UID:
almahu_9948025668602882
Format:
1 online resource (631 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-281-03268-9
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9786611032685
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0-08-053834-7
Series Statement:
International geophysics series, v. 64
Content:
Raymond S. Bradley provides his readers with a comprehensive and up-to-date review of all of the important methods used in paleoclimatic reconstruction, dating and paleoclimate modeling. Two comprehensive chapters on dating methods provide the foundation for all paleoclimatic studies and are followed by up-to-date coverage of ice core research, continental geological and biological records, pollen analysis, radiocarbon dating, tree rings and historical records. New methods using alkenones in marine sediments and coral studies are also described. Paleoclimatology, Second Edition, is an e
Note:
Originally published: Quaternary paleoclimatology. 1st ed. Boston : Allen & Unwin, 1985.
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Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1. Paleoclimatic Reconstruction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Sources of Paleoclimatic Information; 1.3 Levels of Paleoclimatic Analysis; 1.4 Modeling in Paleoclimatic Research; Chapter 2. Climate and Climatic Variation; 2.1 The Nature of Climate and Climatic Variation; 2.2 The Climate System; 2.3 Feedback Mechanisms; 2.4 Energy Balance of the Earth and its Atmosphere; 2.5 Timescales of Climatic Variation; 2.6 Variations of the Earth's Orbital Parameters; Chapter 3. Dating Methods I; 3.1 Introduction and Overview; 3.2 Radioisotopic Methods
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Chapter 4. Dating Methods II4.1 Paleomagnetism; 4.2 Dating Methods Involving Chemical Changes; 4.3 Biological Dating Methods; Chapter 5. Ice Cores; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Stable Isotope Analysis; 5.3 Dating Ice Cores; 5.4 Paleoclimatic Reconstruction from Ice Cores; Chapter 6. Marine Sediments and Corals; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Paleoclimatic Information from Biological Material in Ocean Cores; 6.3 Oxygen Isotope Studies of Calcareous Marine Fauna; 6.4 Relative Abundance Studies; 6.5 Paleotemperature Records from Alkenones; 6.6 Dissolution of Deep-sea Carbonates
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6.7 Paleoclimatic Information from Inorganic Material in Ocean Cores6.8 Coral Records of Past Climate; 6.9 Thermohaline Circulation of the Oceans; 6.10 Ocean Circulation Changes and Climate over the Last Glacial-Interglacial Cycle; 6.11 Changes in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: the Role of the Oceans; 6.12 Orbital Forcing: Evidence from the Marine Record; Chapter 7. Non-marine Geological Evidence; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Loess; 7.3 Periglacial Features; 7.4 Snowlines and Glaciation Thresholds; 7.5 Mountain Glacier Fluctuations; 7.6 Lake-level Fluctuations; 7.7 Lake Sediments; 7.8 Speleothems
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Chapter 8. Non-marine Biological Evidence8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Former Vegetation Distribution from Plant Macrofossils; 8.3 Insects; Chapter 9. Pollen Analysis; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The Basis of Pollen Analysis; 9.3 How Rapidly Does Vegetation Respond to Changes in Climate?; 9.4 Pollen Analysis of a Site: the Pollen Diagram; 9.5 Mapping Vegetation Change: Isopolls and Isochrones; 9.6 Quantitative Paleoclimatic Reconstructions Based on Pollen Analysis; 9.7 Paleoclimatic Reconstruction from Long Quaternary Pollen Records; Chapter 10. Dendroclimatology; 10.1 Introduction
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10.2 Fundamentals of Dendroclimatology10.3 Dendroclimatic Reconstructions; 10.4 Isotope Dendroclimatology; Chapter 11. Documentary Data; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Historical Records and Their Interpretation; 11.3 Regional Studies Based on Historical Records; 11.4 Records of Climate Forcing Factors; Chapter 12. Paleoclimate Models; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Types of Models; 12.3 Sensitivity Experiments Using General Circulation Models; 12.4 Model Simulations: 18 KA B.P. to the Present; 12.5 Coupled Ocean-atmosphere Model Experiments
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12.6 General Circulation Model Paleoclimate Simulations and the Paleorecord
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-124010-X
Language:
English
