Screen LibraryQuaternary glaciations : extent and chronology. Part II, North America /
This book is the second of three volumes in which the recent knowledge of the extent and chronology of Quaternary glaciations has been compiled on a global scale. This information is seen as a fundamental requirement, not only for the glacial community, but for the wider user-community of general Qu...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
| Publication Dates: | 2004. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Developments in quaternary science ;
part 1 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/15710866/2/part/PB |
| Summary: |
This book is the second of three volumes in which the recent knowledge of the extent and chronology of Quaternary glaciations has been compiled on a global scale. This information is seen as a fundamental requirement, not only for the glacial community, but for the wider user-community of general Quaternary workers. In particular the need for accurate ice-front positions is a basic requirement for the rapidly growing field of palaeoclimate modelling. In order to provide the information for the widest-possible range of users in the most accessible form, a series of digital maps was prepared. The glacial limits were mapped in ArcView, the Geographical Information System (GIS) used by the work group. Included with the publication is a CD with digital maps, showing glacial limits, end moraines, ice-dammed lakes, glacier-induced drainage diversions and the locations of key sections through which the glacial limits are defined and dated. The last deglaciation is also shown in 500 year time-steps. The digital maps in this volume cover the USA and Canada and include Greenland and Hawaii. Both overview maps and more detailed maps at a scale 1: 1,000,000 are provided. Also available: Part I: Europe, ISBN 0-444-51462-7 Part III: South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, ISBN 0-444-51593-3. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (400 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780444515926 0444515925 |
| Index Number: | QE696 |
| CLC: | P534.63 |