Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology

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This book is the second of three volumes in which the recent knowledge of the extent and chronology of Quaternary glaciations has been compiled on a global scale.

This information is seen as a fundamental requirement, not only for the glacial community, but for the wider user-community of general Quaternary workers.

In particular the need for accurate ice-front positions is a basic requirement for the rapidly growing field of palaeoclimate modelling.

In order to provide the information for the widest-possible range of users in the most accessible form, a series of digital maps was prepared.



The glacial limits were mapped in ArcView, the Geographical Information System (GIS) used by the work group.

Included with the publication is a CD with digital maps, showing glacial limits, end moraines, ice-dammed lakes, glacier-induced drainage diversions and the locations of key sections through which the glacial limits are defined and dated.

The last deglaciation is also shown in 500 year time-steps.

The digital maps in this volume cover the USA and Canada and include Greenland and Hawaii.

Both overview maps and more detailed maps at a scale 1: 1,000,000 are provided.



Also available:
Part I: Europe, ISBN 0-444-51462-7
Part III: South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, ISBN 0-444-51593-3

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  • ISBN: 9780444515926
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