Reconstructing Quaternary EnvironmentsLongman, 1997 - 446 pages Examines the various forms of evidence used to establish the history and scale of environmental changes during the Quaternary. The evidence has been extremely diverse, ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and isotope ratios. This text is now fully up to date since its last publication. |
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The Quaternary record | 1 |
Geomorphological evidence | 18 |
Lithological evidence | 85 |
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Reconstructing Quaternary Environments John J. Lowe,Michael James Cawthorne Walker Snippet view - 1997 |
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accumulation analysis areas assemblages atmospheric basins basis biozone boundary carbon cave chronology climatic change correlation deglaciation deposits Devensian diatom environmental change environments episodes established Europe example Figure fluvial Foraminifera formation former fossil glacial glacier global Greenland hence Holocene ice cores ice sheet ice-core indicate inferred interglacial Interstadial isotope record lake sediments landforms last cold stage last interglacial Late Quaternary Lateglacial Laurentide ice sheet layers loess macrofossil marine material maximum methods models molluscs moraines North America North Atlantic northern ocean OI stage ostracod oxygen isotope palaeoclimatic palaeoenvironmental palaeosols particles peat periglacial period permafrost plant macrofossils Pleistocene pollen precipitation profiles proxy Quaternary Research Quaternary Science radiocarbon dating range ratios readvance reconstructions reflect regions relative rock samples sea-level sedimentary sediments sequences shorelines soil species speleothem Stadial stratigraphic substage surface techniques temperature tephra terraces terrestrial timescale variations varve vegetation Younger Dryas zone