Quaternary glaciations extent and chronology 2 North America
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Amsterdam [u.a.]
Elsevier
2004
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| Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Developments in quaternary science
2,2 |
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| Beschreibung: | 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (X, 440 S.) Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9780080474076 9780444515926 |