Global Change in the Holocene (Paperback, Revised)

John Birks, Rick Battarbee, Anson Mackay, Frank Oldfield

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The Holocene spans the 11,500 years since the end of the last Ice Age and has been a period of major global environmental change. However the rate of change has accelerated during the last hundred years, due largely to human impacts and this has led to a growing concern for the future of our environmental resources. Global Change in the Holocene demonstrates how reconstructing the record of past environmental change can provide us with essential knowledge about how our environment works and presents the reader with an informed viewpoint from which to project realistic future scenarios. The book brings together key techniques that are widely used in Holocene research, such as radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology and sediment analysis and offers a comprehensive analysis of various archives of environmental change including instrumental and documentary records, corals, lake sediments, glaciers and ice cores. This reference is an informative and cutting-edge resource for students of climate change, environmental science, geography, palaeoecology and archaeology.

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Imprint:	Hodder Arnold
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2005
First published:	2000
Authors:	John Birks • Rick Battarbee • Anson Mackay • Frank Oldfield
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	544
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-340-81214-3
Categories:	Books > Law > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Promotions
LSN:	0-340-81214-1
Barcode:	9780340812143