Description |
xi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index. |
Contents |
Ice, ice ages, and our planet's climate history -- Fire, water, and God -- Glaciers and fossil fish -- The evidence -- Searching for the cause of ice ages -- Defrosting earth -- The ice age cycles -- Our planet's icy past -- Coring for the details -- Ice ages, climate, and evolution -- The last millennium -- Ice ages and the future. |
Subject |
Glacial epoch.
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Paleoclimatology.
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Global environmental change.
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ISBN |
0520239229 alkaline paper |
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