Palaeoclimatology from snowball earth to the anthropocene

"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 dr...

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1. Verfasser: Summerhayes, Colin P. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Hoboken, NJ Wiley-Blackwell 2020
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xiv, 543 Seiten
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28 cm
ISBN:9781119591382
978-1-119-59138-2