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Ice Sheets and Late Quaternary Environmental Change
Martin J. Siegert
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Description for Ice Sheets and Late Quaternary Environmental Change
Paperback. Since 1981, a great deal has been learned about the worlda s Quaternary Ice Sheets. This book summarizes current understanding about the evolution of the last ice sheets and their response to and influence on environmental change. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: RBGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 12. Weight in Grams: 450.
Ice Sheets and Late Quaternary Environmental Change provides a detailed account of the temporal and spatial distribution of ice sheets during the last ice age, and how these ice masses interacted with the environment. This is the first book in 20 years to detail the sizes of ice sheets during the last glaciation and the first to discuss their role in past climate change.
Arranged in two parts, the first part provides the tools required for evaluating past ice sheets while the second part uses these tools to establish the size, extent and dynamics of late Quaternary ice sheets. ... Read more
Ice Sheets and Late Quaternary Environmental Change provides a detailed account of the temporal and spatial distribution of ice sheets during the last ice age, and how these ice masses interacted with the environment. This is the first book in 20 years to detail the sizes of ice sheets during the last glaciation and the first to discuss their role in past climate change.
Arranged in two parts, the first part provides the tools required for evaluating past ice sheets while the second part uses these tools to establish the size, extent and dynamics of late Quaternary ice sheets. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471985709
SKU
V9780471985709
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99-50
About Martin J. Siegert
Martin J. Siegert FRSE is a British glaciologist, a professor at Imperial College London, and co-director of the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and Environment.
Reviews for Ice Sheets and Late Quaternary Environmental Change
"...The book should become essential reading in any Quaternary, glacial geology and glaciology course." Geological Magazine