The ice age : a very short introduction

By:

Woodward, Jamie

Material type: Text

9780199580699

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

551.792 23 WOO-I

LOC classification:

QE697 .W86 2014

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Contents:

1. The quarternary ice age -- 2. Erratic boulders and the diluvium -- 3. Monster glaciers -- 4. Die Eiszeit -- 5. 1840 -- 6. Ice sheets or icebergs? -- 7. Glacials, interglacials, and celestial cycles -- 8. Deep ocean sediments and dating the past -- 9. Ice cores, abrupt climate shifts, and ecosystem change.

Summary: "In an era of warming climate, the study of the ice age past is now more important than ever. This book examines the wonders of the Quaternary ice age - to show how ice age landscapes and ecosystems were repeatedly and rapidly transformed as plants, animals, and humans reorganized their worlds." --Publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	IIITD General Stacks	Science	551.792 WOO-I (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		008099

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-150) and index.

"In an era of warming climate, the study of the ice age past is now more important than ever. This book examines the wonders of the Quaternary ice age - to show how ice age landscapes and ecosystems were repeatedly and rapidly transformed as plants, animals, and humans reorganized their worlds." --Publisher.

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