Interpreting Pre-Quaternary Climate from the Geologic Record
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: March 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780231102070
Subjects: Climatology; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Prehistory; Science; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Paleontology; Science / Ecology; Earth Sciences - General
First sentence: Paleoclimatology-the study of ancient climates-has been practiced at least since the time of Agassiz and Darwin, both of whom were particularly interested in evidence for glaciers where none exist today (Agassiz 1828; Darwin 1842), and in what the presence of those glaciers might have implied about climatic change.