Developments in Quaternary Science – serie
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16 produkter
Iceland - Modern Processes and Past Environments
Av C. Caseldine, A. Russell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1963 kr
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Iceland provides an unique stage on which to study the natural environment, both past and present, and it is understanding both aspects of reconstructing the past and observing and interpreting the present that form the focus of the contributions to this volume. The papers are all written by active …
The Quaternary Period in the United States
Av A.R. Gillespie, S.C. Porter m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1841 kr
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This book reviews advances in understanding of the past ca. two million years of Earth history - the Quaternary Period - in the United States. It begins with sections on ice and water - as glaciers, permafrost, oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers. Six chapters are devoted to the high-latitude …
Spitsbergen Push Moraines
Including a translation of K. Gripp: Glaciologische und geologische Ergebnisse der Hamburgischen Spitzbergen-Expedition 1927
Inbunden, 2004
2381 kr
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The book deals with push moraines on Spitsbergen. The main body is a translation of the original German report by Karl Gripp on a 1927 expedition. The quality of Gripp's work is evaluated to see whether it stands the test of time. It is found that it is very modern, every year people still go into …
Glaciotectonism
Inbunden, 2006
1932 kr
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Glaciotectonism is an important component of modern glacial theory, gaining widespread recognition within the past 25 years. This book is outcome of compiling maps of glaciotectonic structures and landforms for North America and central Europe, which is the basis for better understanding the role …
Juneau Icefield Research Project (1949-1958)
Av Cal Heusser
Inbunden, 2007
1483 kr
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The Juneau Icefield Research Project (JIRP) was formed to find a prototype area to study Alaska's coastal glaciers and trends in climatic change. For the past 57 years JIRP has conducted a systematic study of key receding and advancing glaciers, including Lemon Creek and Taku Glaciers. From this …
The Late Cenozoic of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego
Av J. Rabassa
Inbunden, 2008
3070 kr
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Written by highly qualified Argentine scientists and scholars, this book focuses on the uninterrupted geological and paleontological record of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego since the Miocene-Pliocene boundary to the arrival of man and modern times. This region is an outstanding area for research, …
The Climate of Past Interglacials
Av F. Sirocko, M. Claussen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
2060 kr
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Historically, climate fluctuations, such as the Little Ice Age, show that interglacial climate chage 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 …
Late Quaternary Climate Change and Human Adaptation in Arid China
Av D.B. Madsen, F. Chen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1791 kr
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Due to political pressures, prior to the 1990s little was known about the nature of human foraging adaptations in the deserts, grasslands, and mountains of north western China during the last glacial period. Even less was known about the transition to agriculture that followed. Now open to foreign …
Tropical and sub-tropical West Africa - Marine and continental changes during the Late Quaternary
Av P. Giresse
Inbunden, 2007
2638 kr
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West Africa and the eastern Atlantic stretching from Mauritania in the north to Namibia in the south offer a large latitudinal stretch incorporating nearly symmetrical climatic gradients from the Equator. On the time scale of Quaternary Glacial and Interglacial cycles, today, we possess …
The Myrdalsjokull Ice Cap, Iceland
Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms on an Active Volcano
Inbunden, 2009
2047 kr
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Lowland glaciers are usually considered the best analogs for formerly glaciated areas and as such, many Icelandic glaciers have been intensively investigated with regard to process-orientated sediment-landform interrelationships. The M�rdalsj�kull ice cap has, thus, served as an excellent "ice-age …
Advances in Quaternary Entomology
Inbunden, 2009
1919 kr
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Advances in Quaternary Entomology addresses the science of fossil insects by demonstrating their immense contribution to our knowledge of the paleoenvironmental and climatological record of the past 2.6 million years. In this comprehensive survey of the field, Scott A. Elias recounts development of …
Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology
A Closer Look
Av J. Ehlers, P.L. Gibbard m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
2766 kr
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The book presents an up-to-date, detailed overview of the Quaternary glaciations all over the world, not only with regard to stratigraphy but also with regard to major glacial landforms and the extent of the respective ice sheets. The locations of key sites are included. The information is …
The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain
Av Nick Ashton, Simon Lewis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
2294 kr
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The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain Project (AHOB) funded by the Leverhulme Trust began in 2001 and brought together researchers from a range of disciplines with the aim of investigating the record of human presence in Britain from the earliest occupation until the end of the last Ice Age, …
Ostracoda as Proxies for Quaternary Climate Change
Inbunden, 2012
2009 kr
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Ostracod crustaceans, common microfossils in marine and freshwater sedimentary records, supply evidence of past climatic conditions via indicator species, transfer function and mutual climatic range approaches as well as the trace element and stable isotope geochemistry of their shells. As methods …
Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity
Inbunden, 2012
2069 kr
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Innovation and creativity are two of the key characteristics that distinguish cultural transmission from biological transmission. This book explores a number of questions concerning the nature and timing of the origins of human creativity. What were the driving factors in the development of new …
Reading the Soil Archives
Unraveling the Geoecological Code of Palaeosols and Sediment Cores
Av Jan M. Van Mourik, Jaap van der Meer
Häftad, 2019
1739 kr
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Reading the Soil Archives: Unraveling the Geoecological Code of Palaeosols and Sediment Cores, Volume 19, provides details of new techniques for understanding geological history in the form of quantitative pollen analyses, soil micromorphology, OSL (Optically Stimulated Luminescence) dating, …
