Speleothem Science: From Process to Past Environments

by Andy Baker and Ian J. Fairchild

Book Overview

Speleothems (mineral deposits that formed in caves) are currently giving us some of the most exciting insights into environments and climates during the Pleistocene ice ages and the subsequent Holocene rise of civilizations. The book applies system science to Quaternary environments in a new and rigorous way and gives holistic explanations the relations between the properties of speleothems and the climatic and cave setting in which they are found...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405196203
• ISBN13: 9781405196208
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.8"