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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific
organization created in 1879, and is part of the U.S. government.
Their scientists explore our environment and ecosystems, to
determine the natural dangers we are facing. The agency has over
10,000 employees that collect, monitor, and analyze data so that
they have a better understanding of our problems. The USGS is
dedicated to provide reliable, investigated information to enhance
and protect our quality of life. This is one of their reports.
Antarctica is the center from which all surrounding continental
bodies separated millions of years ago. Antarctica: A Keystone in a
Changing World, reinforces the importance of continual changes in
the country's history and the impact of these changes on global
systems. The book also places emphasis on deciphering the climate
records in ice cores, geologic cores, rock outcrops and those
inferred from climate models. New technologies for the coming
decades of geoscience data collection are also highlighted.
Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World is a collection of
papers that were presented by keynote speakers at the 10th
International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences. It is of
interest to policy makers, researchers and scientific institutions.
Table of Contents Front Matter Summary and Highlights of the 10th
International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences--T. J. Wilson,
R. E. Bell, P. Fitzgerald, S. B. Mukasa, R. D. Powell, and C. Finn
Antarctic Earth System Science in the International Polar Year
2007-2008--R. E. Bell 100 Million Years of Antarctic Climate
Evolution: Evidence from Fossil Plants--J. E. Francis, A. Ashworth,
D. J. Cantrill, J. A. Crame, J. Howe, R. Stephens, A.-M. Tosolini,
and V. Thorn Antarctica's Continent-Ocean Transitions: Consequences
for Tectonic Reconstructions--K. Gohl Landscape Evolution of
Antarctica--S. S. R. Jamieson and D. E. Sugden A View of Antarctic
Ice-Sheet Evolution from Sea-Level and Deep-Sea Isotope Changes
During the Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic--K. G. Miller, J. D. Wright, M.
E. Katz, J. V. Browning, B. S. Cramer, B. S. Wade, and S. F.
Mizintseva Late Cenozoic Climate History of the Ross Embayment from
the AND-1B Drill Hole: Culmination of Three Decades of Antarctic
Margin Drilling--T. R. Naish, R. D. Powell, P. J. Barrett, R. H.
Levy, S. Henrys, G. S. Wilson, L. A. Krissek, F. Niessen, M.
Pompilio, J. Ross, R. Scherer, F. Talarico, A. Pyne, and the
ANDRILL-MIS Science team A Pan-Precambrian Link Between
Deglaciation and Environmental Oxidation--T. D. Raub and J. L.
Kirschvink Tectonics of the West Antarctic Rift System: New Light
on the History and Dynamics of Distributed Intracontinental
Extension--C. S. Siddoway The Significance of Antarctica for
Studies of Global Geodynamics--R. Sutherland Antarctica and Global
Paleogeography: From Rodinia, Through Gondwanaland and Pangea, to
the Birth of the Southern Ocean and the Opening of Gateways--T. H.
Torsvik, C. Gaina, and T. F. Redfield DVD Contents
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