Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology

A Closer Look

J. Ehlers, P.L. Gibbard, Philip D. Hughes (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

1126 Seiten

2011
Elsevier Science Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-444-53447-7 (ISBN)

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An overview of the Quaternary glaciations over the world, not only with regard to stratigraphy but also with regard to major glacial landforms and the extent of the respective ice sheets. It provides information on Quaternary glaciations that can be much improved and supplied in a uniform digital format.

The book presents an up-to-date, detailed overview of the Quaternary glaciations all over the world, not only with regard to stratigraphy but also with regard to major glacial landforms and the extent of the respective ice sheets. The locations of key sites are included. The information is presented in digital, uniformly prepared maps which can be used in a Geographical Information System (GIS) such as ArcView or ArcGIS. The accompanying text supplies the information on how the data were obtained (geomorphology, geological mapping, air photograph evaluation, satellite imagery), how the features were dated (14C, TL, relative stratigraphy) and how reliable they are supposed to be. All references to the underlying basic publications are included. Where controversial interpretations are possible e.g. in Siberia or Tibet, this is pointed out. As a result, the information on Quaternary glaciations worldwide will be much improved and supplied in a uniform digital format.The information on the glacial limits is compiled in digital form by the coordinators of the project, and is available for download at: http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780444534477/

Philip Hughes is Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He obtained his first degree in geography at the University of Exeter. This was followed by a Master’s degree in Quaternary Science, then a PhD in Geography, both at the University of Cambridge (Darwin College). His PhD was on the glacial history of the Pindus Mountains, Greece. This was then followed by a postdoctoral project examining the glacial history of Montenegro at the University of Manchester. He has since worked on glaciation across the Mediterranean mountains and in the British Isles. In this research he has utilised U-series dating and cosmogenic nuclides to date glacial landforms. He has also published on global glaciations and stratigraphy in Quaternary science and in 2011 Philip also co-edited, with Jürgen Ehlers and Philip Gibbard, the highly successful Elsevier volume Quaternary Glaciation: Extent and Chronology – A Closer Look.

01 Introduction; 02 Austria; 03 Belarus; 04 Czechia; 05 Denmark; 06 England 1; 07 England 2; 08 Estonia; 09 Finland; 10 France; 11 Pyrenees; 12 Caucasus; 13 North Germany; 14 South Germany; 15 Greece; 16 Iceland; 17 Italy; 18 Latvia; 19 Lithuania; 20 Netherlands; 21 North Sea Basin; 22 Norway; 23 Poland; 24 Romania; 25 Russia North; 26 Russian Plain; 27 Barents Sea; 28 Russian Arctic; 29 Slovenia; 30 Turkey; 31 Ukraine; 32 North America Magnetostratigraphy; 33 Alaska; 34 California; 35 Hawaii; 36 Illinois; 37 Michigan; 38 Minnesota; 39 Ohio; 40 Pennsylvania; 41 Washington; 42 Wisconsin; 43 Missouri; 44 British Columbia; 45 Alberta; 46 Canadian Prairies; 47 Quebec; 48 Maritime Canada; 49 NW Canada; 50 Greenland; 51 Southern Patagonia; 52 Northern Patagonia; 53 Aconcagua; 54 Chile; 55 Bolivia; 56 Ecuador Peru Bolivia; 57 Ecuador 2; 58 Colombia; 59 Venezuela; 60 Costa Rica; 61 Mexico; 62 Afghanistan; 63 Northeast Asia; 64 Werkhoyansk Mountains; 65 Siberian Mountains; 66 Pakistan; 67 India; 68 High Asia; 69 Altai; 70 China; 71 Taiwan; 72 Japan; 73 Southeast Asia; 74 Australia; 75 New Zealand; 76 Morocco; 77 Kenya; 78 South Africa

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.7.2011
Reihe/Serie	Developments in Quaternary Science
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 276 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	0-444-53447-4 / 0444534474
ISBN-13	978-0-444-53447-7 / 9780444534477
Zustand	Neuware