The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary

The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary
Author: John A. Van Couvering
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2004-12-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0521617022


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This book documents the agreed geological reference point for the Pleistocene boundary, and its worldwide correlation.

Quaternary Stratigraphy of Asia and the Pacific, IGCP 296

Quaternary Stratigraphy of Asia and the Pacific, IGCP 296
Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher: New York : United Nations
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1994
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789211196382


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Comprises a selection of 17 papers presented at the third and fourth regional meetings of Project 296 of the International Geological Correlation Programme, held in Thailand and Viet Nam during 1991 and 1992, respectively. They include (but are not limited to) information on stratigraphic subdivision and climatic changes, the significance of palynology, Pleistocene-Holocene unconformity, radiocarbon and thermoluminiscence dating, and Holocene sea level changes. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Paleoclimate and Evolution, with Emphasis on Human Origins

Paleoclimate and Evolution, with Emphasis on Human Origins
Author: Elisabeth S. Vrba
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 567
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0300063482


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Addressing the relationship between climatic and biotic evolution, this work focuses on how climatic change during the last 15 million years - especially the last three million - has affected human evolution and other evolutionary events.