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The ice age : a very short introduction /
"In an era of warming climate, the study of the ice age past is now more important than ever. This book examines the wonders of the Quaternary ice age - to show how ice age landscapes and ecosystems were repeatedly and rapidly transformed as plants, animals, and humans reorganized their worlds....
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Very short introductions ;
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1410/2013371144-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1410/2013371144-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1410/2013371144-t.html |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The quarternary ice age
- 2. Erratic boulders and the diluvium
- 3. Monster glaciers
- 4. Die Eiszeit
- 5. 1840
- 6. Ice sheets or icebergs?
- 7. Glacials, interglacials, and celestial cycles
- 8. Deep ocean sediments and dating the past
- 9. Ice cores, abrupt climate shifts, and ecosystem change.