Earth's Climate Evolution

by Summerhayes, C. P.

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Title Statements

Full title :Earth's Climate Evolution.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2015
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Place of Publication:Somerset
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (413 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781118897379, 1118897374
oclc:on1048249363
LC Classification:QC879.8.S86 2015
Dewey Decimal:551.609/01

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author Biography -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2 The Great Cooling -- 2.1 The Founding Fathers -- 2.2 Charles Lyell, 'Father of Palaeoclimatology' -- 2.3 Agassiz Discovers the Ice Age -- 2.4 Lyell Defends Icebergs -- References -- Chapter 3 Ice Age Cycles -- 3.1 The Astronomical Theory of Climate Change -- 3.2 James Croll Develops the Theory -- 3.3 Lyell Responds -- 3.4 Croll Defends his Position -- 3.5 Even More Ancient Ice Ages -- 3.6 Not Everyone Agrees -- References -- Chapter 4 Trace Gases Warm the Planet -- 4.1 De Saussure's Hot Box -- 4.2 William Herschel's Accidental Discovery -- 4.3 Discovering Carbon Dioxide -- 4.4 Fourier, the 'Newton of Heat', Discovers the 'Greenhouse Effect' -- 4.5 Tyndall Shows How the 'Greenhouse Effect' Works -- 4.6 Arrhenius Calculates How CO2 Affects Air Temperature -- 4.7 Chamberlin's Theory of Gases and Ice Ages -- References -- Chapter 5 Moving Continents and Dating Rocks -- 5.1 The Continents Drift -- 5.2 The Seafloor Spreads -- 5.3 The Dating Game -- 5.4 Base Maps for Palaeoclimatology -- 5.5 The Evolution of the Modern World -…

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Atmospheric carbon dioxide Carottes de glace Climatic changes -- Research Gaz carbonique atmosphérique Geological carbon sequestration ice cores Paléoclimatologie Paleoclimatology Piégeage du carbone géologique