Quaternary research in Britain and Ireland a history based on the activities of the subdepartment of quaternary research, University of Cambridge, 1948-1994 / Richard West.

Author/creator West, Richard, 1939-
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Publication InfoLeiden, [Netherlands] : Sidestone Press,
Description208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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Contents The contribution of Clement Reid (1853-1916) to the foundation of Quaternary research -- From the early 1900s to 1929 -- The early 1930s -- Research committees of the early 1930s -- Progress in Cambridge -- Developments in research to the 1950s -- Establishment of the sub-department of quaternary research -- Organisation and people -- Teaching, reference collections, databases, research -- Research: vegetational history, including paleoecology and palaeolimnology -- Research: vegetational history of pre-Flandrian temperate stages and cold stages -- Research: geology -- Research: faunas and archaeology -- Research: radiocarbon dating -- Research: mass spectrometry, palaeotemperatures and deep sea sediments -- Research; TL and ESR dating, palaeomagnetism, dendrochronology and dendroclimatology -- Dissolution, achievements, reflections -- Aspects of the geology -- Aspects of the biology -- The quaternary community -- Appendixes: A. Graduate students, sub-department of quaternary research -- B. List of researchers.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p.185-197).
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LCCN 2015412183
ISBN9789088902574
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