Paleoclimatology

by Thomas J. Crowley and Gerald R. North

Book Overview

Paleoclimatology is a review of the history of the Earth's climate from the time of its formation four-and-a-half billion years ago to the present. The field, according to John Imbrie, a leading paleontologist at Brown University, is "ripe for synthesis," with broad implications in geology, geophysics, geochemistry, oceanography, and the atmospheric sciences. This book addresses several topics rarely discussed in paleoclimate summaries, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195105338
• ISBN13: 9780195105339
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.0"