Late Quaternary Environmental Change In African Drylands
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Late Quaternary Environmental Change In African Drylands
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Author : David Thomas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Late Quaternary Environmental Change In African Drylands written by David Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Africa categories.
Quaternary Environmental Change In Southern Africa
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Author : Jasper Knight
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-06-23
Quaternary Environmental Change In Southern Africa written by Jasper Knight and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-23 with Science categories.
This book provides a benchmark study of southern African landscape evolution during the Quaternary, for researchers, professionals and policymakers.
Late Quaternary Environmental Change
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Author : Martin Bell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-10
Late Quaternary Environmental Change written by Martin Bell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-10 with Science categories.
Late Quaternary Environmental Change addresses the interaction between human agency and other environmental factors in the landscapes, particularly of the temperate zone. Taking an ecological approach, the authors cover the last 20,000 years during which the climate has shifted from arctic severity to the conditions of the present interglacial environment.
Late Quaternary Environmental Change
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Author : Martin Bell
language : en
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date : 1992
Late Quaternary Environmental Change written by Martin Bell and has been published by Prentice Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Human ecology categories.
Adopting an ecological approach to archaeology this book discusses the relationships between people and environments against a backdrop of climate change.
Late Quaternary Climate Change And Human Adaptation In Arid China
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Author : D.B. Madsen
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2011-09-22
Late Quaternary Climate Change And Human Adaptation In Arid China written by D.B. Madsen and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-22 with Science categories.
Due to political pressures, prior to the 1990s little was known about the nature of human foraging adaptations in the deserts, grasslands, and mountains of north western China during the last glacial period. Even less was known about the transition to agriculture that followed. Now open to foreign visitation, there is now an increasing understanding of the foraging strategies which led both to the development of millet agriculture and to the utilization of the extreme environments of the Tibetan Plateau. This text explores the transition from the foraging societies of the Late Paleolithic to the emergence of settled farming societies and the emergent pastoralism of the middle Neolithic striving to help answer the diverse and numerous questions of this critical transitional period. * Examines the transition from foraging societies of the Late Paleolithic to the emergence of settled farming societies and the emergent pastoralism of the middle Neolithic * Explores explanatory models for the links between climate change and cultural change that may have influenced the development of millet agriculture * Reviews the relationship between climate change and population expansions and contraditions during the late Quaternary
Landscape Evolution Neotectonics And Quaternary Environmental Change In Southern Cameroon
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Author : Jürgen Runge
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2012-05-30
Landscape Evolution Neotectonics And Quaternary Environmental Change In Southern Cameroon written by Jürgen Runge and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-30 with Nature categories.
Founded in 1966, the internationally recognized and acclaimed Series ‘Palaeoecology of Africa’ publishes interdisciplinary scientific papers on landscape evolution and on former environments of the African continent. Beginning with topics such as changes in climate and vegetation cover, the papers expand horizons and interconnections to various types of environmental dynamics from the Cainozoic up to the present; moreover, the aspect of human influence since the Late Quaternary is related to many of the areas studied. Volume 31 presents four comprehensive papers on long- and short-term processes of landscape evolution (geological history, neotectonics and proxy Quaternary alluvia), as well as a recent regional perspective on environmental problems in Southern Cameroon. The book acts as a showcase for successful North-South cooperation and capacity building for empowering African Universities. It is problem oriented and applied, and illustrates how scientific and interdisciplinary cooperation can work. In the framework of the German Research Foundation’s (DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) funded "Rain Forest Savanna Contact" project (2003-2009) two abbreviated English versions of PhD theses are here published, one by J. Eisenberg on neotectonics and the other by M. Sangen on river sediments in rain forest-savanna transitional zones. Complementary articles are an introduction on geological history, by B. Kankeu et al. and a paper on environmental risks by M. Tchindjang et al., together these complete the results of this joint German-Cameroonian research project. This book will be of interest to all concerned with ecosystems dynamics, tropical forests, savannas and related development problems of Third World countries, especially regional planners, ecologists, botanists, earth scientists and students of the Quaternary (e.g. LGM and Holocene ecosystem dynamics, Global Change). It will be valuable for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates as a reference for new research articles on the topic of long‐term geologic‐tectonic and Quaternary landscape evolution in an up‐to‐now not well explored marginal area of the Western Congo basin.
Southern African Landscapes And Environmental Change
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Author : Peter J. Holmes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-07-04
Southern African Landscapes And Environmental Change written by Peter J. Holmes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-04 with Science categories.
This volume provides a textbook and reference work on the physical and biotic landscapes of Southern Africa. It examines the links between these environments and the ways in which they have been, are and will likely be subject to change. It covers the geomorphology, soils, vegetation and land use across a range of landscapes, including mountains, coasts, savannah, drylands and wetlands, and identifies the impacts of current and potential climate change and other factors on these environments. The geographical focus is on the region defined by Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland. Illustrated throughout in full colour, the book will serve as a reference volume for researchers and environmental professionals internationally, as well as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate-level students of geography, ecology and environmental studies in Southern Africa.
Quaternary Deserts And Climatic Change
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Author : A.S. Alsharhan
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2020-08-26
Quaternary Deserts And Climatic Change written by A.S. Alsharhan and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-26 with Science categories.
These proceedings record the results of climate change in many areas which are hyper-arid deserts today but which, almost cyclically, at intervals of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years, have had a much more humid climate.
Tropical And Sub Tropical West Africa Marine And Continental Changes During The Late Quaternary
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Author : P. Giresse
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2007-11-30
Tropical And Sub Tropical West Africa Marine And Continental Changes During The Late Quaternary written by P. Giresse and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-30 with Science categories.
West Africa and the eastern Atlantic stretching from Mauritania in the north to Namibia in the south offer a large latitudinal stretch incorporating nearly symmetrical climatic gradients from the Equator. On the time scale of Quaternary Glacial and Interglacial cycles, today, we possess well-documented and recently published marine sedimentary records showing changes in oceanic and atmospheric circulations and terrestrial fluxes. Deep-sea sediment records contain a wide range of palaeoenvironmental indicators like oxygen and carbon isotopes, alkenones, foraminiferal and other planktonic assemblages over time periods up to and greater than 125,000 years. These are signals of temperature and circulation shifts and allow Interglacial and Glacial comparisons on a regional and inter-hemispheric scale. However, this effort to synthesize the existing knowledge cannot yet aspire to a global modelling. Linking with terrestrial records, albeit spatially patchy and generally lacking a firm chronology, this book points to shorter time scale chronologies from lakes, marshes and river deposits. Diverse and not very wellknown literature, both French and English, is reported here. Lastly, the book records recent knowledge of the first steps of human occupation of frequently hostile environments and considers the environmental impact of ancient and modern societies. * Covers the recent studies about marine Quaternary environments off West Africa, as well as continental Quaternary environments of tropical and sub-tropical West Africa (over 10,000 to 100,000 years)* Compares the parallel between palae-oenvironmental trends according to latitudinal gradients
Ice Age Earth
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Author : Alastair G. Dawson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-06-17
Ice Age Earth written by Alastair G. Dawson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with Science categories.
Ice Age Earth provides the first detailed review of global environmental change in the Late Quaternary. Significant geological and climatic events are analysed within a review of glacial and periglacial history. The melting history of the last ice sheets reveals that complex, dynamic and catastrophic change occurred, change which affected the circulation of the atmosphere and oceans and the stability of the Earth's crust.