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- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden, [Netherlands] : Sidestone Press, |
| Description | 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p.185-197). |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015412183 |
| ISBN | 9789088902574 |
| ISBN | 9088902577 |
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