Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, Third Edition, Six Volume Set brings together the multidisciplinary expertise needed to understand the history of humans, life, environmental, and climate change to understand what we may expect over the coming decades. Since publication of the previous edition, our understanding of many topics has been revolutionized by new discoveries and new techniques. The development of ancient DNA studies, for example, has revolutionized our thinking about the origins, dispersal, and population dynamics of our ancestors. Every new aDNA analysis from ancient human remains causes the story to become more complex.
We are the sole survivors of the genus Homo, yet we harbor genetic fragments from other closely related but long-extinct lineages. The Quaternary is uniquely situated as a laboratory in which to study the shaping of the modern world, including biotic responses to large-scale environmental change. This new edition of this book is the most comprehensive account of state-of-the-art research in this field.
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Table of Contents
Historical Overview
Quaternary Climate Change
Dating Quaternary Events
Trapped Electron Dating Methods
Paleomagnetic dating
Chemical Dating Methods
Biological Dating Methods
Sediment Dating Methods
Glacial Landforms
History of Quaternary Glaciations
Paleosols and Wind-Blown Sediments
Lake Level Studies
Quaternary Paleobotany (Palynology)
Plant Macrofossils
Diatoms
Quaternary Vertebrate Records
Insect fossils
Paleoceanography
Ice Core Records
Humans in the Quaternary
Proglacial Lakes and Megafloods
Use of Quaternary Proxies in Forensic Science
Tree-ring Studies