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1	Reconstructing Quaternary Environments more books like this by J John Lowe, Mike Walker add to wishlist Examines the various forms of evidence used to establish the history and scale of environmenal changes during the Quaternary. The evidence is extremely diverse, ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and isotope ratios, bringing the book fully up to date since its last publication. see all copies from £14.29! new only from £34.40!
2	Soils and Geomorphology more books like this by Peter Birkeland add to wishlist First published in 1974, this text has been popular amond soil scientists, geomorphologists, geologists, geographers, and archaeologists. This third edition will retain the popular format, "factors of soil formation," whjile offering a greater number of topics and examples - particularly in the chapters, "Weathering and Soil Development with Time" ... see all copies from £6.51! new only from £54.15!
3	Geomorphology: A Systematic Analysis of Late Cenozoic Landforms more books like this by Arthur Bloom add to wishlist Geomorphology was written for students who have taken at least one introductory course in geology or physical geography. Appropriate intermediate level courses in geomorphology, process geomorphology, or landforms, offered in geoscience, geography, or environmental science departments.A systematic analysis of landforms of the late Cenzoic Era that ... see all copies from £2.96! new only from £107.23!
4	The Quaternary Period in the United States more books like this by Alan Gillespie (Editor), Stephen C Porter (Editor), Brian F Atwater (Editor) add to wishlist This book reviews advances in understanding of the past ca. two million years of Earth history - the Quaternary Period - in the United States. It begins with sections on ice and water - as glaciers, permafrost, oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers. Six chapters are devoted to the high-latitude Pleistocene ice sheets, to mountain glaciations of the ... see all copies from £31.13! new only from £31.13!
5	Quaternary Environments more books like this by M A J Williams add to wishlist The second edition of this authoritative introduction to the global environmental fluctuations of the Quaternary period has been thoroughly revised and updated, and now includes two new chapters: one on Quaternary glaciations, its causes and feedback mechanisms, and one on the Milankovitch theory and its implications for Quaternary climatic ... see all copies from £7.98! new only from £65.98!
6	A Practical Guide to the Study of Glacial Sediments more books like this by David J a Evans add to wishlist Sediments are the most valuable form of physical evidence for past Earth surface processes. They have the potential to build up an archive of events and provide a window into the past. Through careful examination of sediments the shifting patterns of surface processes across space and time are revealed, allowing us to reconstruct past environments ... see all copies from £34.52! new only from £34.52!
7	A more books like this by Simon K Haslett (Editor) add to wishlist Reconstructing changes in the environment which have occurred over recent geological time is fundamental in placing the modern environment into context and in shaping predictions for the future. Records of past environmental changes can be found in a range of natural archives, such as ice sheets, coral reefs, sedimentary sequences and fossils, all ... see all copies from £19.71! new only from £35.45! \| first editions
8	The Ice Age History of Alaskan National Parks more books like this by Professor Scott A Elias add to wishlist see all copies from £5.60! new only from £5.60!
9	Morphological Change in Quaternary Mammals of North America more books like this by Robert A Martin (Editor), Anthony D Barnosky (Editor) add to wishlist This book examines case studies of North American Quaternary mammalian evolution within the larger domain of modern evolutionary theory. The book presents previously unpublished studies of a variety of taxa (xenarthrans, rodents, carnivores, ungulates) examined over several temporal scales, from a few thousand years during the Holocene to millions ... see all copies from £39.79! new only from £43.21!
10	Ice Age History of Southwestern National Parks more books like this by Professor Scott A Elias add to wishlist Recreating the past landscape and life forms of the Southwest, this guidebook examines a pivotal period in the ecological history of five southwestern national parks -- Canyonlands, Grand Canyon, Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, and Big Bend -- recounting as well the coming of humans to the region and the ascendance of the ecosystems we see today. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £7.21! \| first editions
11 view cover	Late Quaternary Environmental Change: Physical and Human Perspectives more books like this by Martin Bell, Michael Walker add to wishlist Focuses on both natural and anthropogenically-induced changes that have occurred in the landscape of the temperate zone during the closing stages of the last glacial and over the course of the present interglacial. Beginning with a study for evidence for environmental change, it is followed by a discussion of the patterns and causes of both long ... see all copies from £11.17! new only from £34.24! \| first editions
12 view cover	Evolution and Ecology more books like this by K D Bennett, H J B Birks (Editor), J A Wiens (Editor) add to wishlist The mechanisms of macroevolutionary change have long been a contentious issue. Palaeoecological evidence, presented in this book, shows that evolutionary processes visible in ecological time do not build up into macroevolutionary trends, contrary to Darwin's original thesis. The author discusses how climatic oscillations on ice-age time-scales are ... see all copies from £6.72! new only from £28.18! \| first editions
13 view cover	Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary more books like this by Raymond S Bradley, James Holton, Renata Dmowska add to wishlist Raymond S. Bradley provides his readers with a comprehensive and up-to-date review of all of the important methods used in paleoclimatic reconstruction, dating and paleoclimate modeling. Two comprehensive chapters on dating methods provide the foundation for all paleoclimatic studies and are followed by up-to-date coverage of ice core research, ... see all copies from £41.44! new only from £57.94! \| first editions
14 view cover	Coastal Evolution: Late Quaternary Shoreline Morphodynamics more books like this by R. W. Carter (Editor), C. D. Woodroffe (Editor) add to wishlist The shoreline is a rapidly changing interface between the land and the sea, where much of the world's population lives. Coasts are under threat from a variety of natural and anthropogenic impacts, such as climate or sea-level change. This book assesses how coastlines change, and how they have evolved over the last few thousand years. It introduces ... see all copies from £12.81! new only from £52.80!
