Global climates since the last glacial maximum / H.E. Wright, Jr. ... [et al.], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wright, H. E. (Herbert Edgar), 1917-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Paleoclimatology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (578 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Summarizes much of the geologic, paleoecologic, and oceanographic evidence for global environmental and climactic changes during the last 18,000 years.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Conceptual Basis for Understanding Late-Quaternary Climates; 3. Model Description, External Forcing, and Surface Boundary Conditions; 4. Simulated Climatic Changes: Results of the COHMAP Climate-Model Experiments; 5. The North and Equatorial Atlantic at 9000 and 6000 yr B.P.; 6. Holocene Temperature Patterns in the South Atlantic, Southern, and Pacific Oceans; 7. Holocene Vegetation and Climates of Europe; 8. Vegetational and Climatic History of the Western Former Soviet Union

9. Vegetational, Lake-Level, and Climatic History of the Near East and Southwest Asia10. The Late-Quaternary Vegetation and Climate of China; 11. Climates of Australia and New Guinea since 18,000 yr B.P.; 12. Paleovegetation Studies of New Zealand's Climate since the Last Glacial Maximum; 13. Holocene Vegetation, Lake Levels, and Climate of Africa; 14. Climatic History of Central and South America since 18,000 yr B.P.: Comparison of Pollen Records and Model Simulations; 15. Holocene Vegetation and Climate Histories of Alaska

16. Vegetation, Lake Levels, and Climate in Western Canada during the Holocene17. Vegetation, Lake Levels, and Climate in Eastern North America for the Past 18,000 Years; 18. Climatic Changes in the Western United States since 18,000 yr B.P.; 19. Climatic Changes during the Past 18,000 Years: Regional Syntheses, Mechanisms, and Causes; 20. Epilogue; Notes on Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816684625

0816684626

OCLC:

476093450