Description
Book SynopsisThis volume provides a basis for understanding the current state of research in palaeohydrology of the Earth's land surface. It summarizes the work achieved to date, and indicates the ways in which palaeohydrological research relates to other global research programmes.
Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
THE BACKGROUND TO GLOBAL PALAEOHYDROLOGY.
Data for Palaeohydrology (E. Wohl & Y. Enzel).
Global Hydrology in Relation to Palaeohydrological Change (P.Waylen).
The Impact of Large Ice Sheets on Continental Palaeohydrology (J.Teller).
Vegetation and Lake-Level Change (A. Brown).
Human Activity and Palaeohydrology (K. Gregory).
PALAEOHYDROLOGY OF THE MAJOR ZONES OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE.
Mapping of Spatial Hydrological Changes (A. Georgiadi).
Palaeohydrology of the Temperate Zone (L. Starkel).
Palaeohydrology of Polar and Subpolar Regions over the Past 20000Years (J. Maizels).
CONCLUSION.
A Database for Global Continental Palaeohydrology: Technology orScientific Creativity?
(J. Branson, et al.).
A Programme for Research on Global Continental Palaeohydrology (K.Gregory).
Index.
