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Climate Changes in the Holocene: Impacts and Human Adaptation

By Chiotis , Eustathios

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Publisher
Chapman and Hall/CRC
Year
2018
ISBN
9781351260213, 1351260219, 9781351260220, 1351260227, 9781351260237, 1351260235, 9781351260244, 1351260243, 9780815365938
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
78 MB (81533019 bytes)
Pages
419\419
Time added
2019-09-24 23:57:05

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Content: Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface Editor Contributors Section I: Advances in Climate Reconstruction 1: Reconstructing the Environment as a Scenery of Human History and Civilization Eustathios Chiotis 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Earth's Climate System 1.3 Geological Background of Climate Fluctuations 1.3.1 Cenozoic Temperature Trend 1.3.2 Global Climate Changes in the Holocene 1.3.3 Holocene Subdivisions 1.4 Recent Developments in Environmental Studies 1.4.1 Environmental Reconstructions and Modelling 1.4.2 Paleoclimatic Studies of Monsoon Rainfall and ITCZ Translocation in the Holocene1.4.2.1 The Asian Summer Monsoon (ASM) 1.4.2.2 The East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) 1.4.2.3 The Interchange of Monsoon and Westerlies in Arid Central Asia 1.4.2.4 The African Monsoon 1.4.2.5 ITCZ and Monsoon Translocation in the Peninsula of Arabia 1.4.2.6 Concluding Remarks on the Global Monsoon Belt in the Holocene 1.4.3 Progress in Understanding the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle 1.4.4 Interpretations of the Recent Global Warming Hiatus 1.5 Applications of Ancient DNA Studies in Humanities 1.6 Applications of Archaeobotany in Paleoclimatology1.7 Potential of Human Adaptation to Environmental Changes in the Holocene 1.8 Concluding Remarks Acknowledgements Glossary Anthropocene Astronomical or Orbital Forcing Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) Climate Model Climate Feedback Climate Sensitivity Climate System Climate Variability Coupled Atmosphere-ocean General Circulation Models Earth System Models El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Ensembles of Models Events External Forcing Fertilization Effect FluctuationsGeneral Circulation Models Greenhouse Gases Hadley Circulation Insolation Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) Maunder Minimum North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) Index Oscillations Proxy Radiative Forcing Resilience Sequestration Solar Irradiance Speleothems Teleconnections Tipping Elements, Tipping Points Walker Circulation Weather versus Climate REFERENCES 2: Proxy Indicators of Climate in the Past Marie-Michèle Ouellet-Bernier and Anne de Vernal 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Climate Reconstructions 2.2.1 Weather vs Climate 2.2.2 Anomalies 2.2.3 Past Climate and Environmental Information2.2.4 Chronology and Dating 2.3 The Main Tracers and Proxies of Climate Changes Recording Seasonal Variations 2.3.1 Tree-rings 2.3.2 Ice Cores 2.3.3 Paleolimnology, Lake Sediment Laminations, Varves 2.3.4 Sclerochronology 2.3.5 Corals 2.3.6 Speleothem 2.4 The Proxies from Sediment Cores 2.4.1 Pollen and Spores 2.4.2 The Microfossil Data from Lake Sediments and Wetlands 2.4.3 The Microfossil Assemblages in Marine Sediment Cores 2.4.4 Organic Biomarkers 2.4.5 Isotopes and Chemical Composition in Biogenic Carriers

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