Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology, Volume 2: Part II
Subtitle: North America (Developments in Quaternary Sciences)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: July 15, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780444515926
First sentence: Studies of 18O and CaCO3 content in cores from the deep ocean, and the presence of ice-rafted debris in cores taken from continental margins, have long suggested that earth's past climate has experienced cold periods, some of which produced extensive glaciation on land.