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Quaternary Environmetal Micropalaeontology
This text introduces a wide range of microfossil groups, then reviews the range and history of environmental applications for each of them. Each application is supported by a number of classic and contemporary case studies. Guidance on sample collection and processing techniques is provided, as are carefully selected suggestions for further reading. This book is intended for advanced-level undergraduates studying courses with a Quaternary component such as geography, environmental science, oceanography, geology, archaeology and ecology. Postgraduate students and researchers should also find it a useful introduction and reference source.

Reconstructing Quaternary Environments
Examines the various forms of evidence used to establish the history and scale of environmenal changes during the Quaternary. The evidence is extremely diverse, ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and isotope ratios, bringing the book fully up to date since its last publication.
Late Quaternary Environmental Change: Physical and Human Perspectives
This volume focuses on both the natural and anthropogenically induced changes that have taken place in the environment over the last 20,000 years. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the text examines the interrelationships between people, climate and landscape in the recent geological past.

The Holocene: An Environmental History
"This is a book that is not only technically good, it is also extremely readable. I thoroughly recommend it, not only to those with a special interest in the Quaternary, but to all with a general interest in either natural science or human history."
James Shulmeister, Victoria University of Wellington

Quaternary Environments
The second edition of this exposition of the global environmental fluctuations of the Quaternary period has been completely rewritten. It has been updated throughout, and includes two new chapters: one on Quaternary skills and sediments, and one on Milankovitch theory and its implications for Quaternary climactic oscillations. It explores the effects of accelerating human impact on the environment and considers how far evidence from the Quaternary may be useful in predicting future environmental change. The text has a global focus, and contains examples from every continent, including Antarctica. It also focuses on interactions between geological, biological and hydrological processes.

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