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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Summerhayes, Colin P., 1942- Palaeoclimatology Hoboken : Wiley, 2020. (DLC) 2020008858 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
C P Summerhayes |
| ISBN: | 9781119591382 1119591384 |
| OCLC Number: | 1145913723 |
| Description: | xiv, 543 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: 1.1. What Is Palaeoclimatology? -- 1.2. What Can Palaeoclimatology Tell Us About Future Climate Change? -- 1.3. Using Numerical Models to Aid Understanding -- 1.4. The Structure of This Book -- 1.5. Why Is This History Not More Widely Known? -- References -- 2.1. The Founding Fathers -- 2.2. Charles Lyell, 'Father of Palaeoclimatology' -- 2.3. Agassiz Discovers the Ice Age -- 2.4. Lyell Defends Icebergs -- References -- 3.1. The Astronomical Theory of Climate Change -- 3.2. James Croll Develops the Theory -- 3.3. Lyell Responds -- 3.4. Croll Defends His Position -- 3.5. Even More Ancient Ice Ages -- 3.6. Not Everyone Agrees -- References -- 4.1. De Saussure's Hot Box -- 4.2. William Herschel's Accidental Discovery -- 4.3. Discovering Carbon Dioxide -- 4.4. Fourier, the 'Newton of Heat' Discovers the 'Greenhouse Effect' -- 4.5. Tyndall Shows How the 'Greenhouse Effect' Works -- 4.6. Arrhenius Calculates How CO2 Affects Air Temperature -- 4.7. Chamberlin's Theory of Gases and Ice Ages -- References -- 5.1. The Continents Drift -- 5.2. The Sea Floor Spreads -- 5.3. The Dating Game -- 5.4. Base Maps for Palaeoclimatology -- 5.5. The Evolution of the Modern World -- References -- 6.1. Climate Indicators -- 6.2. Palaeoclimatologists Get to Work -- 6.3. Refining Palaeolatitudes -- 6.4. Oxygen Isotopes to the Rescue -- 6.5. Cycles and Astronomy -- 6.6. Pangaean Palaeoclimates (Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic) -- 6.7. Post-Break Up Palaeoclimates (Jurassic, Cretaceous) -- 6.8. Numerical Models Make Their Appearance -- 6.9. From Wegener to Barron -- References -- 7.1. Climate Clues from the Deep Ocean -- 7.2. Palaeoceanography -- 7.3. The World's Freezer -- 7.4. The Drill Bit Turns -- 7.5. Global Cooling -- 7.6. Arctic Glaciation -- References -- 8.1. CO2 in the Atmosphere and Ocean (1930-1955) -- 8.2. CO2 in the Atmosphere and Ocean (1955-1979) -- 8.3. CO2 in the Atmosphere and Ocean (1979-1983) -- 8.4. Biogeochemistry: The Merging of Physics and Biology -- 8.5. The Carbon Cycle -- 8.6. Ocean Carbon -- 8.7. A Growing International Emphasis -- 8.8. Reflection on Developments -- References -- 9.1. CO2 -- The Palaeoclimate Perspective -- 9.2. Modelling CO2 Back Through Time -- 9.3. The Critics Gather -- 9.4. Fossil CO2 -- 9.5. Measuring CO2 Back Through Time -- 9.6. CO2, Temperature, Solar Luminosity, and the Ordovician Glaciation -- 9.7. Some Summary Remarks -- References -- 10.1. Climate Cycles and Tectonic Forces -- 10.2. Ocean Chemistry -- 10.3. Black Shales -- 10.4. Sea Level -- 10.5. Biogeochemical Cycles, Gaia and Cybertectonic Earth -- 10.6. Meteorite Impacts -- 10.7. Massive Volcanic Eruptions and Biological Extinctions -- 10.8. An Outrageous Hypothesis: Snowball Earth -- References -- 11.1. CO2 and General Circulation Models -- 11.2. Climate Sensitivity -- 11.3. CO2 and Climate in the Early Cenozoic -- 11.4. The First Great Ice Sheet -- 11.5. Hyperthermal Events -- 11.6. Case History -- The Palaeocene -- Eocene Boundary -- 11.7. Case History -- The Mid -- Miocene Climatic Optimum -- 11.8. Case History -- The Pliocene -- References -- 12.1. Astronomical Drivers -- 12.2. An Ice Age Climate Signal Emerges from the Deep Ocean -- 12.3. Flip-Flops in the Conveyor -- 12.4. Ice Age CO2 Signal Hidden on Deep Sea Floor -- 12.5. A Surprise Millennial Signal Emerges -- 12.6. Ice Age Productivity -- 12.7. Observations on Deglaciation and Past Interglacials -- 12.8. Sea Level -- 12.9. Natural Climatic Envelopes -- References -- 13.1. The Great Ice Sheets -- 13.2. The Greenland Story -- 13.3. Antarctic Ice -- 13.4. Seesaws -- 13.5. CO2 in the Ice Age Atmosphere -- 13.6. The Ultimate Climate Flicker -- The Younger Dryas Event -- 13.7. Problems in the Milankovitch Garden -- 13.8. The Mechanics of Change -- References -- 14.1. Holocene Climate Change -- 14.2. The Role of Greenhouse Gases -- Carbon Dioxide and Methane -- 14.3. Climate Variability -- References -- 15.1. The Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age -- 15.2. Solar Activity and Cosmic Rays -- 15.3. Volcanoes and Climate -- 15.4. Sea Level -- 15.5. The End of the Little Ice Age -- 15.6. The Anthropocene -- References -- 16.1. A Fast Evolving Subject -- 16.2. Natural Envelopes of Climate Change -- Earth's Thermostat -- 16.3. Evolving Knowledge -- 16.4. Where Is Climate Headed? -- 16.5. Some Final Remarks -- 16.6. What Can Be Done? -- References. |
| Responsibility: | Colin P. Summerhayes, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University. |
Abstract:
"Information about the climate of the past is referred to as palaeoclimate data (American spelling drops the second 'a'). It relies on the use of proxies of climate variables to estimate the past behaviour of Earth's ocean-atmosphere-ice system. While proxy measures have their drawbacks, the fact that they mutually support one another provides a measure of confidence in palaeoclimatology"--
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