Past Antarctica : paleoclimatology and climate change /
Past Antarctica: Paleoclimatology and Climate Change presents research on the past and present of Antarctica in reference to its current condition, including considerations for effects due to climate change. Experts in the field explore key topics, including environmental changes, human colonization...
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London ; San Diego, CA :
Academic Press, imprint Elsevier Ltd,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | ScienceDirect |
Table of Contents:
- Part I:
- Reconstructing past climate variability:
- 1.
- Long-term climate evolution based on ice core records /
- Barbara Stenni
- 2.
- Antarctic air bubbles and the long-term ice core record of CO2 and other greenhouse gases /
- Dominique Raynaud, Jai Chowdhury Beeman, Jinhwa Shin et al.
- 3.
- Holocene environmental changes inferred from Antarctic lake sediments /
- Santiago Giralt, Armand Hernández, Marc Oliva et al.
- Part II:
- Geological and geomorphological dynamics:
- 4.
- The role of volcanism in the making of Antarctica /
- John L. Smellie
- 5.
- Tracing the deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum /
- Daniel Nývlt, Neil F. Glasser, Matěj Roman et al.
- 6.
- Relative sea level changes in the Antarctic coastal zone /
- Elie Verleyen, Dominic A. Hodgson and Wim Vyverman
- 7.
- Past geomorphic processes : the role of permafrost and periglacial processes in ice-free environments /
- Mauro Guglielmin
- 8.
- Soils of Antarctica : a key to past environments /
- James Bockheim.
- Part III:
- Biological processes:
- 9.
- Past changes on fauna and flora distribution /
- Greta C. Vega and Miguel Ángel Olalla-Tárraga
- 10.
- Refuges of Antarctic diversity /
- Peter Convey, Elisabeth M. Biersma, Claudia S. Maturana et al.
- 11.
- Geoecological responses /
- Nicoletta Cannone.
- Part IV:
- Human exploration and recent climate changes:
- 12.
- Connections with middle and low latitudes /
- Ryan L. Fogt and Kyle R. Clem
- 13.
- Recent climate trends /
- Marilyn N. Raphael, William R. Hobbs, Sharon E. Stammerjohn et al.
- 14.
- Exploring and exploiting Antarctica : the early human interactions /
- Michael Pearson, Andres Zarankin and Melisa A. Salerno
- 15.
- Humans in Antarctica : science and policy /
- Jerónimo López-Martínez.