Ice Ages and Interglacials: Measurements, Interpretation and Models

Name: Ice Ages and Interglacials: Measurements, Interpretation and Models
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ISBN: 9783642300288

ISBN-10: 3642300286

ISBN-13: 9783642300288

Edition: 2012

Authors: D. Rapp

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The second edition of this book has been completely updated. It studies the history and gives an analysis of extreme climate change on Earth. In order to provide a long-term perspective, the first chapter briefly reviews some of the wild gyrations that occurred in the Earth's climate hundreds of millions of years ago: snowball Earth and hothouse Earth. Coming closer to modern times, the effects of continental drift, particularly the closing of the Isthmus of Panama are believed to have contributed to the advent of ice ages in the past three million years. This first chapter sets the stage for a discussion of ices ages in the geological recent past (i.e. within the last three million years,…

Book details

List price: $179.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 300
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English