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Late-Quaternary environments of the United States
Published
1983
by University of Minnesota Press in Minneapolis
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Edition Notes
| Other titles | The Holocene. |
| Statement | H.E. Wright, editor. Vol.2, The Holocene / H.E. Wright, editor. |
| Contributions | Wright, H. E. 1917- |
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|---|---|
| Open Library | OL14537337M |
For agricultural purposes in the United States, Thornthwaite () classified seasonality on the basis of monthly rainfall and temperature, evapotranspiration, and the resulting soil moisture. In order to assign degrees of seasonality, climate regimes as used herein are modified from Thornthwaite () and are based on the number of wet. Book review Full text access Late-quaternary environments of the United States. vol. 1: The late pleistocene: Edited by Stephen C. Porter. Vol. 2: The Holocene, Edited by H. E. Wright, Jr. and pp. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. $4500 each volume. ISBN 0 8 (set), Vol. 1 0 6, Vol. 2 0 8.
Ice Sheets and Late Quaternary Environmental Change provides a detailed account of the temporal and spatial distribution of ice sheets during the last ice age, and how these ice masses interacted with the environment. This is the first book in 20 years to detail the sizes of ice sheets during the last glaciation and the first to discuss their role in past climate change. Ruhe, R.V., , Depositional environment of late Wisconsin loess in the Midcontinental United States; in, Late-Quaternary Environments of the United States, Volume 1. The Late Pleistocene, S.C. Porter, ed.: University of Minnesota Press, p. Quaternary Environments of Kansas, W.C. Johnson, ed.: Kansas Geological Guide Book Series.
At its maximum extent, the Cordilleran Ice Sheet and its satellite glaciers covered almost all of British Columbia, southern Yukon Territory, and southern Alaska, and extended south into the northwestern conterminous United States (Figure C69 and C70). The ice sheet, to a considerable extent, was confined between the high mountain ranges. Late Quaternary Environments of the United States: The Late Pleistocene Herbert Edgar Wright, Stephen C. Porter Limited preview - Trees of Georgia and Adjacent States.
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--The Cordilleran Ice Sheet in Alaska / Thomas D. Hamilton and Robert M. Thorson --The Cordilleran Ice Sheet in Washington, Idaho, and Montana / Richard B. Waitt, Jr., and Robert M. Thorson --Late Wisconsin mountain glaciation in the western United States / Stephen C.
Porter, Kenneth L. Pierce, and Thomas D. Hamilton --Nonglacial environments. The volume on the late Quaternary in the Soviet Union will also be published by the University of Minnesota Press.
Volume 1 of Late-Quaternary Environments of the United States covers the Late Pleistocene, the interval betw years ago -- a time of extreme environmental stress as the world passed from full-glacial conditions.
Late-Quaternary environments of the United States / Vol. 2, The Holocene / H E Wright, ed. Author: H E Wright Publisher: London: Longman Edition/Format: Book: English View all editions and formats Publication: Late-Quaternary environments of the United States Rating: (not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.
Find a copy in the library. The volume on the late Quaternary in the Soviet Union was also by published by the University of Minnesota 1 of Late-Quaternary Environments of the United States covers the Late Pleistocene, the interval betw years ago - a time of extreme environmental stress as the world passed from full-glacial conditions of Cited by: ISBN: OCLC Number: Description: 2 volumes: illustrations, maps ; 29 cm: Contents: v.
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All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Book Description: Late Quaternary Environments of the Soviet Union was first published in In the late s American and Russian scientists met twice in conferences on Quaternary paleoclimates sponsored by the U.S.-U.S.S.R.
Bilateral Agreement on the Environment. Vegetation of the Midwest,” in H. Wright, Jr., ed.,Late Quaternary Environments of the United States, Volume 2: The Holocene(Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, ), pp.
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For now, avoid. Cite this Record. Holocene Paleolimnology. In: Late Quaternary Environments of the United States. Brugam.
(tDAR id: ). Cite this Record. Late-Quaternary Environments of the United States, Vol. Herbert E. Wright, Jr. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
(tDAR id: )Cited by: 4. The late Quaternary was a time of substantial environmental change, with the p years exhibiting global changes in climate, atmospheric composition, and terrestrial floral and faunal. Vegetational history of the northwestern United States including Alaska. In H.
Wright Jr. and S. Porter [eds.], Late Quaternary environments of File Size: KB. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Late Quaternary Environments & Deep History: Tribute to Paul Martin 12 papers at the best online prices at. Quaternary research in the United States Quaternary research in the United States HYVÄRINEN, HANNU Book reviewed in this article: Wright.
E., Jr. (ed.) Late‐Quaternary Environments of the United States. Vol. 1 The Late Pleistocene, edited by Stephen C. Porter. The ocean around North America at the last glacial maximum.
In: S. C. Porter (Editor), Late-Quaternary Environments of the United States, 1, The Late Pleistocene. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, pp. Johnson, D. L., The late Quaternary climate of coastal California: evidence for an ice age by: Similar signs of an ice sheet are found in northern Europe and northwest Asia.
This ice sheet is called the Scandinavian ice sheet. The exact boundaries of this ice sheet in northwest Russia and the shallow ocean north of Norway are still debated.3 Just like in the United States, many of the large mountains of Europe, such as the Alps, Caucasus, and Pyrenees were Author: Michael J.
Oard.Synopsis 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 l years during which the climate has shifted from /5(7).
