The Vegetation of Antarctica Through Geological Time - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Vegetation of Antarctica Through Geological Time write by David J. Cantrill. This book was released on 2012-11-22. The Vegetation of Antarctica Through Geological Time available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Looks at the fossil plant history of Antarctica and its relationship to the global record of environmental and climate change.
The Vegetation of Antarctica through Geological Time
The Vegetation of Antarctica through Geological Time - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Vegetation of Antarctica through Geological Time write by David J. Cantrill. This book was released on 2012-11-22. The Vegetation of Antarctica through Geological Time available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The fossil history of plant life in Antarctica is central to our understanding of the evolution of vegetation through geological time and also plays a key role in reconstructing past configurations of the continents and associated climatic conditions. This book provides the only detailed overview of the development of Antarctic vegetation from the Devonian period to the present day, presenting Earth scientists with valuable insights into the break up of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana. Details of specific floras and ecosystems are provided within the context of changing geological, geographical and environmental conditions, alongside comparisons with contemporaneous and modern ecosystems. The authors demonstrate how palaeobotany contributes to our understanding of the paleoenvironmental changes in the southern hemisphere during this period of Earth history. The book is a complete and up-to-date reference for researchers and students in Antarctic paleobotany and terrestrial paleoecology.
Antarctic Climate Evolution
Antarctic Climate Evolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Antarctic Climate Evolution write by Fabio Florindo. This book was released on 2008-10-10. Antarctic Climate Evolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Antarctic Climate Evolution is the first book dedicated to furthering knowledge on the evolution of the world's largest ice sheet over its ~34 million year history. This volume provides the latest information on subjects ranging from terrestrial and marine geology to sedimentology and glacier geophysics. - An overview of Antarctic climate change, analyzing historical, present-day and future developments - Contributions from leading experts and scholars from around the world - Informs and updates climate change scientists and experts in related areas of study
The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit
The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit write by Jan Zalasiewicz. This book was released on 2019-03-07. The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reviews the evidence underpinning the Anthropocene as a geological epoch written by the Anthropocene Working Group investigating it. The book discusses ongoing changes to the Earth system within the context of deep geological time, allowing a comparison between the global transition taking place today with major transitions in Earth history.
A Memory of Ice
A Memory of Ice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Memory of Ice write by Elizabeth Truswell. This book was released on 2019-08-01. A Memory of Ice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the southern summer of 1972/73, the Glomar Challenger was the first vessel of the international Deep Sea Drilling Project to venture into the seas surrounding Antarctica, confronting severe weather and ever-present icebergs. A Memory of Ice presents the science and the excitement of that voyage in a manner readable for non-scientists. Woven into the modern story is the history of early explorers, scientists and navigators who had gone before into the Southern Ocean. The departure of the Glomar Challenger from Fremantle took place 100 years after the HMS Challenger weighed anchor from Portsmouth, England, at the start of its four-year voyage, sampling and dredging the world’s oceans. Sailing south, the Glomar Challenger crossed the path of James Cook’s HMS Resolution, then on its circumnavigation of Antarctica in search of the Great South Land. Encounters with Lieutenant Charles Wilkes of the US Exploring Expedition and Douglas Mawson of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition followed. In the Ross Sea, the voyages of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror under James Clark Ross, with the young Joseph Hooker as botanist, were ever present. The story of the Glomar Challenger’s iconic voyage is largely told through the diaries of the author, then a young scientist experiencing science at sea for the first time. It weaves together the physical history of Antarctica with how we have come to our current knowledge of the polar continent. This is an attractive, lavishly illustrated and curiosity-satisfying read for the general public as well as for scholars of science.
