The winters of the world: Earth under the Ice Ages / edited by Brian S. John
by John, Brian
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- ISBN 10
- 0715377329
- ISBN 13
- 9780715377321
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About This Item
Newton Abbot: David and Charles , 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: previous owner's inscription. Physical description: 256 pages ill 26cm. Contents: Planet Earth and its seasons of cold / Brian John -- Ice ages: a search for reasons / Brian John -- Glaciers and environment / Edward Derbyshire -- The earliest ice ages: Precambrian / Grant Young -- Traces from the desert: Ordovician / Rhodes Fairbridge -- The great ice age: Permo-carboniferous / Brian John -- The present ice age: Cenozoic -- Rhyme, reason and prediction / Brian John. Summary: Articles dealing with effect of ice ages on face, flora, and fauna of Earth. Discusses causes of ice ages, specific ice ages, and prediction of world climate. Subjects: Glacial epoch. Glacial geology. Ice ages. Ice ages, theories of causation. Stratigraphic geology. Quaternary Age Geology. Glacial epoch Geology Ice Age Geology. Geomorphology. Glacial landforms. Genre: Illustrated.
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- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
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- Title
- The winters of the world: Earth under the Ice Ages / edited by Brian S. John
- Author
- John, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0715377329
- ISBN 13
- 9780715377321
- Publisher
- Newton Abbot: David and Charles
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbot
- Date Published
- 1979
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