Global Environments Through The Quaternary

Author : David E. Anderson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198742266
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Environments Through the Quaternary written by David E. Anderson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-25 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Environments through the Quaternary delves into the environmental changes that have taken place during the Quaternary: the two to three million years during which man has inhabited the Earth. It is essential reading for any students seeking a balanced, objective overview of this truly interdisciplinary subject.

Author : David Anderson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199697264
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Environments Through the Quaternary written by David Anderson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Andrew Goudie
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Change written by Andrew Goudie and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1977 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Global Environments through the Quaternary delves into the environmental changes that have taken place during the Quaternary: the two to three million years during which man has inhabited the Earth. Taking the reader through the Pleistocene and the Holocene, the book describes the evidence that has helped us to characterize environmental changes during these two epochs. It then explores the changes captured by more recent meteorological records in the period up to the present day. Current climate change research foretells of potentially catastrophic sea-level changes in the future; chapter seven examines sea-level changes throughout the Quaternary, putting current concerns into perspective. The book closes with a look at the environmental basis of climate change - and the impact of human activity upon it."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : J. John Lowe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317753712
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reconstructing Quaternary Environments written by J. John Lowe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Sarah E. Metcalfe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118336178
Total Pages : 826 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics written by Sarah E. Metcalfe and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global climate changes that led to the expansion and contraction of high latitude ice sheets during the Quaternary period were associated with equally dramatic changes in tropical environments. These included shifts in vegetation zones, changes in the hydrology and ecology of lakes and rivers, and fluctuations in the size of mountain glaciers and sandy deserts. Until recently it was thought that such changes were triggered by fluctuations in the distribution of polar ice cover. Now there is increasing recognition that the tropics themselves have acted as drivers of global climate change over a range of timescales. The aim of Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics is to provide a synthesis of the changes that occurred in tropical terrestrial and marine systems during the Pleistocene and Holocene, complementing data-derived reconstructions with output from state-of-the-art climate models. It is targeted at final-year undergraduate students and research specialists, but will provide an introduction to tropical Quaternary research for a variety of other readers.

Author : Martin Bell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317904788
Total Pages : 743 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Late Quaternary Environmental Change written by Martin Bell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late Quaternary Environmental Change addresses the interaction between human agency and other environmental factors in the landscapes, particularly of the temperate zone. Taking an ecological approach, the authors cover the last 20,000 years during which the climate has shifted from arctic severity to the conditions of the present interglacial environment.

Author : Martin A. J. Williams
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780470249741
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quaternary Environments written by Martin A. J. Williams and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1995-03-22 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the global environmental fluctuations of the Quaternary period, analyzes important evidence used in reconstructing Quaternary environments and considers the response of living organisms—including prehistoric human societies—to past environmental change.

Author : J.J. Lowe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317894502
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reconstructing Quaternary Environments written by J.J. Lowe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the various forms of evidence used to establish the history and scale of environmenal changes during the Quaternary. The evidence is extremely diverse, ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and isotope ratios, bringing the book fully up to date since its last publication.

Author : John J. Lowe
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reconstructing Quaternary Environments written by John J. Lowe and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1984 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the various forms of evidence used to establish the history and scale of environmental changes during the Quaternary. The evidence ranges from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and isotope ratios.

Author : Andrew Gooding
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198742173
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Change written by Andrew Gooding and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Global Environments through the Quaternary delves into the environmental changes that have taken place during the Quaternary: the two to three million years during which man has inhabited the Earth. Taking the reader through the Pleistocene and the Holocene, the book describes the evidence that has helped us to characterize environmental changes during these two epochs. It then explores the changes captured by more recent meteorological records in the period up to the present day. Current climate change research foretells of potentially catastrophic sea-level changes in the future; chapter seven examines sea-level changes throughout the Quaternary, putting current concerns into perspective. The book closes with a look at the environmental basis of climate change - and the impact of human activity upon it."--BOOK JACKET.