Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
Elsevier Science Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-444-51919-1 (ISBN)
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The quaternary sciences constitute a dynamic, multidisciplinary field of research that has been growing in scientific and societal importance in recent years. This branch of the Earth sciences links ancient prehistory to modern environments. Quaternary terrestrial sediments contain the fossil remains of existing species of flora and fauna, and their immediate predecessors. Quaternary science plays an integral part in such important issues for modern society as groundwater resources and contamination, sea level change, geologic hazards (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis), and soil erosion.
With over 360 articles and 2,600 pages, many in full-color, the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science provides broad ranging, up-to-date articles on all of the major topics in the field. Written by a team of leading experts and under the guidance of an international editorial board, the articles are at a level that allows undergraduate students to understand the material, while providing active researchers with the latest information in the field.
Also available online via ScienceDirect (2006) – featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit www.info.sciencedirect.com.
Prof. Scott A. Elias is a retired Professor of Quaternary Science at Royal Holloway, University of London, from 2000 to 2017. Before this, he was a Fellow of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado from 1983 to 2000, where he earned his PhD in Environmental Biology. Elias has authored 226 publications. Since 2006, he has been Editor-in-Chief of three Elsevier encyclopaedias and co-editor-in-chief of four encyclopaedias and one comprehensive reference work. He was the founding editor-in-chief of the Elsevier Reference Collection in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences.
Entries cover a range of topice in at least 17 major sections:
* Dating Quaternary Events
* Fluvial and Deltaic Environments
* Glacial Landforms
* History of Quaternary Glaciations
* Humans in the Quaternary
* Ice Core Records
* Insect Fossils
* Lake Level Studies
* Non-marine Stable Isotopes
* Paleoceanography
* Paleolimnology
* Quaternary Sea Level
* Paleosoils and Windblown Sediments
* Quaternary Climate Change
* Quaternary Paleobotany
* Quaternary Stratigraphy
* Quaternary Vertebrate Records
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.11.2006 |
|---|---|
| Mitarbeit |
Chef-Herausgeber: Scott A. Elias |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 279 mm |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-444-51919-X / 044451919X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-444-51919-1 / 9780444519191 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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