Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology
Part II: North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 2 - July 15, 2004
- Authors: J. Ehlers, P.L. Gibbard
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 4 2 9 7 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 4 0 7 - 6
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… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis 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
- No. of pages: 450
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 2
- Published: July 15, 2004
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- Paperback ISBN: 9780444542977
- eBook ISBN: 9780080474076
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J. Ehlers
Affiliations and expertise
Geologisches Landesamt, Hamburg, GermanyPG
P.L. Gibbard
Affiliations and expertise
University of Cambridge, UKRead Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology on ScienceDirect