Bibliografía

The Quaternary Sciences constitute a dynamic, multidisciplinary field of research that has been growing in scientific and societal importance in recent years. This branch of the Earth Sciences links ancient prehistory to modern environments. Quaternary terrestrial sediments contain the fossil remains of both living species of flora and fauna, and their immediate predecessors, including our own ancestors in the genus Homo. Quaternary science plays an integral part in such important issues for modern society, groundwater resources and contamination, sea level change, geologic hazards (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis), and soil erosion. The Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science will provide broad ranging, up-to-date articles on all of the major topics in the field, written by a team of leading experts, under the guidance of an editorial board. The text of the articles will be written at a level that allows undergraduate students to understand the material, while providing active researchers with the latest information in the field.

Índice: There will be at least 17 major sections with the following Section Editors: - Quaternary Climate Change (Cary Mock, University of South Carolina, USA). - Dating Quaternary Events (Tim Jull, University of Arizona, USA). - Quaternary Stratigraphy (Brad Pillans, Australian National University, Australia). - Glacial Landforms (David Evans, University of Durham, UK). - Fluvial and Deltaic Environments (Tornbjorn Tornqvist, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA). - History of Quaternary Glaciations (Phil Gibbard and Juergen Ehlers, University of Cambridge, UK and Geologisches Landesamt, Germany). - Quaternary... Etc.