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Record Nr.

UNINA9910874673603321

Autore

Heine Klaus

Titolo

The Quaternary in the Tropics : A Reconstruction of the Palaeoclimate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9783031319211

9783031319204

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (685 pages)

Collana

Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment Series

Disciplina

551.6913

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1  Why Ice Age Research in the Tropics? -- 1.2  Climate Change in the Tropics -- 2: The Ice Age -- 2.1  The Quaternary -- 2.2  Introduction to the Basics of Quaternary Research -- 2.2.1  Circulation of the Oceans and the Atmosphere -- 2.2.2  The Oceans -- 2.2.2.1  The Water Cycle -- 2.2.3  The Atmosphere -- 2.2.4  The Biosphere -- 2.2.5  Causes of Climate Change -- 3: The Tropics -- 3.1  General -- 3.2  Delimitation of the Tropics -- 3.3  Geography of the Tropics -- 4: Climate Archives -- 4.1  General -- 4.2  Terrestrial Climate Witnesses -- 4.2.1  Glaciers -- 4.2.2  Glacial Deposits and Landforms -- 4.2.3  The Periglacial -- 4.2.3.1  Permafrost -- 4.2.3.2  Witnesses of Permafrost -- 4.2.3.3  Paraglacial Erosion and Accumulation -- 4.2.4  Aeolian Processes -- 4.2.4.1  Dunes -- 4.2.4.2  Dust -- 4.2.5  Weathering and Soil Formation -- 4.2.5.1  General Information -- 4.2.5.2  Physical, Chemical and Biotic Processes -- 4.2.5.3  Slope Deposits (Colluvium), (Palaeo)Soils -- 4.2.6  Fluvial and Limnic Processes -- 4.2.6.1  Rivers and Their Sediments as Geoarchives -- 4.2.6.2  Lake Sediments as Geoarchives -- 4.2.7  Groundwater, Speleothems, Borehole Temperatures -- 4.2.7.1  Groundwater -- 4.2.7.2  Caves, Speleothems (Speleothems) -- 4.2.7.3  Borehole Temperatures -- 4.2.8  Flora and Fauna -- 4.2.8.1  General -- 4.2.8.2  Flora -- 4.2.8.3  Fauna (Mammals, Insects, etc.) -- 4.2.8.4  DNA



(Deoxyribonucleic Acid) -- 4.2.9  Tephrostratigraphy -- 4.2.10  Archives (Maps, Pictures, Reports, Etc.), Historical Data -- 4.3  Marine Climate Witnesses -- 4.3.1  Marine Sediments -- 4.3.2  Corals -- 4.3.3  Marine Terraces, Storm and Tsunami Sediments -- 4.4  Age Determination -- 4.5  Climate Models -- 5: Regional Description - Central and South America, Including Caribbean Islands -- 5.1  General.

5.2  Tropical South America -- 5.2.1  Paleoclimate Archives with a Large Temporal Range -- 5.2.2  The Last Glacial Maximum (ca. 21,000 Years Before present) in Amazonia -- 5.2.3  The Last Glacial Maximum (ca. 21,000 years before present) in the Andes -- 5.2.4  The Late Glacial/Holocene Transition Period (Termination I) -- 5.2.5  The Holocene -- 5.2.6  Synopsis -- 5.3  Mexico and Central America -- 5.3.1  Mexico -- 5.3.2  Central America -- 5.3.3  The Holocene -- 5.3.4  Synopsis -- 6: Regional Description - Africa and Madagascar -- 6.1  General -- 6.2  Tropical Africa -- 6.2.1  Palaeoclimate Archives with a Large Period -- 6.2.2  The Last Glacial Maximum (ca. 21,000 years before today) in Central and East Africa -- 6.2.3  The Last Glacial Maximum (ca. 21,000 Years Before Today) in Tropical Alternate-Humid Africa -- 6.2.4  The Late-Glacial/Holocene Transition Period (Termination I) -- 6.2.5  The Holocene -- 6.3  Synopsis -- 7: Regional Description: South and Southeast Asia -- 7.1  General -- 7.2  The Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen -- 7.2.1  Palaeoclimate Archives with a Large Temporal Range -- 7.2.2  The Last High Glacial and Termination I -- 7.2.3  The Holocene -- 7.3  Southeast Asia -- 7.4  Synopsis -- 8: Regional Description: Australia, Pacific Island Region (Oceania), Hawaii -- 8.1  Australia -- 8.1.1  Paleoclimate Archives with a Large Temporal Range -- 8.1.2  The Last High Glacial and Termination I -- 8.1.3  The Holocene -- 8.2  Oceania -- 8.3  Hawaii -- 8.4  Synopsis -- 9: Human Development and  Climate (Excursus) -- 9.1  Climate and Cultural Development in the Holocene -- 10: Attempt at a Synopsis (Global Syntheses) -- 10.1  Preliminary Remark -- 10.2  Models and Modelling -- 10.3  Climate and Landscape Change in the Tropics and Subtropics, Yesterday: Today - Tomorrow -- 10.4  Synopsis.

10.5  Demands from Quaternary Research (Climate Change, World Population, Food Security) -- References.