Ice ages : solving the mystery /
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| Author / Creator: | Imbrie, John. |
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| Imprint: | Short Hills, N.J. : Enslow Publishers, c1979. |
| Description: | 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Glacial epoch Glaciology Glacial epoch. Glaciology. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/257596 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface List of Illustrations Prologue: The Forgotten Ice Age
- Part I. Ice Age Discovered
- 1. Louis Agassiz and the Glacial Theory
- 2. The Triumph of the Glacial Theory
- 3. Exploring the Ice-Age World
- Part II. Explaining The Ice Ages
- 4. The Ice-Age Problem
- 5. Birth of the Astronomical Theory
- 6. The Astronomical Theory of James Croll
- 7. Debate Over Croll's Theory
- 8. Through Distant Worlds and Times
- 9. The Milankovitch Controversy
- 10. The Deep and the Past
- 11. Pleistocene Temperatures
- 12. Milankovitch Revival
- 13. Signal from the Earth
- 14. Pulsebeat of Climate
- 15. Pacemaker of the Ice Ages
- Part III. Ice Ages of the Future
- 16. The Coming Ice Age Epilogue: The Last Billion Years of Climate
- Appendix: Chronology of Discovery Suggested Reading
- Bibliography
- Index
