"In an era of warming climate, the study of the ice age past is now more important than ever. This book examines the wonders of the Quaternary ice age - to show

Ice Age Earth provides the first detailed review of global environmental change in the Late Quaternary. Significant geological and climatic events are analysed

Pt. 1. Europe -- pt. 2. North America -- pt. 3. South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica.

This book is the second of three volumes in which the recent knowledge of the extent and chronology of Quaternary glaciations has been compiled on a global scal

This book provides a condensed and popularised introduction to the fascinating history of the ice age -- the geological history of the past 2.5 million years. D