Quaternary Climates, Environments and Magnetism

Klappentext Monograph on magnetic measurements in the environmental geosciences aimed at researchers! graduates and advanced undergraduates. Zusammenfassung This volume presents an account of the uses of magnetic measurements in the environmental geosciences. It focuses on the Quaternary geological period and reviews the application of magnetic studies to climatic and environmental problems. The book is aimed at research scientists! graduates and advanced undergraduates. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Raymond S. Bradley and Friedrich Heller; 1. Introduction B. A. Maher! M. W. Hounslow and R. Thompson; 2. The North Atlantic as a Quaternary magnetic archive J. S. Stoner and J. T. Andrews; 3. Palaeomonsoons I: the magnetic record of palaeoclimate in the terrestrial loess and palaeosol sequences B. A. Maher and R. Thompson; 4. Palaeomonsoons II: magnetic records of aeolian dust in Quaternary sediments of the Indian Ocean B. A. Maher and M. W. Hounslow; 5. Bacterial magnetite and the Quarternary climate record P. Hesse and J. F. Stolz; 6. Incidence and significance of magnetic iron sulphides in Quaternary sediments and soils I. Snowball and M. Torii; 7. Holocene environmental change from magnetic proxies in lake sediments J. Dearing; 8. Magnetic monitoring of air! land and water pollution E. Petrovsky and B. B. Ellwood; 9. Environmental factors affecting geomagnetic field palaeointensity estimates from sediments S. P. Lund and M. Schwartz; 10. Magnetic cyclostratigraphy: high resolution dating in and beyond the Quaternary and analysis of periodic changes in diagenesis and sedimentary magnetism C. G. Langereis and M. J. Dekkers; Index.

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• Authors: Barbara A. Maher, Barbara A. (Lancaster University) Thompson Maher, Barbara A. Thompson Maher, Barbara Thompson Maher
• Assisted by: Barbara Maher (Editor), Barbara A. Maher (Editor), Barbara A. (Lancaster University) Maher (Editor), Roy Thompson (Editor), Roy (University of Edinburgh) Thompson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.10.1999
• EAN: 9780521624176
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62417-6
• No. of pages: 402
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Paleontology, Palaeontology, Historical Geology, Historical geology and palaeogeology