Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the QuaternaryElsevier, 22.02.1999 - 613 Seiten Raymond S. Bradley provides his readers with a comprehensive and up-to-date review of all of the important methods used in paleoclimatic reconstruction, dating and paleoclimate modeling. Two comprehensive chapters on dating methods provide the foundation for all paleoclimatic studies and are followed by up-to-date coverage of ice core research, continental geological and biological records, pollen analysis, radiocarbon dating, tree rings and historical records. New methods using alkenones in marine sediments and coral studies are also described. Paleoclimatology, Second Edition, is an essential textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying climatology, paleoclimatology and paleooceanography worldwide, as well as a valuable reference for lecturers and researchers, appealing to archaeologists and scientists interested in environmental change. * Contains two up-to-date chapters on dating methods* Consists of the latest coverage of ice core research, marine sediment and coral studies, continental geological and biological records, pollen analysis, tree rings, and historical records* Describes the newest methods using alkenones in marine sediments and long continental pollen records* Addresses all important methods used in paleoclimatic reconstruction* Includes an extensive chapter on the use of models in paleoclimatology* Extensive and up-to-date bibliography* Illustrated with numerous comprehensive figure captions |
Inhalt
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Chapter 4 Dating Methods II | 91 |
Chapter 5 Ice Cores | 125 |
Chapter 6 Marine Sediments and Corals | 191 |
Chapter 7 Nonmarine Geological Evidence | 285 |
Chapter 8 Nonmarine Biological Evidence | 337 |
Chapter 10 Dendroclimatology | 397 |
Chapter 11 Documentary Data | 439 |
Chapter 12 Paleoclimate Models | 471 |
APPENDIX A FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON RADIOCARBON DATING | 507 |
APPENDIX B WORLDWIDE WEBBASED RESOURCES IN PALEOCUMATOLOGY | 511 |
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Chapter 9 Pollen Analysis | 357 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
_ FIGURE acid anomalies Antarctica areas assemblages atmospheric Basin benthic calibration carbon chronology circulation climate system climatic changes continental ice coral correlation dating deposits episodes eruptions estimates factors flux foraminifera fossil frequency glacial periods glacier global Greenland growth Heinrich events higher Holocene ice cores ice sheets increase indicate interglacial interval isotopic Kutzbach lake last glacial last glacial maximum latitudes Laurentide ice sheet layer Little Ice Age loess lower marine maximum modern North Atlantic ocean orbital orbital forcing paleoclimatic paleoclimatic reconstructions paleoclimatology paleotemperature pollen precipitation Quaternary radiation radiocarbon radiocarbon dating record regions relative result ring-width salinity sample sea level seasonal Section sediments significant simulations snow snowline solar species SPECMAP speleothem SSTs studies summer surface temperature tephra timescale tion tree-ring treeline tropical values variability variations vegetation Vostok warmer Younger Dryas yr B.P.