Reconstructing Quaternary Environments (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes during the Quaternary. The evidence is extremely diverse ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and geochemical data, and includes new data from terrestrial, marine and ice-core records. Dating methods are described and evaluated, while the principles and practices of Quaternary stratigraphy are also discussed. The volume concludes with a new chapter which considers some of the key questions about the nature, causes and consequences of global climatic and environmental change over a range of temporal scales. This synthesis builds on the methods and approaches described earlier in the book to show how a number of exciting ideas that have emerged over the last two decades are providing new insights into the operation of the global earth-ocean-atmosphere system, and are now central to many areas of contemporary Quaternary research.

This comprehensive and dynamic textbook is richly illustrated throughout with full-colour figures and photographs. The book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals in Earth Science, Environmental Science, Physical Geography, Geology, Botany, Zoology, Ecology, Archaeology and Anthropology

Table of Contents

1. The Quaternary record 2. Geomorphological evidence 3. Lithological evidence 4. Biological evidence 5. Dating methods 6. Approaches to Quaternary stratigraphy and correlation 7. Global environmental change during the Quaternary

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2014
First published:	April 2008
Authors:	Michael Walker • J. John Lowe • Michael J.C. Walker
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	568
Edition:	3rd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-13-127468-6
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Historical geology Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-13-127468-6
Barcode:	9780131274686

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