Quaternary environmental change in the tropics /
- 出版日期：2012.
- 出版者：Wiley-Blackwell,
- 页数：xiv, 421 p., [8] p. of plates :
- 出版地：Chichester, West Sussex :
- 第一责任说明：edited by Sarah E. Metcalfe and David J. Nash.
- 尺寸：26 cm.
- 分类号：a517
- ISBN：978-1-1183-4325-8(pbk.) :
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02h0030856 20130906113349.0 130823s2012 enkabf frb |001|||eng | 978-1-1183-4325-8(pbk.) : CNY1185.14 NGL NGL NGL QC884.5.T73 Q38 2012 551.6913 23 a517 aP532 Quaternary environmental change in the tropics / edited by Sarah E. Metcalfe and David J. Nash. Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. xiv, 421 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm. Blackwell quaternary geoscience series Includes bibliographic reference and index. The global climate changes that led to the expansion and contraction of high latitude ice sheets during the Quaternary period were associated with equally dramatic changes in tropical environments. These included shifts in vegetation zones, changes in the hydrology and ecology of lakes and rivers, and fluctuations in the size of mountain glaciers and s andy deserts. Until recently it was thought that such changes were triggered by fluctuations in the distribution of polar ice cover. Now there is increasing recognition that the tropics themselves have acted as drivers of global climate change over a range of timescales. The aim of Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics is to provide a synthesis of the changes that occurred in tropical terrestrial and marine systems during the Pleistocene and Holocene, complementing data-derived reconstructions with output from state-of-the-art climate models. It is targeted at final-year undergraduate students and research specialists, but will provide an introduction to tropical Quaternary research for a variety of other readers. Paleoclimatology ; Paleoclimatology Tropics. Quaternary. Tropics Climate. aMetcalfe, S. E. ; q(Sarah E.) ; aNash, David J. Blackwell quaternary geoscience series. aCN b010001 NGL 517 M56 gljx1304 h1 ; rCNY1185.14