Author : Colin V. Murray-Wallace
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 50,20 MB
Release : 2014-01-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521820839
An important overview of Quaternary climates including detailed Pleistocene and Holocene sea-level changes, for researchers and graduate and advanced undergraduate students.
Author : Vivien Gornitz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1062 pages
File Size : 28,99 MB
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402045514
One of Springer’s Major Reference Works, this book gives the reader a truly global perspective. It is the first major reference work in its field. Paleoclimate topics covered in the encyclopedia give the reader the capability to place the observations of recent global warming in the context of longer-term natural climate fluctuations. Significant elements of the encyclopedia include recent developments in paleoclimate modeling, paleo-ocean circulation, as well as the influence of geological processes and biological feedbacks on global climate change. The encyclopedia gives the reader an entry point into the literature on these and many other groundbreaking topics.
Author : W. C. Mahaney
Publisher : Norwich [Norfolk] : Geo Abstracts
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 45,58 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Science
ISBN :
22 papers given at the fourth conference on Quaternary Research, May 18-20, 1979 which discuss methods of reconstructing paleoclimate.
Author : Colin V. Murray-Wallace
Publisher : Springer
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,41 MB
Release : 2018-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319893424
This book provides an up-to-date overview of the Quaternary geological and geomorphological evolution of the Coorong Coastal Plain region and its significance in a global context for understanding long-term records of Quaternary sea-level changes. The Coorong Coastal Plain in southern Australia is a natural laboratory for examining the response of coastal barrier landscapes to relative sea-level changes. The region provides direct evidence of coastal sedimentation during successive interglacials over the past 1 million years, as well as more recent volcanism. The region has received international focus and attracted scientists from around the World, with interests in long-term coastal evolution, sea-level changes, Quaternary dating methods and geochronology, soil development, temperate carbonate sedimentation, karst geomorphology and geologically recent volcanism.
Author : Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Publisher :
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : Angela L. Coe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 2003-05-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521538428
A lavishly illustrated textbook on sequence stratigraphy, supported by numerous learning features and supplementary website.
Author : John A. Church
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 2010-06-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1444323288
Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability identifies the major impacts of sea-level rise, presents up-to-date assessments of past sea-level change, thoroughly explores all of the factors contributing to sea-level rise, and explores how sea-level extreme events might change. It identifies what is known in each area and what research and observations are required to reduce the uncertainties in our understanding of sea-level rise so that more reliable future projections can be made. A synthesis of findings provides a concise summary of past, present and future sea-level rise and its impacts on society. Key Features: Book includes contributions from a range of international sea level experts Multidisciplinary Four color throughout Describes the limits of our understanding of this crucial issue as well as pointing to directions for future research The book is for everyone interested in sea-level rise and its impacts, including policy makers, research funders, scientists, students, coastal managers and engineers. Additional resources for this book can be found at: http://www.wiley.com/go/church/sealevel.
Author : Atle Nesje
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 31,48 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 1317836065
This authoritative new text provides a thorough, updated account of glaciers and ice sheets as monitors and indicators of environmental change. It examines the record of environmental change within glaciers and ice sheets, and that of past environments left by retreating glaciers. These themes are examined within the context of environmental change in general and global climate change in particular. Methods of using palaeoenvironmental records are assessed and the implications for future environmental change are discussed. Evidence from glacier ice left in the landscape or within the geological record, provides one of the most important sources of information on environmental change. 'Glaciers and Environmental Change' is a comprehensive account of glaciers andice sheets as monitors and indictaors of environmental change. Based on the latest research, this book consolidates a diverse range of data and explains their applications. it also assesses methods of using palaeoenvironmental records. This authoritative new text examines not only the records of environmental change within glaciers but also that of past environments left by retreating glaciers. These themes are examined within the context of contemporary debates in environmental change and the volume also seeks to draw conclusions concernign past, present and future climatic change in relation to glaciers.
Author : R. W. G. Carter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 28,2 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521598903
A 1995 review of how shorelines have changed since the last Ice Age, and what this implies for future environmental management.
Author : David Hopley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1226 pages
File Size : 19,49 MB
Release : 2010-11-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 904812638X
Coral reefs are the largest landforms built by plants and animals. Their study therefore incorporates a wide range of disciplines. This encyclopedia approaches coral reefs from an earth science perspective, concentrating especially on modern reefs. Currently coral reefs are under high stress, most prominently from climate change with changes to water temperature, sea level and ocean acidification particularly damaging. Modern reefs have evolved through the massive environmental changes of the Quaternary with long periods of exposure during glacially lowered sea level periods and short periods of interglacial growth. The entries in this encyclopedia condense the large amount of work carried out since Charles Darwin first attempted to understand reef evolution. Leading authorities from many countries have contributed to the entries covering areas of geology, geography and ecology, providing comprehensive access to the most up-to-date research on the structure, form and processes operating on Quaternary coral reefs.
