Call number:
PIK N 421-97-0007
;
AWI G5-11-0009
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
318, A1-A6, 19 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
Original draft September 1992, revised June 1995
Language:
English
Note:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
INDICATORS
INTRODUCTION
ICE VOLUME
Glacial Moraines
Shorelines
Oxygen Isotopes
Summary
TEMPERATURE
Mountaintop Temperatures
Polar Temperatures
Sea Surface Teiμperatures
Continental Temperatures
The Tropical Temperature Dilemma
ARIDITY
Precipitation
Rock Varnish
Dust
ATMOSPHERIC GAS COMPOSITION
Carbon Dioxide
Methane
Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Gases
OCEANIC CHEMISTRY
Trace Metals
Carbon Isotopes
RATE OF DEEP SEA VENTUATION
CO3 Concentration
Paleo pH
Preservation Events
CLOCKS
INTRODUCTION
THE RADIOCARBON CLOCK
ANNUAL CLOCKS
THE URANIUM-THORIUM CLOCK
CLOCKS READING MORE THAN 50,000 YEARS
THE POTASSIUM-ARGON CLOCK
PLANETARY CLOCKS
IN SITU PRODUCTION CLOCKS
SUNDIALS
RECORDS
SETTING THE STAGE: 55 MILLION YEARS OF POLAR COOLING
MILANKOVITCH CYCLES
THE LAST 160,000 YEARS
THE LAST TERMINATION
DANSGAARD-OESCHGER EVENTS
HEINRICH EVENTS
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DANSGAARD-OESCHGER EVENTS AND HEINRICH EVENTS
PHYSICS
INTRODUCTION
WATER VAPOR
THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION
FRESH WATER FLUXES
MODE SWITCH TRIGGERS
EPILOGUE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROBLEMS
APPENDICES
∑CO2 and Alkalinity in the Sea
What Drives Glacial Cycles? (Scientific American)
The Great Ocean Conveyor (Oceanography)
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Location:
AWI Reading room
Branch Library:
PIK Library
Branch Library:
AWI Library
