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The Ice Age / / Jürgen Ehlers, Philip D.Hughes. and Philip L. Gibbard
| The Ice Age / / Jürgen Ehlers, Philip D.Hughes. and Philip L. Gibbard |
| Autore | Ehlers Jürgen <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 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. |
| ISBN |
1-118-50777-0
1-118-50779-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460365503321 |
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Quaternary glaciations [[electronic resource] ] : extent and chronology : a closer look / / edited by Jürgen Ehlers, Philip L. Gibbard, Philip D. Hughes
| Quaternary glaciations [[electronic resource] ] : extent and chronology : a closer look / / edited by Jürgen Ehlers, Philip L. Gibbard, Philip D. Hughes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Elsevier, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1127 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.79 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EhlersJürgen <1948->
GibbardPhilip L <1949-> (Philip Leonard) HughesPhilip D |
| Collana | Developments in Quaternary science |
| Soggetto topico |
Geology, Stratigraphic - Quaternary
Paleoclimatology - Quaternary Glacial landforms |
| ISBN |
1-283-16437-X
9786613164377 0-444-53537-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: A Closer Look; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The Digital Maps; 1.3. The Geology; 1.4. Summary; References; Chapter 2: Quaternary Glaciations in Austria; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The Course of the Quaternary; 2.3. The Four Alpine Glaciations; 2.4. Tectonic Activity; 2.5. Development of Glaciers; 2.6. Overdeepened Valleys; 2.7. Last Interglacial-Glacial Cycle; 2.8. Chronology; 2.9. Phase of Ice Decay; 2.10. The Bühl Phase; 2.11. The Steinach Phase; 2.12. The Gschnitz Phase
2.13. Chronology2.14. The Daun Phase; 2.15. The Egesen Phase; References; Chapter 3: The Pleistocene Glaciations in Belarus; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Varyazh Glaciation; 3.3. Narev Glaciation; 3.4. Berezina Glaciation; 3.5. Pripyat ́ Glaciation; 3.6. Poozerian Glaciation; 3.7. Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Pleistocene Glaciations of Czechia; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Continental Glaciation; 4.3. Elsterian Glaciations; 4.4. Saalian Glaciation; 4.5. Mountain Glaciations; 4.6. Pre-Weichselian Glaciation; 4.7. Weichselian Glaciation; 4.8. Conclusions; References Chapter 5: Pleistocene Glaciations in Denmark: A Closer Look at Chronology, Ice Dynamics and Landforms5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The Pleistocene of Denmark; 5.3. Middle Pleistocene Glaciations; 5.4. The Saalian Glaciation; 5.5. Late Pleistocene Glaciations; 5.6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: The Glacial History of the British Isles during the Early and Middle Pleistocene: Implications for the long-term...; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Early and Middle Pleistocene Glacial History of the British Isles; 6.3. Discussion; 6.4. Conclusions; References Chapter 7: Pleistocene Glaciation Limits in Great Britain7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Evidence for glaciations; 7.3. The British Pleistocene succession; 7.4. The `traditional model ́ of East Anglian glacial stratigraphy; References; Chapter 8: Pleistocene Glaciations in Estonia; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Early Pleistocene; 8.3. Middle Pleistocene; 8.4. Late Pleistocene; 8.5. Conclusions; References; Chapter 9: The Glaciation of Finland; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. Middle Pleistocene Glaciations; 9.3. Late Pleistocene Glaciations (ca. 110-11.7ka); References Chapter 10: Quaternary Glaciations in the French Alps and Jura10.1. Introduction; 10.2. Middle Pleistocene Glaciations, the External Moraine Complex; 10.3. Late Pleistocene Glaciations, the Internal Moraine Complex; 10.4. Conclusions; References; Chapter 11: Recent Advances in Research on Quaternary Glaciations in the Pyrenees; 11.1. Introduction; 11.2. Middle Pleistocene Glaciations; 11.3. The Last Pleistocene Glacial Cycle (Würmian Stage); 11.4. Conclusions; References; Chapter 12: Late Pleistocene (Würmian) Glaciations of the Caucasus; 12.1. Introduction; 12.2. Methods of Investigation 12.3. Results |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789698203321 |
