Quaternary research in Britain and Ireland : a history based on the activities of the subdepartment of quaternary research, University of Cambridge, 1948-1994 /

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During the later part of the last century there was rapid development of the study and understanding of the changing environments of the last 2 million years. This came to provide a firm background for today's knowledge of the significance and importance of climatic change. Interdisciplinary re...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: West, R. G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2014]
Temas:
Reid, Clement, > 1853-1916.
University of Cambridge. > Sub-Department of Quaternary Research > History.
University of Cambridge. > Sub-Department of Quaternary Research.
From 2 million years ago
Geology, Stratigraphic > Quaternary.
Paleobotany > Quaternary.
Paleontology > Quaternary.
Paleoclimatology > Quaternary.
Archaeological geology > Great Britain > History.
Stratigraphie > Quaternaire.
Paléobotanique > Quaternaire.
Paléontologie > Quaternaire.
Paléoclimatologie > Quaternaire.
Géoarchéologie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Paleontology.
Paleoclimatology.
Paleobotany.
Archaeological geology.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Quaternary Geologic Period.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Antecedents ; Preface
  • The contribution of Clement Reid (1853-1916) to the foundation of Quaternary research
  • From the early 1900s to 1929
  • The early 1930s
  • Research Committees of the early 1930s
  • Progress in Cambridge
  • Developments in research to the 1950s
  • Establishment of the Sub-department of Quaternary Research
  • Part II. The Subdepartment of Quaternary Research ; Introduction
  • Organisation and people
  • Teaching, reference collections, databases, research
  • Research : vegetational history, including palaeoecology and palaeolimnology
  • Research : vegetational history of pre-Flandrian temperate stages and cold stages
  • Research : geology
  • Research : faunas and archaeology
  • Research : radiocarbon dating
  • Research : mass spectrometry, palaeotemperatures and deep sea sediments
  • Research : TL and ESR dating, palaeomagnetism, dendrochronology and dendroclimatology
  • Dissolution, achievements, reflections
  • Part III. A wider view ; Introduction
  • Aspects of the geology
  • Aspects of the biology
  • The Quaternary community
  • Appendix A. Graduate students, Sub-department of Quaternary Research
  • Appendix B. List of researchers.

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