第四紀学百科事典（第２版・全４巻） Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science （2ND）

Elias, Scott (EDT)/ Mock, Cary (EDT)

Elsevier（2013/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 3,840 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780444536433
• DDC分類 551.7903

基本説明

This second edition builds upon its award-winning predecessor to provide the reader assured quality along with essential updated coverage. It contains about 375 articles, written by leading experts around the world, and is richly illustrated with more than 3,000 illustrations, most of them in colour.

Full Description

The second revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, Four Volume Set, provides both students and professionals with an up-to-date reference work on this important and highly varied area of research. There are lots of new articles, and many of the articles that appeared in the first edition have been updated to reflect advances in knowledge since 2006, when the original articles were written. The second edition will contain about 375 articles, written by leading experts around the world. This major reference work is richly illustrated with more than 3,000 illustrations, most of them in colour.

Contents

Historical Overview; Quaternary Climate Change; Dating Quaternary Events; Trapped Electron Dating Methods; Paleomagnetic dating; Chemical Dating Methods; Biological Dating Methods; Sediment Dating Methods; Glacial Landforms; History of Quaternary Glaciations; Paleosols and Wind-Blown Sediments; Lake Level Studies; Quaternary Paleobotany (Palynology); Plant Macrofossils; Diatoms; Quaternary Vertebrate Records; Insect fossils; Paleoceanography; Ice Core Records; Humans in the Quaternary; Proglacial Lakes and Megafloods; Use of Quaternary Proxies in Forensic Science; Tree-ring Studies