European Glacial Landscapes : The Holocene.

European Glacial Landscapes: The Holocene presents the current state of knowledge on glacial landscapes of Europe and nearby areas over the Holocene to deduce the influence of atmospheric and oceanic currents and the insolation forcing variability and volcanic activity on Holocene paleoclimates, the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Palacios, David
Otros Autores: Hughes, Philip D., Jomelli, Vincent, Tanarro, Luis M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego : Elsevier, 2023.
Temas:
Glaciers > Europe.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • European Glacial Landscapes
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • About the editors
  • I. Introduction
  • 1 Introduction to the Holocene glacial landscapes
  • 1.1 The arrival of the Holocene in Europe
  • 1.2 The status of European glaciers at the beginning of the Holocene
  • 1.3 The meaning of the Holocene epoch
  • 1.4 The Holocene and its climatic variability
  • 1.5 The Holocene and its climatic forcing mechanisms
  • 1.5.1 Summer boreal insolation
  • 1.5.2 Proportion of CO2 in the atmosphere
  • 1.5.3 The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
  • 1.5.4 Solar activity
  • 1.5.5 Volcanic activity
  • 1.5.6 Vegetation cover
  • 1.6 The Holocene and its atmospheric circulation variability
  • 1.6.1 The variability of the northern westerlies and the North Atlantic Oscillation
  • 1.6.2 The variability of the Asian monsoon
  • 1.6.3 The variability of the African monsoon
  • 1.7 The evolution of sea level during the Holocene and its impact in the shorelines
  • 1.7.1 Holocene sea-level rise
  • 1.7.2 Holocene sea-level rise-the impact on shorelines
  • 1.7.2.1 The Bering Strait
  • 1.7.2.2 The Baltic basin
  • 1.7.2.3 The Dogger Strait and Doggerland
  • 1.7.2.4 The Bosphorus Straits and the Black Sea
  • 1.7.2.5 The Arabian Gulf and Mesopotamia plain
  • 1.7.2.6 The Sundaland
  • 1.8 Holocene environmental change and humans
  • 1.9 The organisation of this book
  • 1.9.1 Objectives of the book
  • 1.9.2 The Holocene glacier regions of Europe
  • 1.9.3 Structure of the book
  • 1.9.4 Standardised radiocarbon ages and standard maps and glacial parameter used in the book
  • 1.9.4.1 Europe physical-base map
  • 1.9.4.2 Regional location map
  • 1.9.4.3 Shaded relief map of study site
  • 1.9.4.4 Geomorphological map
  • References
  • 2 Homogenisation of cosmic-ray exposure ages
  • References
  • 3 Quaternary interglacials
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 The concept of interglacial
  • 3.3 The definition and the numbers of interglacials
  • 3.4 The origin of interglacials
  • 3.4.1 Insolation orbital forcing the interglacial
  • 3.4.2 Interglacial ice sheets and sea level
  • 3.4.3 CO2 concentration forcing interglacials
  • 3.4.4 Climate interglacials from combined contribution of insolation forcing and CO2 forcing
  • 3.5 Differences between interglacials
  • 3.5.1 Intensity
  • 3.5.2 Climatic variability
  • 3.5.3 Duration
  • 3.6 The end of interglacials and the beginning of a new glaciation
  • 3.7 The Holocene and the last interglacial
  • 3.8 Conclusions
  • References
  • 4 Synthesis of Holocene glacial landscapes in Europe
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Regional investigations
  • 4.3 Conclusion
  • References
  • II. Climate changes during the Holocene in the Eastern North Atlantic and Europe
  • 5 Introduction to the Holocene climate
  • 5.1 Definition and formal subdivision of the Holocene
  • 5.2 Sources of evidence for Holocene climate change
  • 5.3 Timescales of climate variability
  • References

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