Editorial Reviews
Review
Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers.
CHOICE, 2005
should be considered as a valuable treasure. Authors, editors and the publisher should be proud of it.
Journal of Sedimentary Research, 2005
M.R. Bennett
the three volumes are fantastic with a wealth of information and the editors need due acknowledgement for bringing this monomental task to such a fine conclusion.
Boreas, 2005
Book Description
This book is the first of three volumes in which the recent knowledge of the extent and chronology of Quaternary glaciations has been compiled on a global scale. This information is seen as a fundamental requirement, not only for the glacial workers, but for the wider user-community of general Quaternary workers. In particular the need for accurate ice-front positions is a basic requirement for the rapidly growing field of palaeoclimate modelling. In order to provide the information for the widest-possible range of users in the most accessible form, a series of digital maps was prepared.
The glacial limits were mapped in ArcView, the Geographical Information System (GIS) used by the work group. Included with the publication is a CD with digital maps, showing glacial limits, end moraines, ice-dammed lakes, glacier-induced drainage diversions and the locations of key sections through which the glacial limits are defined and dated. For major parts of Europe also the extent of the maximum Eemian transgression has been indicated. The digital maps in this volume cover all of Europe and parts of northwestern Siberia.
Both overview maps and more detailed maps at a scale 1: 1,000,000 are provided.
Also available:
Part II: North America, ISBN 0-444-51592-5
Part III: South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, ISBN 0-444-51593-3
Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology, Volume 2: Part I: Europe (Developments in Quaternary Sciences),J. Ehlers,P.L. Gibbard,Elsevier Science,0444514627,Earth Sciences - General,Earth Sciences - Geology,Geophysics,Science,Science/Mathematics,Glaciology,Historical geology,Science / Geology
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