The Holocene
An Environmental History
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Beschreibung
In its first edition, The Holocene provided undergraduateswith a much-needed coherent scientific account of the greattransformation of nature that had taken place during the Holocene,the last 10,000 years in the history of the planet and the periodin which we are all now living. This period has included majorshifts in climate and human culture, and in the natural environmentat every level.
Completely revised and updated to take full account of the mostrecent advances, the new edition of this established text includessubstantial material on scientific progress in the understanding ofclimate change and abrupt climatic events, of disturbance effectson the landscape, and of ice core records. Not only have improveddating methods, such as luminescence, been included but thetimescale for the book has been moved to calendar (i.e. real)years. Coverage and supporting case study material have also beenbroadened and extended.
Autor*in
Neil Roberts
Themen in »The Holocene«
Archaeology Archäologie Earth Sciences Environmental Science Environmental Studies Geowissenschaften Quartärforschung, Glaziologie Quaternary Science & Glaciology Umweltforschung Umweltwissenschaften