Palaeoecology of quaternary drylands / Werner Smykatz-Kloss, Peter Felix-Henningsen, eds.

Other author Smykatz-Kloss, Werner, 1938-
Other author Felix-Henningsen, Peter.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerlin ; New York : Springer, ©2004.
Descriptionvi, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Paleontology--Quaternary.
Paleoecology.

Variant title Paleoecology of quaternary drylands
SeriesLecture notes in earth sciences ; 102
Lecture notes in earth sciences ; 102. ^A470949
Contents The importance of desert margins as indicators for global climatic fluctuations (introduction) -- The chemistry of playa-lake-sediments as a tool for the reconstruction of Holocene environmental conditions - a case study from the central Ebro basin / Brigitta Schütt -- Environmental changes in the central Sahara during the Holocene - the mid-Holocene transition from freshwater lake into sebkha in the Segedim depression, NE Niger / Roland Baumhauer, Erhard Schulz and Simon Pomel -- Genesis and paleo-ecological interpretation of swamp ore deposits at Sahara paleo-lakes of East Niger / Peter Felix-Henningsen -- Fulgurites as palaeoclimatic indicators - the proof of fulgurite fragments in sand samples / Barbara Sponholz -- Alluvial loess in the central Sinai : occurrence, origin, and palaeoclimatological consideration / Konrad Rögner ... [et al.] -- The reconstruction of palaeoclimatological changes from mineralogical and geochemical compositions of loess and alluvial loess profiles / Werner Smykatz-Kloss ... [et al.] -- Geochemical implications for changing dust supply by the Indian Monsoon system to the Arabian Sea during the last glacial cycle / Dirk C. Leuschner ... [et al.] -- Little Ice Age climatic fluctuations in the Namib Desert, Namibia, and adjacent areas : evidence of exceptionally large floods from slack water deposits and desert soil sequences / Klaus Heine -- Palaeoenvironmental transitions between 22 ka and 8 ka in monsoonally influenced Namibia / Bernhard Eitel, Wolf Dieter Blümel and Klaus Hüser -- Aeolian sedimentation in arid and semi-arid environments of western Mongolia / Jörg Grunert and Frank Lehmkuhl --
Contents Ostracod ecology of alluvial loess deposits in an eastern Tian Shan palaeo-lake (NW China) / S. Mischke, J. Hofmann and M.E. Schudack -- Critical comments on the interpretation and publication of ¹⁴C, TL/OSL and ²³⁰Th/U dates and on the problem of teleconnections between global climatic processes / Dieter Jäkel.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003067526
ISBN3540403450 (hc : alk. paper)

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