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1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I. Antecedents ; Preface -- The contribution of Clement Reid (1853-1916) to the foundation of Quaternary research -- From the early 1900s to 1929 -- The early 1930s -- Research Committees of the early 1930s -- Progress in Cambridge -- Developments in research to the 1950s -- Establishment of the Sub-department of Quaternary Research |
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Part II. The Subdepartment of Quaternary Research ; Introduction -- Organisation and people -- Teaching, reference collections, databases, research -- Research : vegetational history, including palaeoecology and palaeolimnology -- Research : vegetational history of pre-Flandrian temperate stages and cold stages -- Research : geology -- Research : faunas and archaeology -- Research : radiocarbon dating -- Research : mass spectrometry, palaeotemperatures and deep sea sediments -- Research : TL and ESR dating, palaeomagnetism, dendrochronology and dendroclimatology -- Dissolution, achievements, reflections |
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Part III. A wider view ; Introduction -- Aspects of the geology -- Aspects of the biology -- The Quaternary community -- Appendix A. Graduate students, Sub-department of Quaternary Research -- Appendix B. List of researchers |
| Summary |
During the later part of the last century there was rapid development of the study and understanding of the changing environments of the last 2 million years. This came to provide a firm background for today's knowledge of the significance and importance of climatic change. Interdisciplinary research has been a prominent, if not essential, contributor to the successes achieved. In illustration of this connection, I describe here such developments in the University of Cambridge. In 1948 the University established a Subdepartment of Quaternary Research, with teaching and research activities covering geological, biological and archaeological topics. An interdisciplinary approach was an essential ingredient, and the research covered both terrestrial and marine spheres. The book traces the history of Quaternary research in Britain and Ireland, particularly the continental influences which stimulated research and indeed led to the establishment of the Subdepartment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references for part I (pages 51-60), part II (pages 143-145) , and part III (pages 185-197) at section ends |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed on March 27, 2015) |
| Subject |
Reid, Clement, 1853-1916.
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University of Cambridge. Sub-Department of Quaternary Research -- History
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| SUBJECT |
University of Cambridge. Sub-Department of Quaternary Research fast |
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Geology, Stratigraphic -- Quaternary.
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Paleobotany -- Quaternary.
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Paleontology -- Quaternary.
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Paleoclimatology -- Quaternary.
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Archaeological geology -- Great Britain -- History
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Paleontology
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Paleoclimatology
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Paleobotany
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Archaeological geology
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Geology, Stratigraphic
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Quaternary Geologic Period
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789088902581 |
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9088902585 |
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9088902577 |
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9789088902574 |
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