Ice Ages and Interglacials: Measurements, Interpretation, and Models

by Donald Rapp

Book Overview

The second edition of this book has been completely updated. It studies the history and gives an analysis of extreme climate change on Earth. In order to provide a long-term perspective, the first chapter briefly reviews some of the wild gyrations that occurred in the Earth's climate hundreds of millions of years ago: snowball Earth and hothouse Earth. Coming closer to modern times, the effects of continental drift, particularly the closing of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642300286
• ISBN13: 9783642300288
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.6"