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Title Encyclopedia of Quaternary science / editor-in-chief Scott A. Elias
Edition First edition
Published Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Boston [Mass.] : Elsevier, 2007
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Description 1 online resource (4 volumes (xlv, 3365 pages)) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Contents Introduction and history of science -- Paleoclimatology -- Dating techniques -- Quaternary stratigraphy -- Quaternary glaciation -- Fluvial environments -- History of Quaternary glaciations -- Sea level studies -- Paleosols and wind-blown sediments -- Lake Level studies -- Paleobotany -- Paleolimnology -- Vertebrate studies -- Insect fossil studies -- Paleoceanography -- Ice core studies -- Stable isotope research -- Carbonates -- Humans in the Quaternary
Summary Provides comprehensive coverage of Quaternary science, a multi-disciplinary subject, spanning the geography, biology, physics and chemistry of the Earth. Examines the nature and causes of changes in the natural environment of the Earth over the last c. 2.6 million years
Notes Title from home page (viewed Jan, 05, 2010)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Available via World Wide Web
Description based on print version record
Subject Geology, Stratigraphic -- Quaternary -- Encyclopedias.
Paleoecology -- Quaternary -- Encyclopedias.
Paleoclimatology -- Quaternary -- Encyclopedias.
Genre/Form Encyclopedias.
Form Electronic book
Author Elias, Scott A.
Elsevier Science (Firm)
ISBN 9780444527479
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Other Titles Quaternary science
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