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Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: Modern and Past Patterns of Global Atmospheric Transport

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Editors:
  1. Margaret Leinen

    1. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, USA

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  2. Michael Sarnthein

    1. Geologisches Paleontologisches Institut, Christian Albrechts Universität, Kiel, Germany

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 282)

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Table of contents (41 chapters)

  1. Dust Composition and Factors Controlling it: Evidence from Aerosols and Sediments

    1. Wind-Borne Deposits in the Northwestern Indian Ocean: Record of Holocene Sediments Versus Modern Satellite Data

      • Frank Sirocko, Michael Sarnthein
      Pages 401-433

    2. Aeolian-Derived Higher Plant Lipids in the Marine Sedimentary Record: Links with Palaeoclimate

      • J. G. Poynter, P. Farrimond, N. Robinson, G. Eglinton
      Pages 435-462

    3. Lithogenic sediment on Arctic pack ice: Potential aeolian flux and contribution to deep sea sediments

      • Stephanie Pfirman, Ingo Wollenburg, Jörn Thiede, Manfred A. Lange
      Pages 463-493

  2. Modeling Atmospheric Circulation in the Past

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 495-495
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    2. Past and Present Oceanic Energy Balance Patterns

      • Reginald E. Newell, Jane Hsiung
      Pages 497-512

    3. Possible Effects of Orbital Variations on Past Sources and Transports of Eolian Material: Estimates from General Circulation Model Experiments

      • John E. Kutzbach
      Pages 513-521

  3. Inferences from the Sedimentary Record: Loess, Ice Cores, and Other Land Evidence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 523-523
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    2. Climatic Changes in Israel during Historical Times and Their Impact on Hydrological, Pedological and Socio-Economic Systems

      • A. Issar, H. Tsoar, D. Levin
      Pages 525-541

    3. The Mineral Dust Record in a High Altitude Alpine Glacier (Colle Gnifetti, Swiss Alps)

      • Dietmar Wagenbach, Klaus Geis
      Pages 543-564

    4. Fallout of Saharan Dust in the Northwestern Mediterranean Region

      • A. Būcher
      Pages 565-584

    5. Late Quaternary Climatic Changes in the African Rain Forest : Forest Refugia and the Major Role of Sea Surface Temperature Variations

      • Jean Maley
      Pages 585-616

    6. The Regionalization of Climatic Change in Western North America

      • Owen K. Davis
      Pages 617-636

    7. Interglacial Environments in Presently Hyperarid Sahara : Palaeoclimatic Implications

      • N. Petit-Maire
      Pages 637-661

  4. Report of the Group Studying: Inferences from the Marine Sedimentary Record

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 663-663
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    2. Northeast Asian Climatic Change over the Last 140,000 Years Inferred from Pollen in Marine Cores Taken off the Pacific Coast of Japan

      • Linda E. Heusser
      Pages 665-692

    3. The Late Quaternary Record of Atmospheric Transport to the Northwest Pacific from Asia

      • Margaret Leinen
      Pages 693-732

    4. Variations of the NW African Trade Wind Regime during the Last 140 000 Years: Changes in Pollen Flux Evidenced by Marine Sediment Records

      • Henry Hooghiemstra
      Pages 733-770

    5. Deflation and Humidity During the Last 700 Ka in NW Africa from the Marine Record

      • Bjørg Stabell
      Pages 771-777

    6. Palynology of the Last 680,000 Years of ODP Site 658 (off NW-Africa):fluctuations in paleowind systems

      • Lydie M. Dupont
      Pages 779-794

    7. Pliocene History of South Saharan/Sahelian Aridity: Record of Freshwater Diatoms (Genus Melosira) and Opal Phytoliths, ODP Sites 662 and 664

      • Edward M. Pokras
      Pages 795-804
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About this book

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: Modem and Past Patterns of Global Atmospheric Transport" (held at Oracle, Arizona, USA from November 17-19, 1987) brought together atmospheric chemists, physicists, and meteorologists who study the origin and transport of modem-day mineral and biological aerosols with geologists and paleobotanists who study the sedimentary record of eolian and hydrologic processes along with modelers who study and conceptualize the processes influencing atmospheric transport at present and in the past. Presentations at the workshop provided a guide to our present knowledge of the entire spectrum of processes and phenomena important to the generation, transport, and deposition of eolian terrigenous material that ultimately becomes part of the geologic record and the modeling techniques that used to represent these processes. The presenta­ tions on the geologic record of eolian deposition documented our present understanding of the na~e and causes of climate change on time scales of the last glacial ages (tens of thousands of years) to time scales over which the arrangement of continents, mountains, and oceans has changed sub­ stantially (tens of millions of years). There has been a growing recognition of the importance of global climatic changes to the future well-being of humanity. In particular, the climatic response to human alterations to the earth's surface and chemical composition has led to concern over the agricultural, ecological, and societal impacts of such potential global changes.

Reviews

`This volume should be a valuable reference for those, such as geomorphologists, climatologists and quaternary geologists, who specialize in its subject matter.'
Australian Mineral Foundation in Esrisat, 18:6.

`... this volume provides a very up to date, comprehensive and carefully compiled selection of material which will be of interest to everybody concerned with climatic change and its causes.'
GeoJournal 23 (4) April 1991

Editors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, USA

    Margaret Leinen

  • Geologisches Paleontologisches Institut, Christian Albrechts Universität, Kiel, Germany

    Michael Sarnthein

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: Modern and Past Patterns of Global Atmospheric Transport

  • Editors: Margaret Leinen, Michael Sarnthein

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0995-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0341-1Published: 30 September 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6937-3Published: 09 August 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0995-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 909

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Sedimentology, Hydrogeology

  • Industry Sectors: Energy, Utilities & Environment

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