The Ice Age

The Ice Age

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ehlers, Jürgen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Subjects:
Climatic changes.
Eolian processes.
Glacial epoch.
Glacial landforms.
Glaciology.
Ice sheets.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • About the Authors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Companion Website
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 In the Beginning was the Great Flood
  • 1.2 The Ice Ages of the Earth
  • 1.3 Causes of an Ice Age
  • Chapter 2 The Course of the Ice Age
  • 2.1 When did the Quaternary Period Begin?
  • 2.2 What's in Stratigraphy?
  • 2.3 Traces in the Deep Sea
  • 2.4 Systematics of the Ice Age
  • 2.5 Günz, Mindel, Riss and Würm: Do They Still Apply?
  • 2.6 Northern Germany and Adjacent Areas
  • 2.7 The British Pleistocene Succession
  • 2.8 Quaternary History of North America
  • 2.9 The Course of the Ice Ages: A Global View
  • Chapter 3 Ice and Water
  • 3.1 The Origin of Glaciers
  • 3.2 Recent Glaciers: Small and Large
  • 3.3 Dynamics of Ice Sheets
  • 3.4 Meltwater
  • Chapter 4 Till and Moraines: The Traces of Glaciers
  • 4.1 Till
  • 4.2 Moraines
  • Chapter 5 Meltwater: From Moulins to the Urstromtal
  • 5.1 Fjords, Channels and Eskers
  • 5.2 Outwash Plains and Gravel Terraces
  • 5.3 Ice-dammed Lakes
  • 5.4 Kames: Deposits at the Ice Margin
  • 5.5 Urstromtäler
  • Chapter 6 Maps: Where Are We?
  • 6.1 Digital Maps
  • 6.2 Satellite Images: Basic Data for Ice-Age Research
  • 6.3 Projections and Ellipsoids
  • Chapter 7 Extent of the Glaciers
  • 7.1 Exploring the Arctic by Airship
  • 7.2 Glaciers in the Barents Sea
  • 7.3 Isostasy and Eustasy
  • 7.4 Ice in Siberia?
  • 7.5 Asia: The Mystery of Tibet
  • 7.6 South America: Volcanoes and Glaciers
  • 7.7 Mediterranean Glaciations
  • 7.8 Were Africa, Australia and Oceania Glaciated?
  • 7.9 Antarctica: Eternal Ice?
  • Chapter 8 Ice in the Ground: The Periglacial Areas
  • 8.1 Definition and Distribution
  • 8.2 Extent of Frozen Ground during the Pleistocene
  • 8.3 Frost Weathering
  • 8.4 Cryoplanation
  • 8.5 Rock Glaciers: Glaciers (Almost) Without Ice
  • 8.6 Involutions
  • 8.7 Solifluction
  • 8.8 Periglacial Soil Stripes
  • 8.9 Frost Cracks and Ice Wedges
  • 8.10 Pingos, Palsas and other Frost Phenomena
  • Chapter 9 Hippos in the Thames: The Warm Stages
  • 9.1 Tar Pits of Evidence
  • 9.2 Development of Fauna
  • 9.3 Development of Vegetation
  • 9.4 Weathering and Soil Formation
  • 9.5 Water in the Desert: The Shifting of Climate Zones
  • 9.6 Changes in the Rainforest
  • Chapter 10 The Course of Deglaciation
  • 10.1 Contribution to Landforms
  • 10.2 Ice Decay
  • 10.3 The Origin of Kettle Holes
  • 10.4 Pressure Release
  • 10.5 A Sudden Transition?
  • 10.6 The Little Ice Age
  • Chapter 11 Wind, Sand and Stones: Aeolian Processes
  • 11.1 Dunes
  • 11.2 Aeolian Sand
  • 11.3 Loess
  • Chapter 12 What Happened to the Rivers?
  • 12.1 River Processes and Landforms
  • 12.2 Dry Valleys
  • 12.3 The Rhine: Influences of Alpine and Nordic Ice
  • 12.4 The Elbe: Once Flowed to the Baltic Sea
  • 12.5 The Thames: Influence of British Ice
  • Chapter 13 North and Baltic Seas during the Ice Age
  • 13.1 Development of the North Sea

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