ean 9780444519191 temática ENCICLOPEDIAS, GEOLOGÍA año Publicación 2006 idioma INGLÉS editorial ELSEVIER formato CARTONÉ 1225,12 €    PEDIR   NOVEDAD

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The quaternary sciences constitute a dynamic, multidisciplinary field of research that has been growing in scientific and societal importance in recent years. This branch of the Earth sciences links ancient prehistory to modern environments. Quaternary terrestrial sediments contain the fossil remains of existing species of flora and fauna, and their immediate predecessors. Quaternary science plays an integral part in such important issues for modern society as groundwater resources and contamination, sea level change, geologic hazards (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis), and soil erosion. With over 360 articles and 2,600 pages, many in full-color, the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science provides broad ranging, up-to-date articles on all of the major topics in the field. Written by a team of leading experts and under the guidance of an international editorial board, the articles are at a level that allows undergraduate students to understand the material, while providing active researchers with the latest information in the field.

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There will be at least 17 major sections with the following Section Editors: – Quaternary Climate Change (Cary Mock, University of South Carolina, USA) – Dating Quaternary Events (Tim Jull, University of Arizona, USA) – Quaternary Stratigraphy (Brad Pillans, Australian National University, Australia) – Glacial Landforms (David Evans, University of Durham, UK) – Fluvial and Deltaic Environments (Tornbjorn Tornqvist, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) – History of Quaternary Glaciations (Phil Gibbard and Juergen Ehlers, University of Cambridge, UK and Geologisches Landesamt, Germany) – Quaternary Sea Level (Ian Shennan, University of Durham, UK) – Paleosols and Windblown Sediments (Dan Muhs, US Geological Survey, USA) – Lake Level Studies (Mary Edwards, University of Cambridge, UK) – Quaternary Paleobotany (Richard Bradshaw, Geological Survey of Denmark, Denmark) – Paleolimnology (Marianne Douglas, University of Toronto, Canada) – Quaternary Vertebrate Records (Danielle Schreve, University of London, UK) – Insect Fossils (Scott Elias, University of London, UK) – Paleoceanography (David Anderson, NOAA Paleoclimate Office, USA) – Ice Core Records (Ed Brook, Oregon State University, USA) – Non-marine stable isotopes (Henry Schwarcz, McMaster University, Canada) – Humans in the Quaternary (Clive Gamble, University of London, UK)