TY - BOOK AU - Woodward,Jamie C. TI - The ice age: a very short introduction T2 - Very short introductions SN - 9780199580699 (pbk.) U1 - 551.792 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Glacial epoch KW - Paleogeography KW - Glaciers N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-150) and index; 1. The quarternary ice age -- 2. Erratic boulders and the diluvium -- 3. Monster glaciers -- 4. Die Eiszeit -- 5. 1840 -- 6. Ice sheets or icebergs? -- 7. Glacials, interglacials, and celestial cycles -- 8. Deep ocean sediments and dating the past -- 9. Ice cores, abrupt climate shifts, and ecosystem change N2 - "In an era of warming climate, the study of the ice age past is now more important than ever. This book examines the wonders of the Quaternary ice age - to show how ice age landscapes and ecosystems were repeatedly and rapidly transformed as plants, animals, and humans reorganized their worlds." --Publisher UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1410/2013371144-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1410/2013371144-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1410/2013371144-t.html ER -