Quaternary environmental change in the tropics /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Metcalfe, S. E. (Sarah E.), Nash, David J.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2012.
• Σειρά: Blackwell quaternary geoscience series.
• Θέματα: From 2 million years ago; Paleoclimatology > Tropics.; Paleoclimatology > Quaternary.; Tropics > Climate.; NATURE > Weather.; SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.; Climatology.; Paleoclimatology.; Quaternary Geologic Period.; Tropics.; Electronic books.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 online resource.
• Βιβλιογραφία: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781118336175; 1118336178; 9781118336168; 111833616X; 9781118336328; 1118336321; 9781118336311; 1118336313; 9781405182966; 1405182962
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118336311

The global climate changes that led to the expansion and contraction of high latitude ice sheets during the Quaternary period were associated with equally dramatic changes in tropical environments. These included shifts in vegetation zones, changes in the hydrology and ecology of lakes and rivers, and fluctuations in the size of mountain glaciers and sandy deserts. Until recently it was thought that such changes were triggered by fluctuations in the distribution of polar ice cover. Now there is increasing recognition that the tropics themselves have acted as drivers of global climate change ov.