The holocene

The holocene: an environmental history

by Roberts, Neil

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Revised and updated to take account of the most recent advances, this new edition includes material on scientific progress in research into climate, disturbance effects and landscape change, and recent ideas on the causes of lake salinity.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The holocene : an environmental history / Professor Neil Roberts.

Summary

Revised and updated to take account of the most recent advances, this new edition includes material on scientific progress in research into climate, disturbance effects and landscape change, and recent ideas on the causes of lake salinity.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.
  • Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
  • Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex, UK
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2014.

Notes

Previous edition: 1998.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 364 pages) : : colour illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781306156486, 1306156483, 1118712560, 9781118712566
  • oclc:on1110352085
  • LC Classification:GF13
  • Dewey Decimal:930.1

Table of Contents

THE HOLOCENE AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; Copyright; Contents; Technical boxes; Preface to the third edition; Acknowledgements; About the companion website; 1 Introduction; Sources of information on past environments; Nature and society; The significance of the Holocene; References; 2 Reconstructing Holocene environments; Dating the past; Historical and archaeological dating; Radiometric dating methods; Dendrochronology and radiocarbon calibration; Other dating methods; Conclusion; Palaeoecological techniques; Pollen analysis; Plant remains; Creatures great and small

Freshwater and marine organismsGeological techniques; Ice and ocean; Stable isotope analysis; Geomorphology and climate; Geo-archaeology; Modelling the past; Models of environmental reconstruction; Computer model simulations; Conclusion; References; 3 The Pleistocene prelude (>11 700 Cal. yr bp); Ice Age environments; The glacial-interglacial cycle; Understanding the causes of long-term climatic change; The Last Glacial Maximum and after; The terminal Pleistocene (15 000-11 700 Cal. yr bp); The Late Glacial in the North Atlantic region

Terminal Pleistocene climatic oscillation: A globally synchronous event?Adjustment o…

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Subjects

Archéologie de l'environnement Environmental archaeology From 10 thousand years ago History Holocene Geologic Period human ecology Human ecology -- History Paléoécologie -- Holocène Paleoecology Paleoecology -- Holocene

Writers

Roberts, Neil

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