Ice Ages Solving the Mystery

Name: Ice Ages Solving the Mystery
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ISBN: 9780674440753

ISBN-10: 0674440757

ISBN-13: 9780674440753

Edition: 1979

Authors: John Imbrie, Katherine Palmer Imbrie

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This book tells the exciting story of the ice ages--what they were like, why they occurred, and when the next one is due. The solution to the ice age mystery originated when the National Science Foundation organized the CLIMAP project to study changes in the earth's climate over the past 700,000 years. One of the goals was to produce a map of the earth during the last ice age. Scientists examined cores of sediment from the Indian Ocean bed and deciphered a continuous history for the past 500,000 years. Their work ultimately confirmed the theory that the earth's irregular orbital motions account for the bizarre climatic changes which bring on ice ages. This is a tale of scientific…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 7/30/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface List of Illustrations Prologue: The Forgotten Ice Age



Ice Age Discovered



Louis Agassiz and the Glacial Theory



The Triumph of the Glacial Theory



Exploring the Ice-Age World



Explaining The Ice Ages



The Ice-Age Problem



Birth of the Astronomical Theory



The Astronomical Theory of James Croll



Debate Over Croll's Theory



Through Distant Worlds and Times



The Milankovitch Controversy



The Deep and the Past



Pleistocene Temperatures



Milankovitch Revival



Signal from the Earth



Pulsebeat of Climate



Pacemaker of the Ice Ages



Ice Ages of the Future



The Coming Ice Age Epilogue: The Last Billion Years of Climate


Appendix: Chronology of Discovery Suggested Reading


Bibliography


Index