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The climates of the geological past : reproduction of the original German edition and complete English translation = Die Klimate der geologischen Vorzeit : Faksimile-Nachdruck der deutschen Originalausgabe und komplette englische Neuübersetzung / Wladimir Köppen, Alfred Wegener ; edited by Jörn Thiede, Karin Lochte, Angelika Dummermuth ; translated by Bernard Oelkers ; Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Köppen, Wladimir Peter, 1846-1940, author.
- Wegener, Alfred, 1880-1930, author.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Paleoclimatology.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 657 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Klimate der geologischen Vorzeit : Faksimile-Nachdruck der deutschen Originalausgabe und komplette englische Neuübersetzung
- Place of Publication:
- Stuttgart : Borntraeger, 2015.
- Summary:
- This is the English translation (and German fascimile) of Wladimir Köppen and Alfred Wegener (1924): The Climates of the Geological Past, a landmark text of early paleoclimatological research.
- Contents:
- Preface 2015. Note of the translator. Die klimate der geologischen vorzeit = The climates of the geological past : Einleitung = Contents, table of figures, introduction
- Die fossilen klimazeugen = Fossil climate indicators
- Die klimagürtel im karbon und perm = The climate belts of the carboniferous and permian
- Die klimagürtel im mesozoikum = The climate belts of the Mesozoic
- Die klimagürtel in der tertiärzeit = The climate belts of the tertiary
- Die klimate in den vorkarbonischen zeiten = The climates of the pre-carbonifeorous periods
- Polwege und breitenänderungen in der Erdeschichte = Pole migrations and latitude changes in Earth's history
- Die klimate des quartärs = Climates of the quarternary
- Index. Die klimate der geologischen vorzeit: ergänzungen und berichtigungen = The climates of the geological past: supplements and corrections.
- Notes:
- Originally published in 1924, Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen originally published in 1940.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783443010881
- 3443010881
- OCLC:
- 925441431
- Publisher Number:
- 9783443010881
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