Screen LibraryPeatlands : evolution and records of environmental and climate changes /
'In the past two decades there has been considerable work on global climatic change and its effect on the ecosphere, as well as on local and global environmental changes triggered by human activities. From the tropics to the Arctic, peatlands have developed under various geological conditions,...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
Developments in earth surface processes,
9 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/09282025/9 |
| Summary: |
'In the past two decades there has been considerable work on global climatic change and its effect on the ecosphere, as well as on local and global environmental changes triggered by human activities. From the tropics to the Arctic, peatlands have developed under various geological conditions, and they provide good records of global and local changes since the Late Pleistocene. The objectives of the book are to analyze topics such as geological evolution of major peatlands basins; peatlands as self sustaining ecosystems; chemical environment of peatlands: water and peat chemistry; peatlands |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xviii, 587 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780444528834 0444528830 9780080468051 0080468055 |
| Index Number: | GB621 |
| CLC: | P931.7 |
| Contents: | 1. Peatlands basins: evolution and structure. 2. The cycles of major elements in peatlands. 3. Geochemistry of peat and pore water. 4. Biodiversity of peatlands and how they have been affected by environmental changes. 5. Peatlands as multi-signal archives of environmental changes. 6. Direct human impact on peatlands: conservation and restoration. |