| Amsterdam, : Elsevier, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Quaternary glaciations [[electronic resource] ] : extent and chronology : a closer look / / edited by Jürgen Ehlers, Philip L. Gibbard, Philip D. Hughes
| Quaternary glaciations [[electronic resource] ] : extent and chronology : a closer look / / edited by Jürgen Ehlers, Philip L. Gibbard, Philip D. Hughes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Elsevier, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1127 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.79 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EhlersJürgen <1948->
GibbardPhilip L <1949-> (Philip Leonard) HughesPhilip D |
| Collana | Developments in Quaternary science |
| Soggetto topico |
Geology, Stratigraphic - Quaternary
Paleoclimatology - Quaternary Glacial landforms |
| ISBN |
1-283-16437-X
9786613164377 0-444-53537-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: A Closer Look; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The Digital Maps; 1.3. The Geology; 1.4. Summary; References; Chapter 2: Quaternary Glaciations in Austria; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The Course of the Quaternary; 2.3. The Four Alpine Glaciations; 2.4. Tectonic Activity; 2.5. Development of Glaciers; 2.6. Overdeepened Valleys; 2.7. Last Interglacial-Glacial Cycle; 2.8. Chronology; 2.9. Phase of Ice Decay; 2.10. The Bühl Phase; 2.11. The Steinach Phase; 2.12. The Gschnitz Phase
2.13. Chronology2.14. The Daun Phase; 2.15. The Egesen Phase; References; Chapter 3: The Pleistocene Glaciations in Belarus; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Varyazh Glaciation; 3.3. Narev Glaciation; 3.4. Berezina Glaciation; 3.5. Pripyat ́ Glaciation; 3.6. Poozerian Glaciation; 3.7. Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Pleistocene Glaciations of Czechia; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Continental Glaciation; 4.3. Elsterian Glaciations; 4.4. Saalian Glaciation; 4.5. Mountain Glaciations; 4.6. Pre-Weichselian Glaciation; 4.7. Weichselian Glaciation; 4.8. Conclusions; References Chapter 5: Pleistocene Glaciations in Denmark: A Closer Look at Chronology, Ice Dynamics and Landforms5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The Pleistocene of Denmark; 5.3. Middle Pleistocene Glaciations; 5.4. The Saalian Glaciation; 5.5. Late Pleistocene Glaciations; 5.6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: The Glacial History of the British Isles during the Early and Middle Pleistocene: Implications for the long-term...; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Early and Middle Pleistocene Glacial History of the British Isles; 6.3. Discussion; 6.4. Conclusions; References Chapter 7: Pleistocene Glaciation Limits in Great Britain7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Evidence for glaciations; 7.3. The British Pleistocene succession; 7.4. The `traditional model ́ of East Anglian glacial stratigraphy; References; Chapter 8: Pleistocene Glaciations in Estonia; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Early Pleistocene; 8.3. Middle Pleistocene; 8.4. Late Pleistocene; 8.5. Conclusions; References; Chapter 9: The Glaciation of Finland; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. Middle Pleistocene Glaciations; 9.3. Late Pleistocene Glaciations (ca. 110-11.7ka); References Chapter 10: Quaternary Glaciations in the French Alps and Jura10.1. Introduction; 10.2. Middle Pleistocene Glaciations, the External Moraine Complex; 10.3. Late Pleistocene Glaciations, the Internal Moraine Complex; 10.4. Conclusions; References; Chapter 11: Recent Advances in Research on Quaternary Glaciations in the Pyrenees; 11.1. Introduction; 11.2. Middle Pleistocene Glaciations; 11.3. The Last Pleistocene Glacial Cycle (Würmian Stage); 11.4. Conclusions; References; Chapter 12: Late Pleistocene (Würmian) Glaciations of the Caucasus; 12.1. Introduction; 12.2. Methods of Investigation 12.3. Results |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814578903321 |
| Amsterdam, : Elsevier, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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