The Ice Age / / Jürgen Ehlers, Philip D.Hughes. and Philip L. Gibbard

• Autore: Ehlers Jürgen <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (786 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.792
• Soggetto topico: Glacial epoch; Climatic changes; Glaciology; Glacial landforms; Eolian processes; Ice sheets
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HughesPhilip D.; GibbardPhilip L <1949-> (Philip Leonard)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Title page""; ""Copyright""; ""About the Authors""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""About the Companion Website""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""1.1 In the Beginning was the Great Flood""; ""1.2 The Ice Ages of the Earth""; ""1.3 Causes of an Ice Age""; ""Chapter 2 The Course of the Ice Age""; ""2.1 When did the Quaternary Period Begin?""; ""2.2 What's in Stratigraphy?""; ""2.3 Traces in the Deep Sea""; ""2.4 Systematics of the Ice Age""; ""2.5 Günz, Mindel, Riss and Würm: Do They Still Apply?""; ""2.6 Northern Germany and Adjacent Areas""; ""2.7 The British Pleistocene Succession"" ; ""2.8 Quaternary History of North America""""2.9 The Course of the Ice Ages: A Global View""; ""Chapter 3 Ice and Water""; ""3.1 The Origin of Glaciers""; ""3.2 Recent Glaciers: Small and Large""; ""3.3 Dynamics of Ice Sheets""; ""3.4 Meltwater""; ""Chapter 4 Till and Moraines: The Traces of Glaciers""; ""4.1 Till""; ""4.2 Moraines""; ""Chapter 5 Meltwater: From Moulins to the Urstromtal""; ""5.1 Fjords, Channels and Eskers""; ""5.2 Outwash Plains and Gravel Terraces""; ""5.3 Ice-dammed Lakes""; ""5.4 Kames: Deposits at the Ice Margin""; ""5.5 Urstromtäler""; ""Chapter 6 Maps: Where Are We?"" ; ""6.1 Digital Maps""""6.2 Satellite Images: Basic Data for Ice-Age Research""; ""6.3 Projections and Ellipsoids""; ""Chapter 7 Extent of the Glaciers""; ""7.1 Exploring the Arctic by Airship""; ""7.2 Glaciers in the Barents Sea""; ""7.3 Isostasy and Eustasy""; ""7.4 Ice in Siberia?""; ""7.5 Asia: The Mystery of Tibet""; ""7.6 South America: Volcanoes and Glaciers""; ""7.7 Mediterranean Glaciations""; ""7.8 Were Africa, Australia and Oceania Glaciated?""; ""7.9 Antarctica: Eternal Ice?""; ""Chapter 8 Ice in the Ground: The Periglacial Areas""; ""8.1 Definition and Distribution"" ; ""8.2 Extent of Frozen Ground during the Pleistocene""""8.3 Frost Weathering""; ""8.4 Cryoplanation""; ""8.5 Rock Glaciers: Glaciers (Almost) Without Ice""; ""8.6 Involutions""; ""8.7 Solifluction""; ""8.8 Periglacial Soil Stripes""; ""8.9 Frost Cracks and Ice Wedges""; ""8.10 Pingos, Palsas and other Frost Phenomena""; ""Chapter 9 Hippos in the Thames: The Warm Stages""; ""9.1 Tar Pits of Evidence""; ""9.2 Development of Fauna""; ""9.3 Development of Vegetation""; ""9.4 Weathering and Soil Formation""; ""9.5 Water in the Desert: The Shifting of Climate Zones"" ; ""9.6 Changes in the Rainforest""""Chapter 10 The Course of Deglaciation""; ""10.1 Contribution to Landforms""; ""10.2 Ice Decay""; ""10.3 The Origin of Kettle Holes""; ""10.4 Pressure Release""; ""10.5 A Sudden Transition?""; ""10.6 The Little Ice Age""; ""Chapter 11 Wind, Sand and Stones: Aeolian Processes""; ""11.1 Dunes""; ""11.2 Aeolian Sand""; ""11.3 Loess""; ""Chapter 12 What Happened to the Rivers?""; ""12.1 River Processes and Landforms""; ""12.2 Dry Valleys""; ""12.3 The Rhine: Influences of Alpine and Nordic Ice""; ""12.4 The Elbe: Once Flowed to the Baltic Sea"" ; ""12.5 The Thames: Influence of British Ice""
• Titolo autorizzato: The Ice Age
• ISBN: 1-118-50777-0; 1-118-50779-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460365503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II