Emergence and evolution of paleoclimatology

Auteur :
WENDLAND, W. M.

Description :
The evolution of the study of paleoclimates is reviewed from the rather straightforward stratigraphic studies of a century or more ago, to the rather complex techniques of today, which depend heavily upon principles of physics and chemistry, statistics and large-memory computers. The importance of systematic, areal climate reconstructions, or patterns of parameters, is also reviewed, particularly as they relate to common synoptic patterns of today.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Physical geography, issn : 0272-3646, 1991, vol. 12, n°. 3, p. 287-299, Références bibliographiques : 36 réf.

Date :
1991

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Abingdon, Taylor and Francis