R. G. West

Plant Life of the Quaternary Cold Stages

Evidence from the British Isles

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides an interpretation of past environments through the analysis of the plant fossil record.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780521188920
• ISBN-10: 052118892X
• Artikelnr.: 32734640

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Geological setting
3. Sedimentary environments and taphonomy
4. The data tables
5. The sites
6. Identification of the flora
7. The flora
8. Representation of taxa in the fossil record
9. Biological aspects of the cold stage flora
10. Habitats of the cold stages
11. The present distribution of taxa found fossil
12. The vegetation: types and their flora
13. Evidence of climate
14. A wider view of cold stage biota
15. Origin and fate of the cold stage stadial flora
16. A final word
References
Appendix - works consulted in the identification of macroscopic remains.