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An extensively updated 2e provides broad-ranging, up-to-date articles on all of the major topics in Quaternary Science

Table of Contents

Historical Overview; Quaternary Climate Change; Dating Quaternary Events; Trapped Electron Dating Methods; Paleomagnetic dating; Chemical Dating Methods; Biological Dating Methods; Sediment Dating Methods; Glacial Landforms; History of Quaternary Glaciations; Paleosols and Wind-Blown Sediments; Lake Level Studies; Quaternary Paleobotany (Palynology); Plant Macrofossils; Diatoms; Quaternary Vertebrate Records; Insect fossils; Paleoceanography; Ice Core Records; Humans in the Quaternary; Proglacial Lakes and Megafloods; Use of Quaternary Proxies in Forensic Science; Tree-ring Studies

About the Author

Scott A. Elias grew up in Colorado, USA, and received both an undergraduate degree and Ph.D. in Environmental Biology from the University of Colorado. He went on to do postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and the University of Berne, Switzerland. Scott returned to the University of Colorado in 1982 and became a research associate of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. In 2000 he took a lectureship in Physical Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, and became a Professor of Quaternary Science in 2007. He has served as editor-in-chief of three editions of the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, and co-editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Geology and the Cryosphere Comprehensive.

Reviews

Quote for 1st edition: "This is a monumental work of paramount importance for modern earth science. ...Probably the most significant single overview of Quaternary science ever. ...The book bears an imprint of unhurried thoroughness in editing...makes reading chapter-by-chapter a pleasure. ...Colour...and resolution of figures...are superb. This book... will undoubtedly be appreciated by the research community and is here to stay as frontrunner for many years to come. Congratulations to...all who decide to put it on their shelves."--BOREAS - An International Journal of Quaternary Research