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1st ed. |
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1 online resource (xii, 593 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Developments in earth & environmental sciences, 1571-9197 ; 8 |
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Developments in earth & environmental sciences ; 8.
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| Summary |
This is the first book dedicated to the developing knowledge on how the world's largest ice sheet formed and changed over its 34 million years history. In explaining the story of Antarctica, information on terrestrial and marine geology, sedimentology, glacier geophysics (including airborne reconnaissance), shipborne geophysics, and numerical ice sheet and climate modelling, will be interwoven within eleven chapters, each deling with an important historical theme. The approach will be to first 'set the scene', involving chapters dedicated to how ice sheets and their glacial history can be measured. This opening section will provide information necessary to comprehend the latter section of the book, in which five chapters will related the glacial and climate evolution of Antarctica during the most important time-frames in which changes have occurred. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Language |
Text in English. |
| Contents |
Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. The International Polar Years: A history of developments in Antarctic Climate Evolution. 3. History of Geological Investigations in Antarctica. 4; Circulation and water masses of the Southern Ocean: a review. 5. Cenozoic climate history from seismic-reflection and drilling studies on the Antarctic continental margin. 6. Numerical modelling of the Antarctic ice sheet. 7. The geological record of Antarctica in the late Neoproterozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Southern Hemisphere. 8. From Greenhouse to Icehouse -The Eocene/Oligocene in Antarctica. 9. Oligocene-Miocene boundary. 10. Middle Miocene to Pliocene History of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. 11. Pleistocene glacial cycles and interval of extreme warmth and cold. 12. Last glacial maximum, deglaciation and the holocene. 13. Trends and Future Perspectives. |
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Climatic changes -- Antarctica.
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Antarctica -- Climate.
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Climat -- Changements -- Antarctique.
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Antarctique -- Climat.
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NATURE -- Weather.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Climatic changes
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Climatology
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Antarctica https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJc3MgKfJkXRcGFdpVMHG3
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Glaziales Sediment
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Glaziomarines Sediment
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Gletscher
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Känozoikum
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Paläoklima
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Paläoklimatologie
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Paläoozeanographie
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Polarforschung
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Antarktis
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Polargebiete
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Südpolarmeer
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Klimaänderung
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| Added Author |
Florindo, Fabio.
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Siegert, Martin J.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Antarctic climate evolution. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2009 9780444528476 0444528474 (OCoLC)271770512 |
| ISBN |
9780080931616 (electronic bk.) |
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0080931618 (electronic bk.) |
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9780444528476 |
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0444528474 |
| Standard No. |
9786611911300 |
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AU@ 000047500077 |
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AU@ 000072977120 |
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CDX 10385693 |
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CHDSB 005985938 |
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DEBBG BV039833164 |
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DEBBG BV042306889 |
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DEBSZ 367775263 |
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DEBSZ 482450444 |
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NZ1 15189901 |
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UKMGB 017593387 |
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