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S.A. Elias, Royal Holloway, University of London, U.K.
Description
The quaternary sciences constitute a dynamic, multidisciplinary field of research that has been growing in scientific and societal importance
in recent years. This branch of the Earth sciences links ancient prehistory to modern environments. Quaternary terrestrial sediments
contain the fossil remains of existing species of flora and fauna, and their immediate predecessors. Quaternary science plays an integral
part in such important issues for modern society as groundwater resources and contamination, sea level change, geologic hazards (earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions, tsunamis), and soil erosion.
With over 360 articles and 2,600 pages, many in full-color, the Encyclopedia
of Quaternary Science provides broad ranging, up-to-date articles on all of the major topics in the field. Written by a team
of leading experts and under the guidance of an international editorial board, the articles are at a level that allows undergraduate
students to understand the material, while providing active researchers with the latest information in the field.
Also available online
via ScienceDirect (2006) – featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus
dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options
and availability visit www.info.sciencedirect.com.
Audience
Researchers, professionals and students studying Earth processes and history over the last 1-2 million years
Contents
There will be at least 17 major sections with the following Section Editors:
– Quaternary Climate Change (Cary Mock, University of South
Carolina, USA) – Dating Quaternary Events (Tim Jull, University of Arizona, USA) – Quaternary Stratigraphy (Brad Pillans, Australian
National University, Australia) – Glacial Landforms (David Evans, University of Durham, UK) – Fluvial and Deltaic Environments (Tornbjorn
Tornqvist, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) – History of Quaternary Glaciations (Phil Gibbard and Juergen Ehlers, University of
Cambridge, UK and Geologisches Landesamt, Germany) – Quaternary Sea Level (Ian Shennan, University of Durham, UK) – Paleosols and Windblown
Sediments (Dan Muhs, US Geological Survey, USA) – Lake Level Studies (Mary Edwards, University of Cambridge, UK) – Quaternary Paleobotany
(Richard Bradshaw, Geological Survey of Denmark, Denmark) – Paleolimnology (Marianne Douglas, University of Toronto, Canada) – Quaternary
Vertebrate Records (Danielle Schreve, University of London, UK) – Insect Fossils (Scott Elias, University of London, UK) – Paleoceanography
(David Anderson, NOAA Paleoclimate Office, USA) – Ice Core Records (Ed Brook, Oregon State University, USA) – Non-marine stable isotopes
(Henry Schwarcz, McMaster University, Canada) – Humans in the Quaternary (Clive Gamble, University of London, UK)
Volumes
: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
Bibliographic & ordering Information |
- Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
Hardbound, 3576 pages, publication date: NOV-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-51919-1
ISBN-10: 0-444-51919-X
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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EUR 819
GBP 740.60
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