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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jan Zalasiewicz (Senior Lecturer in Geology, Leicester University) , Mark Williams (Reader in Geology, Leicester University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.50cm Weight: 0.248kg ISBN: 9780199683505ISBN 10: 0199683506 Pages: 324 Publication Date: 26 September 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPrologue A Brief Word on Time 1: Primordial Climate 2: Earth as a Snowball 3: Between Greenhouse and Icehouse 4: The Last Greenhouse World 5: The Ice Returns 6: The Last of the Warmth 7: Into the Icehouse 8: The Glacial World 9: Birth and Death of the Holocene 10: The Anthropocene Begins Notes Further reading ReferencesReviewsVery engaging Michael Gross, Society of Chemical Industry A balanced, well written, mostly comprehensive and well-argued book. Times Higher Education Supplement `Very engaging' Michael Gross, Society of Chemical Industry `A balanced, well written, mostly comprehensive and well-argued book.' Times Higher Education Supplement A balanced, well written, mostly comprehensive and well-argued book. * Times Higher Education Supplement * Very engaging * Michael Gross, Society of Chemical Industry * `Very engaging' Michael Gross, Society of Chemical Industry `A balanced, well written, mostly comprehensive and well-argued book.' Times Higher Education Supplement Author InformationDr Jan Zalasiewicz is Senior Lecturer in Geology at Leicester University. A field geologist, palaeontologist, and stratigrapher, he teaches various aspects of geology and Earth history to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and is a researcher into fossil ecosystems and environments across over half a billion years of geological time. He is the author of The Earth After Us and The Planet in a Pebble, both published by OUP. He has published over a hundred papers in scientific journals. Dr Mark Williams is Reader in Geology at Leicester University and a former scientist with the British Antarctic Survey. He has a strong interest in how the fossil record reflects changes in Earth's climate through time. He teaches many aspects of geology but especially climate change over geological timescales. He has published over a hundred papers in scientific journals. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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