Palaeoecology Of Quaternary Drylands

Author : Werner Smykatz-Kloss
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540403456
Total Pages : 260 pages
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Download or read book Palaeoecology of Quaternary Drylands written by Werner Smykatz-Kloss and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-02-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twelve contributions in this volume represent the results of a ten year interdisciplinary workshop on "desert margins" - concerned with the geomorphological, geochemica, mineralogical, sedimentological, soil scientific characterisation of (semi-) deserts in Spain, Africa, Arabia and China. Desert sediments and soils as well as processes and characteristics of their formation are regarded from different geoscientific perspectives. The subjects of research include the development of desert soils and landscapes, the formation of (alluvial) loess, swamp ores, fulgurites and floodout sediments and focus on the reconstruction of palaeoecological events and changes. A critical study of dating methods rounds off the book.

Author : Werner Smykatz-Kloss
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783662144404
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Palaeoecology of Quaternary Drylands written by Werner Smykatz-Kloss and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twelve contributions in this volume represent the results of a ten year interdisciplinary workshop on "desert margins" - concerned with the geomorphological, geochemica, mineralogical, sedimentological, soil scientific characterisation of (semi-) deserts in Spain, Africa, Arabia and China. Desert sediments and soils as well as processes and characteristics of their formation are regarded from different geoscientific perspectives. The subjects of research include the development of desert soils and landscapes, the formation of (alluvial) loess, swamp ores, fulgurites and floodout sediments and focus on the reconstruction of palaeoecological events and changes. A critical study of dating methods rounds off the book.

Author : Harry John Betteley Birks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
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Download or read book Quaternary Palaeoecology written by Harry John Betteley Birks and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roland Baumhauer
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0203874897
Total Pages : 274 pages
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Download or read book Holocene Palaeoenvironmental History of the Central Sahara written by Roland Baumhauer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-02-27 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The environmental setting within the Central Sahara was subject to considerable changes during Late Quaternary, mainly driven by major global climate variations, although human impact increased constantly since Early Holocene.Such global events can be reconstructed with the help of reliefs, sediments and palaeosoils and their specific morphological

Author : International Association for Quaternary Research
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
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Download or read book Quaternary Paleoecology written by International Association for Quaternary Research and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles by 29 authors from 10 countries ranging from the statistical to geochemical approach to Quaternary environmental history. Covers Quaternary pollen analysis.

Author : Martin Bell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317904788
Total Pages : 743 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Late Quaternary Environmental Change written by Martin Bell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late Quaternary Environmental Change addresses the interaction between human agency and other environmental factors in the landscapes, particularly of the temperate zone. Taking an ecological approach, the authors cover the last 20,000 years during which the climate has shifted from arctic severity to the conditions of the present interglacial environment.

Author : David B. Madsen
Publisher : Utah Geological Survey
ISBN 13 : 1557916489
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Late Quaternary Paleoecology in the Bonneville Basin written by David B. Madsen and published by Utah Geological Survey. This book was released on 2000 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work reported here is part of an extended study of paleoenvironmental change and human adaptation in the deserts of western Utah. This research, involving both archaeological excavations and the recovery of strictly paleoecological materials, is loosely grouped under the rubric of “The Silver Island Expedition,” since much of the work has been conducted in the vicinity of the Silver Island Mountains along the western margin of the Great Salt Lake Desert.

Author : International Association for Quaternary Research. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 433 pages
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Download or read book Quaternary Paleoecology written by International Association for Quaternary Research. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jasper Knight
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316571580
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quaternary Environmental Change in Southern Africa written by Jasper Knight and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ongoing climate change necessitates advances in our understanding of the interrelationships between climate, landscape-shaping processes and human activity over long time periods, especially in areas that are already climatically stressed. This volume presents new ideas on macroscale landscape evolution; mountain, fluvial and aeolian processes; and environments in southern Africa, a key region in the story of human evolution during the last two million years. Interdisciplinary in scope, it brings together an international team of experts to synthesise the latest research and understanding of landscape-human relationships in this region. It incorporates results from the emerging fields of geoarchaeology and cultural landscapes and utilises the latest data and analytical techniques. A key reference for researchers studying hominid evolution, geoarchaeology and environmental change, it provides a benchmark study of southern African landscape evolution during the Quaternary. It will also appeal to professionals and policymakers with interests in future human-landscape evolution in southern Africa.

Author : Hazel R. Delcourt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9780412297809
Total Pages : 258 pages
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Download or read book Quaternary Ecology written by Hazel R. Delcourt and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-07-31 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing interest during recent years in vegetation history, long-term climatic changes and the development of biotic communities has resulted in a growth of the literature in this field and has provided an incentive for scientists to use palaeo-ecology concepts to clarify contemporary ecological issues. Quaternary ecology offers the perspective of time, in using natural experiments of the past to evaluate the responses of population, communities and ecosystems to climatic and environmental changes on a time scale extending back over the past two million years of the quaternary period. Examples from the palaeo-ecological literature demonstrate how quaternary ecology interfaces with other branches of ecology, including plant demography, ecological genetics, limnology and landscape ecology.