
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
Cary Mock(Editor)
Elsevier (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 23. April 2013
Book
3888 pages
978-0-444-53643-3 (ISBN)
Shipment within 10-15 days
Description
The second revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, Four Volume Set, provides both students and professionals with an up-to-date reference work on this important and highly varied area of research. There are lots of new articles, and many of the articles that appeared in the first edition have been updated to reflect advances in knowledge since 2006, when the original articles were written. The second edition will contain about 375 articles, written by leading experts around the world. This major reference work is richly illustrated with more than 3,000 illustrations, most of them in colour.
Reviews / Votes
Preaise for the previous edition:"This is a monumental work of paramount importance for modern earth science. ...Probably the most significant single overview of Quaternary science ever. ...The book bears an imprint of unhurried thoroughness in editing...makes reading chapter-by-chapter a pleasure. ...Colour...and resolution of figures...are superb. This book... will undoubtedly be appreciated by the research community and is here to stay as frontrunner for many years to come. Congratulations to...all who decide to put it on their shelves." --BOREAS - An International Journal of Quaternary ResearchMore details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
(Under)/(post) graduates working in any aspect of Quaternary sciences, researchers and academic faculty in this area, also government employees.
Illustrations
Approx. 3000 illustrations (3000 in full color)
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-444-53643-3 (9780444536433)
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Book
10/2024
3rd Edition
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Additional editions

Scott Elias | Cary Mock
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
E-Book
05/2014
2nd Edition
Elsevier
€1,665.00
Available for download
Previous edition

Book
11/2006
Elsevier
€2,129.33
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Persons
Scott A. Elias grew up in Colorado, USA, and received both an undergraduate degree and Ph.D. in Environmental Biology from the University of Colorado. He went on to do postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and the University of Berne, Switzerland. Scott returned to the University of Colorado in 1982 and became a research associate of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. In 2000 he took a lectureship in Physical Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, and became a Professor of Quaternary Science in 2007. He has served as editor-in-chief of three editions of the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, and co-editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Geology and the Cryosphere Comprehensive.
Content
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