Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology : a closer look.

The book presents an up-to-date, detailed overview of the Quaternary glaciations all over the world, not only with regard to stratigraphy but also with regard to major glacial landforms and the extent of the respective ice sheets. The locations of key sites are included. The information is presented...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ehlers, J.
Otros Autores: Gibbard, P. L., Hughes, P. D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Elsevier Science, 2011.
Temas:
From 2 million years ago
Geology, Stratigraphic > Quaternary.
Paleoclimatology > Quaternary.
Glacial landforms.
Stratigraphie > Quaternaire.
Paléoclimatologie > Quaternaire.
Géomorphologie glaciaire.
glacial landforms.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Sedimentology & Stratigraphy.
Geology, Stratigraphic
Glacial landforms
Paleoclimatology
Quaternary Geologic Period
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The book presents an up-to-date, detailed overview of the Quaternary glaciations all over the world, not only with regard to stratigraphy but also with regard to major glacial landforms and the extent of the respective ice sheets. The locations of key sites are included. The information is presented in digital, uniformly prepared maps which can be used in a Geographical Information System (GIS) such as ArcView or ArcGIS. The accompanying text supplies the information on how the data were obtained (geomorphology, geological mapping, air photograph evaluation, satellite imagery), how the feature.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (1127 pages)
ISBN:9780444535375
0444535373

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