15	Quaternary Paleoclimatology: Methods of Paleoclimatic Reconstruction more books like this by Raymond S Bradley add to wishlist see all copies from £8.72! new only from £36.09! \| first editions
16 view cover	Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History of Palaeolithic Archaeology and Quaternary Geology in Britain, 1860-1960 more books like this by Anne O'Connor add to wishlist Finding Time for the Old Stone Age explores a century of colourful debate over the age of our earliest ancestors. In the mid nineteenth century curious stone implements were found alongside the bones of extinct animals. Humans were evidently more ancient than had been supposed - but just how old were they? There were several clocks for Stone-Age ... see all copies from £19.91! new only from £30.48! \| first editions
17 view cover	Evolution and Environment in Tropical America more books like this by Jeremy B Jackson (Editor), Ann F Budd (Editor), Mr. Anthony G Coates (Editor) add to wishlist How were the tropical Americas formed? This volume draws on extensive, multidisciplinary research in its attempt to develop new views of the geological formation of the isthmus linking North and South America, and of the major environmental changes that reshaped the Neotropics to create its present-day marine and terrestrial ecosystems. The 24 ... see all copies from £19.39! new only from £28.64!
18 view cover	Global Environments Through the Quaternary: Exploring Environmental Change more books like this by David E Anderson, Andrew S Goudie, Adrian G Parker add to wishlist We are in the grip of global warming, so we are told: sea levels are rising; glaciers are melting; meteorological events are becoming more extreme. But to what extent are these differences a deviation from the norm or merely part of an ongoing cycle of change? How can they be put into perspective? Global Environments through the Quaternary delves ... see all copies from £28.42! new only from £28.42!
19 view cover	The South Aegean Active Volcanic ARC: Present Knowledge and Future Perspectives more books like this by M Fytikas (Editor), G Vougioukalakis (Editor) add to wishlist This book is a collection of 22 selected papers from the homonymous Conference held in September 2003 Milos, Greece. The aim of the conference was to serve as a forum for the presentation and constructive discussion of the state-of-the-art and emerging issues on the South Aegean Volcanic Arc. In the first part of the book the tectonic- geodynamic ... see all copies from £49.77! new only from £49.77!
20 view cover	Ice Age Earth: Late Quaternary Geology and Climate more books like this by A G Dawson add to wishlist The reconstruction of past climatic change is dependent upon the application of reliable dating techniques and an understanding of the context of these methods. The study of Quarternary palaeoenvironments must draw from a range of disciplines. In an areas of increasing interest and specialisation, Ice Age Earth combines a summary of research and ... see all copies from £23.65! new only from £35.03!
21	The Seaward Margin of the Belize Barrier and Atoll Reefs: Special Publication 3 of the IAS more books like this by Noel P James (Editor), Rn Ginsburg (Editor), Np James (Editor) add to wishlist This IAS Special Publication contains reports on various research projects carried out in the belize region. The results provide an example of dposition see all copies from £7.27! new only from £26.38! \| first editions
22 view cover	Tephra Studies more books like this by R S J Sparks (Editor), St Self (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £114.67! new only from £114.67!
23	Quaternary Quadratic Forms: Computer Generated Tables more books like this by Gordon L Nipp add to wishlist see all copies from £9.37! new only from £60.38!
24 view cover	Plio-Quaternary Volcanism in Italy: Petrology, Geochemistry, Geodynamics more books like this by Angelo Peccerillo add to wishlist Central-Southern Italy and the Tyrrhenian Sea are the sites of extensive Plio-Quaternary magmatic activity. The rock compositions include crustal anatectic granites and rhyolites, tholeiitic, calc-alkaline, shoshonitic volcanics, and potassic to ultrapotassic and Na-alkaline volcanics. This very wide compositional variation makes Italian magmatism ... see all copies from £82.91! new only from £82.91! \| first editions
25 view cover	Osteology for the Archaeologist: American Mastadon and the Woolly Mammoth; North American Birds: Skulls and Mandibles; North American Birds: Postcranial Skeletons more books like this by Stanley John Olsen add to wishlist This comparative analysis aids the fieldworker in identifying fossil proboscidean bones from early man sites. It also describes the skulls, mandibles, and posteranial skeletons of forty families of birds frequently found in archaeological excavations in the United States. see all copies from £26.77! new only from £26.77!

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