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Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology
The book presents an up-to-date, detailed overview of the Quaternary glaciations all over the world, not only with regard to stratigraphy but also with regard to major glacial landforms and the extent of the respective ice sheets. The locations of key sites are included. The information is presented in digital, uniformly prepared maps which can be used in a Geographical Information System (GIS) such as ArcView or ArcGIS. The accompanying text supplies the information on how the data were obtained (geomorphology, geological mapping, air photograph evaluation, satellite imagery), how the features were dated (14C, TL, relative stratigraphy) and how reliable they are supposed to be. All referenc...
Making the Most of the Anthropocene
Humans have changed the Earth so profoundly that we’ve ushered in the first new geologic period since the ice ages. So, what are we going to do about it? Ever since Nobel Prize–winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen coined the term "Anthropocene" to describe our current era—one in which human impact on the environment has pushed Earth into an entirely new geological epoch—arguments for and against the new designation have been raging. Finally, an official working group of scientists was created to determine once and for all whether we humans have tossed one too many plastic bottles out the car window and wrought a change so profound as to be on par with the end of the last ice age....
Glacial Deposits in Northeast Europe
Until now no overview of the Quaternary deposits of northeastern Europe has been available. This book fills the gap. It presents the state of research on Quaternary stratigraphy and geology, with emphasis on glacial deposits, discusses the general scientific ideas and gives an overview of the methods of investigation, some of which have rarely been applied elsewhere. It has become apparent that the region covered has many environmental problems, and a proper understanding of the Quaternary deposits is a basic requirement for dealing with them. The same is true for civil engineering. In the formerly glaciated areas almost all construction sites for roads and houses will encounter glacial depo...
Das untere Saaletal
Im Norden, wo die Saale die Industrie- und Stadtlandschaften bei Merseburg und Halle verlässt, offenbart sie sich als ein wahres Juwel. Zwischen Halle und Bernburg durchschneidet das Saaletal die Hochflächen des Mansfelder Landes, die Halle-Hettstedter Gebirgsbrücke und die Ausläufer des Nordöstlichen Harzvorlandes. Der hier seit 2005 bestehende Naturpark "Unteres Saaletal" bietet auf Rad- und Wanderwegen entlang des Flusses viel Interessantes zu entdecken und zu erleben. Der landeskundliche Überblick stellt eine charakteristische und abwechslungsreiche Kulturlandschaft mit über 8.000 Jahre alten Wurzeln vor, die mit ihrer bewegten Geologie, ihren mannigfaltigen Naturschönheiten, ihren stimmungsvollen Landschaftsbildern und mit interessanten Zeugnissen aus Geschichte, Bergbau und Landwirtschaft die Vielfalt, Ursprünglichkeit und Schutzbedürftigkeit dieser Region im Herzen Mitteldeutschlands verständlich und nachvollziehbar machen.
The Ice Age
Nothing new from the Ice Age? Far from it! Barely ten years have passed since the first edition of this book was published, but in that time researchers around the world have developed new methods and published their findings in scientific journals. Consequently, ideas about the course of the Ice Age have changed dramatically. The sequence of the individual ice advances, the direction of ice movement and the direction of meltwater drainage are only partially known, but they can be reconstructed. This book offers in-depth information about the state of the investigations. Ice ages are the periods of the earth's history in which at least one polar region is glaciated or covered by sea ice. Thu...
