Climates: Past and present
Hart, M.B. (Ed.) (2000). Climates: Past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181. Geological Society: London. ISBN 1-86239-075-4. 218 pp.
Part of: Hartley, A.J. et al. (Ed.) Geological Society Special Publication. Geological Society of London: Oxford; London; Edinburgh; Boston, Mass.; Carlton, Vic.. ISSN 0305-8719; e-ISSN 2041-4927, more
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VLIZ: Meteorology and Climatology MET.41 [103847]
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Change > Climatic change > Global warming
Climatic changes
Global warming
Global warming
Palaeo studies > Climatology > Palaeoclimatology
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- Hart, M.B. (2000). Introduction, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 1-4, more
- Clausing, A.; Boy, J.A. (2000). Lamination and primary production in fossil lakes and relations to palaeoclimate in the Carboniferous-Permian transition, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 5-16, more
- Beerling, D.J. (2000). Global terrestrial productivity in the Mesozoic era, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 17-32, more
- Hart, M.B. (2000). Climatic modelling in the Cretaceous using the distribution of planktonic Foraminiferida, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 33-41, more
- Golovneva, L.B. (2000). The Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) climate in the Northern Hemisphere, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 43-54, more
- Chira, C.; Filipescu, S.; Codrea, V. (2000). Palaeoclimatic evolution in the Miocene from the Transylvanian Depression reflected in the fossil record, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 55-64, more
- Jurkschat, Th.; Fenner, J.; Fischer, R; Michalzik, D. (2000). Environmental changes in pre-evaporitic Late Miocene time in the Lorca Basin (SE Spain): diatom results, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 65-78, more
- Korpás-Hódi, M.; Nagy, E.; Nagy-Bodor, E.; Székvölgyi, K.; Kovávs, L.Ó. (2000). Late Miocene climatic cycles and their effect on sedimentation (west Hungary), in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 79-88, more
- Kvacek, Z. (2000). Climatic oscillations versus environmental changes in the interpretation of Tertiary plant assemblages, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 89-94, more
- Amore, F.O.; Ciampo, G.; Donato, V.D.; Esposito, P.; Ermolli, E.R.; Staiti, D. (2000). An integrated micropalaeontological approach applied to Late Pleistocene-Holocene palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental changes (Gaeta Bay, Tyrrhenian Sea), in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 95-111, more
- Di Geronimo, I.; Di Geronimo, R.; La Perna, R.; Rosso, A.; Sanfilippo, R. (2000). Cooling evidence from Pleistocene shelf assemblages in SE Sicily, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 113-120, more
- Nagy-Bodor, E.; Járai-Komlódi, M.; Medve, A. (2000). Late glacial and post-glacial pollen records and inferred climatic changes from Lake Balaton and the Great Hungarian Plain, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 121-133, more
- Rohling, E.J.; De Rijk, S.; Myers, P.G.; Haines, K. (2000). Palaeoceanography and numerical modelling: the Mediterranean Sea at times of sapropel formation, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 135-149, more
- Ermolli, E.R. (2000). Pollen analysis of the Acerno palaeolacustrine succession (Middle Pleistocene, southern Italy), in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 151-159, more
- Azanza, B.; Alberdi, M.T.; Prado, J.L. (2000). Large mammal turnover pulses correlated with latest Neogene glacial trends in the northwestern Mediterranean area, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 161-170, more
- Bonfiglio, L.; Marra, A.C.; Masini, F. (2000). The contribution of Quaternary vertebrates to palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatological reconstructions in Sicily, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 171-184, more
- Chaline, J.; Durand, D.; Malassé, A.D.; David, B.; Magniez-Jannin, F.; Marchand, D. (2000). Were climatic changes a driving force in hominid evolution?, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 185-198, more
- Fladerer, F.A. (2000). Late Quaternary vertebrate taphocoenoses from cave deposits in southeastern Austria: responses in a periglacial setting, in: Hart, M.B. (Ed.) Climates: past and present. Geological Society Special Publication, 181: pp. 199-213, more
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| Abstract |
The Climate of the early earth was probably very warm and has, in general, reduced since the Archean. However, it seems that the world is about 0.6 C warmer than it was 100 years ago and estimates of the rate of global warming over the next century range from 0.16 C to 0.35 C per decade. Concurrently, global sea-level is predicted to rise from 2.4 to 10cm per decade. These rates of change are much faster than those normally associated with the geological record, causing geologists and palaeontologists to reassess their data and their forecasts on rates of future change. With the current interest in global climatic change and, more specifically, with global warming, it is clear that palaeontologists have valuable information to provide on the impacts of past climatic change. This volume contains papers from an international array of such geologists and palaeontologists, showing how studies of micro- and macrofossils, plant and vertebrate fossils from a range of geological ages have contributed to our understanding of how climate affects both local and more widespread areas. The contributions are arranged in geological order, ranging from the Permo-Carboniferous to the post-glacial recovery of the last 18,000 years, with an emphasis on climate change during the last two million years, particularly in NW Europe. |
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