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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958154003321

Titolo

The Holocene / / H.E. Wright, Jr., editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Longman, 1983

ISBN

9780816664955

1-4356-0553-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 407 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Late-Quaternary environments of the United States ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

WrightH. E <1917-> (Herbert Edgar)

PorterStephen C

Disciplina

551.7/9/0973

Soggetti

Geology, Stratigraphic - Quaternary

Geology - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors to This Volume; Preface; Introduction; Physical Geology; Paleoecology; Environmental Archaeology; Climatology

Sommario/riassunto

To many, the Pleistocene Epoch, which constitutes the earlier and major part of the Quaternary Period, is synonymous with the glacial ages and is viewed as a time of dramatic environmental change. Although there now is abundant evidence that glaciations occurred not only during the Pleistocene but through much of the Tertiary Period as well, and therefore are more appropriately considered as late-Cenozoic phenomena.