Description
Book SynopsisSince 1981, a great deal has been learned about the worlda s Quaternary Ice Sheets. This book summarizes current understanding about the evolution of the last ice sheets and their response to and influence on environmental change.
Trade Review"...The book should become essential reading in any Quaternary, glacial geology and glaciology course." Geological Magazine
Table of ContentsPreface.
Acknowledgements.
Causes of Ice Ages.
Indicators of Ice Volume and Climate Change.
The Flow of Ice and Ice Sheet Modelling.
Late Quaternary Geology I -
Terrestrial: Glacial Morphology and Sedimentology.
Late Quaternary Geology II -
Raised Shorelines and Continental Shelf.
Late Quaternary Geology III -
Continental Shelf-Break Sediments and Deep Sea Environments and Iceberg Debris.
Late Quaternary Palaeoclimate.
Late Quaternary Palaeoceanography.
Ice Sheet Reconstructions I -
The Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Ice Sheet Reconstructions II -
The Greenland Ice Sheet.
Ice Sheet Reconstructions III -
The British Isles Ice Sheet, Scandinavian Ice Sheet, Eurasian High Arctic Ice Sheets (Barents Ice Sheet).
Ice Sheet Reconstructions IV -
North America, Laurentide Ice Sheet, Cordilleran Ice Sheet, Innuitian Ice Sheet.
Ice Sheet Reconstructions V -
Remaining LGM Ice Cover, Iceland, South America: Patagonia and the Andes, South Island (New Zealand) and Tasmania, Mainland Europe, Tibet.
References.
Index.
