| Description |
xii, 357 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Conventions for Expressing Age -- Pt. A. Context. Ch. 1. The Pacific Basin. Ch. 2. Investigating the Pacific Basin. Ch. 3. Ideas Concerning the Origin of the Pacific Basin -- Pt. B. The Early Pacific. Ch. 4. The Earliest Pacific (Before 250 Ma). Ch. 5. The Pacific Basin During the Mesozoic Era (250-66 Ma) -- Pt. C. The Pacific During the Tertiary Period. Ch. 6. The Pacific Basin during the Palaeogene (66-24.6 Ma). Ch. 7. The Pacific Basin During the Neogene (24.6-1.77 Ma) -- Pt. D. The Pacific During the Pleistocene Epoch. Ch. 8. Understanding the Chronology of the Pleistocene (1.77-0.012 Ma). Ch. 9. The Early and Middle Pleistocene (1.77-0.128 Ma) in the Pacific Basin. Ch. 10. The Last Interglacial (128-111 ka) in the Pacific Basin. Ch. 11. The Last Glacial (111-12 ka) in the Pacific Basin -- Pt. E. Holocene Environments of the Pacific Basin. Ch. 12. Human Arrival in the Pacific Basin. Ch. 13. The Early Holocene (12-6 ka) in the Pacific Basin |
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Ch. 14. The Middle Holocene (6-3 ka) in the Pacific Basin. Ch. 15. The Late Holocene (3 ka - present) in the Pacific Basin -- Pt. F. Conclusions. Ch. 16. Afterword |
| Summary |
This book focuses on the Pacific Basin, a vast region which can be considered a microcosm of the entire surface of the Earth and which has suffered from being marginalized in most accounts of Earth-surface processes and phenomena. In this book, the Pacific Basin includes the Pacific Ocean and Islands and also the Pacific Rim which is divided into the subregions of Antarctica, South America, Central America, North America, Beringia, East Asia and Australasia. The effects of human activities on most Pacific Basin environments began to be registered only during the Holocene - the last 12,000 years - culminating in the environmental crisis which currently afflicts many parts of this region. While the role of humans in altering Pacific Basin environments is discussed in detail, considerable attention is also given to the ways in which environmental change caused changes to human lifestyles which had far-reaching consequences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-346) and indexes |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Pacific Area.
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Oceanography -- Pacific Area.
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Paleoecology -- Pacific Area.
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| LC no. |
98047323 |
| ISBN |
0471949450 |
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