TY - BOOK AU - Bradley,Raymond S. TI - Paleoclimatology: reconstructing climates of the quaternary SN - 9780123869135 U1 - 551.60901 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Academic Press KW - Paleoclimatology KW - Quaternary KW - Stratigraphic Geology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Paleoclimatic Reconstruction-- 2. Climate and Climatic Variation-- 3. Dating Methods I 4. Dating Methods II 5. Ice Cores-- 6. Marine Sediments-- 7. Loess-- 8. Speleothems-- 9. Lake Sediments-- 10. Nonmarine Geologic Evidence-- 11. Insects and Other Biological Ecidence from Continental Regions-- 12. Pollen-- 13. Tree Rings-- 14. Corals-- 15. Historical Documents-- Appendix A-- Appendix B-- References-- Index-- N2 - Provides a thorough overview of the methods of paleoclimatic reconstruction and of the historical changes in climate during the past three million years. This title examines each type of proxy and elucidates the major attributes and the limitations of each ER -