Tectonic uplift and climate change
By: edited by William F. Ruddiman.
Contributors: Ruddiman, W. F. 1943-
Publisher: Plenum Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 535
Subjects: Climatic changes; Weather, Influence of mountains on; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cenozoic
Description: A significant contribution to climatological scholarship, Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change is a multidisciplinary effort to summarize the current status of new hypothesis gaining increasing acceptance in geoscience circles: long-term cooling and glaciation are mainly controlled by plateau and mountain uplift through their effect on the carbon cycle and atmospheric CO[subscript 2].

Researchers in fields as diverse as geology, geophysics, atmospheric sciences, geochemistry, sedimentation/geomorphology, paleoceanography, and paleobotany present data and models that address and evaluate this premise.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.