Past Antarctica: Paleoclimatology and Climate Change

ISBN-13: 9780128179253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 301 str.

Marc Oliva I. Franganillo; Jesus Ruiz Fernandez

Spis treści

Part 1. Reconstructing Past Climate Variability 1. Long-Term Climate Evolution Based on Ice Core Records 2. Inferring the Past Atmospheric Composition from Ice Cores 3. Holocene Environmental Changes Deduced from Antarctic Lake Sediments

Part 2. Geological and Geomorphological Dynamics 4. The role of volcanism in the making of Antarctica 5. Tracing Deglaciation Since the Last Glacial Maximum 6. Glacio-isostatic Uplift and Relative Sea Level Changes 7. Past Geomorphic Processes: The role of Periglacial Processes in Ice-Free Environments 8. Soils of Antarctica: A Key to Past Environments

Part 3. Biological Processes and Human Colonization 9. Past Changes on Fauna and Flora Distribution 10. Refuge of Antarctic Biodiversity 11. Geoecological Response

Part 4. Recent Climate and Environmental Trends 12. Connections with Middle and Low Latitudes 13. Recent Climate Trends 14. Exploring and Exploiting Antarctica: The First Human Interactions 15. Humans in Antarctica: Science and Policy