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Palaeoecology of Quaternary Drylands (Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 102)

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
3540403450, 9783540403456
LCC
QE720 .P3196 2004
Open Library ID
OL17117996M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7290906 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
256\251
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The twelve contributions in this volume represent  the results of a ten year interdisciplinary workshop on "desert margins" - concerned with the geomorphological, geochemica, mineralogical, sedimentological, soil scientific characterisation of (semi-) deserts in Spain, Africa, Arabia and China. Desert sediments and soils as well as processes and characteristics of their formation are regarded from different geoscientific perspectives. The subjects of research include the development of desert soils and landscapes, the formation of (alluvial) loess, swamp ores, fulgurites and floodout sediments and focus on the reconstruction of palaeoecological events and changes. A critical study of dating methods rounds off the book.

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