The Quaternary Period in the United States
This book reviews advances in understanding of the past ca. two million years of Earth history - the Quaternary Period - in the United States. It begins with sections on ice and water - as glaciers, permafrost, oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers. Six chapters are devoted to the high-latitude Pleistocene ice sheets, to mountain glaciations of the western United States, and to permafrost studies. Other chapters discuss ice-age lakes, caves, sea-level fluctuations, and riverine landscapes. With a chapter on landscape evolution models, the book turns to essays on geologic processes. Two chapters discuss soils and their responses to climate, and…
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Weitere Autoren: Porter, S. C. (Hrsg.) / Atwater, B. F. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-08-047409-0
- EAN: 9780080474090
- Produktnummer: 35970158
- Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 594 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
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