Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction in Arid Lands

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-90-5410-710-1
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 675 g

The 11 chapters provide a wide ranging perspective on some of the problems under investigation and several of the systematic approaches currently in use by those concerned with refining the knowledge of the changing environments in the world's drylands during the latter part of the Quaternary. Dealing with a part of the globe that is highly sensitive to small changes of climate, or other stresses such as human impact, this book brings together a set of excellent reviews that will be of great value to students beginning to understand the subject and to paleoenvironmental scientists actively concerned with finding solutions to problems of the region. Additionally, it will be an invaluable archive of important references covering the subject of arid lands palaeoenvironmental research. This volume achieves the aspirations of the International Geological Correlation Programme.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Derbyshire, E.

Singhvi, A. K.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläoökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Trockengebiete und Wüsten
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläobotanik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläozoologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword 1. Landforms, Geomorphic Processes and Climatic Change in Drylands 2. Remote Sensing for Palaeoenvironmental Studies in Drylands 3. Soil Micromorphology as a Technique for Reconstructing Paleoenvironmental Change 4. Soil and Soil Forming Processes under Increasing Aridity 5. Semi-Arid/ Arid Zone Calcretes: A Review 6. Dunes as Indicators of Climatic Change 7. Arid-Zone Rivers as Indicators of Climate Change 8. Arid Zone Palaeoenvironmental Records from Cave Spelelothems 9. Present Flora as an Indicator of Palaeoclimate: Examples from the Arabian Peninsula 10. Anthracology (Charcoal Analysis) in Investigation of Desert Margin Shifts: A Case study of Southern Sahara 11. Radiocarbon Dating of Arid Zone Deposits.

Über Autor(innen)

Ashok Kumar Singhvi is a Professor in the Earth Science Division at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India. A physicist turned geoscientist, he specializes now in geochronology and paleoclimatology in arid environments. He has authored and edited a book on the Thar Desert, edited five international conference proceedings and has contributed over 90 research publications. Edward Derbyshire is Research Professor in Quaternary Science in the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, England, and Honorary Professor of the Academy of Sciences of Gansu Province, China. He is a holder of the Antarctic Service Medal of the United States, and the back Award of the Royal Geographical Society. He has authored or edited more than 200 scientific articles, including 6 books and several conference volumes.