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Past Climates : Tree Thermometers, Commodities, and People /

Leona Marshall Libby was a pioneer in modern climatic research, a field that gained great impetus in the late twentieth century because of the promise it holds for predicting future climatic trends. Libby's work led to remarkable new procedures for investigating long-term changes in precipitati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Libby, Leona Marshall (Autor)
Otros Autores: Berger, Rainer (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • PAST CLIMATES
  • Introduction: The Discovery of Isotopes
  • 1. Principles
  • 2. The Experimental Approach
  • 3. Human Interaction with Climate
  • Appendix 1. Equations Explanatory of the Text
  • Appendix 2. The Slope of Eight
  • Appendix 3. The Theory of Isotope Fractionation in Cellulose
  • Name Index