements of contemporary floods in Iceland complement research into older and larger terrestrial floods, while on Mars terabytes of data from several spacecraft orbiting that planet are dramatically revising our view of flooding there. Beginning with a historical overview of flood science, the book presents sections on morphology and mechanisms, flood sedimentology, and modelling, each illustrated with examples from Earth and Mars. By juxtaposing terrestrial and Martian research, this volume creates a unique synthesis to further our understanding of these enormous paleoflood events. It is an invaluable reference for researchers and students of hydrology, geomorphology, sedimentology and planetary science, as well as environmental and hydraulic engineers.
Floods. --- Sedimentation and deposition. --- Paleoclimatology --- Climates, Quaternary --- Quaternary climates --- Quaternary climatology --- Quaternary paleoclimatology --- Quaternary Period --- Deposition and sedimentation --- Sedimentary processes --- Physical geology --- Flooding --- Inundations --- Natural disasters --- Water --- Earth (Planet) --- Mars (Planet) --- Earth --- Water. --- Earth.
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Quaternary of the Levant presents up-to-date research achievements from a region that displays unique interactions between the climate, the environment and human evolution. Focusing on southeast Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel, it brings together over eighty contributions from leading researchers to review 2.5 million years of environmental change and human cultural evolution. Information from prehistoric sites and palaeoanthropological studies contributing to our understanding of 'out of Africa' migrations, Neanderthals, cultures of modern humans, and the origins of agriculture are assessed within the context of glacial-interglacial cycles, marine isotope cycles, plate tectonics, geochronology, geomorphology, palaeoecology and genetics. Complemented by overview summaries that draw together the findings of each chapter, the resulting coverage is wide-ranging and cohesive. The cross-disciplinary nature of the volume makes it an invaluable resource for academics and advanced students of Quaternary science and human prehistory, as well as being an important reference for archaeologists working in the region.
Paleolithic period --- Neolithic period --- Paleoanthropology --- Paleoclimatology --- Paleoecology --- Quaternary Period --- Climates, Quaternary --- Quaternary climates --- Quaternary climatology --- Quaternary paleoclimatology --- Human paleontology --- Anthropology, Prehistoric --- Paleontology --- Physical anthropology --- Fossil hominids --- Eolithic period --- Old Stone age --- Palaeolithic period --- Stone age
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This book is the second 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 community, 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 --- Geology, Stratigraphic --- Paleoclimatology --- Glacial landforms. --- Quaternary glaciations --- Glaciated terrain --- Landforms --- Periglacial processes --- Climates, Quaternary --- Quaternary climates --- Quaternary climatology --- Quaternary paleoclimatology --- Quaternary Period --- Geology, Stratigraphic - Quaternary --- Glacial landforms --- Paleoclimatology - Quaternary
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Geology, Stratigraphic --- -Geology, Stratigraphic --- -Geomorphology --- -Paleoclimatology --- -Paleoecology --- -Palaeoecology --- Ecology --- Paleobiology --- Geologic climate --- Palaeoclimatology --- Paleoclimate --- Climatic changes --- Climatology --- Geomorphic geology --- Physiography --- Physical geography --- Landforms --- Age of rocks --- Rocks --- Stratigraphic geology --- Physical geology --- Holocene --- Age --- -Holocene --- Geomorphology --- Paleoclimatology --- Paleoecology --- Ice Age --- Pleistocene Epoch --- Holocene Epoch --- Late Quaternary Period --- Postglacial Epoch --- Recent Epoch --- Climates, Quaternary --- Quaternary climates --- Quaternary climatology --- Quaternary paleoclimatology --- Quaternary Period --- Glacial epoch
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Raymond S. Bradley provides his readers with a comprehensive and up-to-date review of all of the important methods used in paleoclimatic reconstruction, dating and paleoclimate modeling. Two comprehensive chapters on dating methods provide the foundation for all paleoclimatic studies and are followed by up-to-date coverage of ice core research, continental geological and biological records, pollen analysis, radiocarbon dating, tree rings and historical records. New methods using alkenones in marine sediments and coral studies are also described. Paleoclimatology, Second Edition, is an e
Geology, Stratigraphic --- Paleoclimatology --- Quaternary --- Quaternary Period --- Climates, Quaternary --- Quaternary climates --- Quaternary climatology --- Quaternary paleoclimatology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Meteorology & Climatology --- 551.583.3 --- 551.58 --- 551.58 Climatology --- Climatology --- 551.583.3 Prehistoric variations of climate. Climate of Quaternary period --- Prehistoric variations of climate. Climate of Quaternary period --- Paléoclimatologie --- Quaternaire (ère géologique) --- Basic Sciences. Meteorology --- Basic Sciences. Biology --- Climatology. --- Palaeontology. --- Paleoclimatology - Quaternary. --- Geology, Stratigraphic - Quaternary.
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