Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics
The aim of Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics is to provide a synthesis of the changes that occurred in tropical terrestrial and marine systems during the Pleistocene and Holocene, complementing data-derived reconstructions with output from state-of-the-art climate models. It is targeted at final-year undergraduate students and research specialists, but will provide an introduction to tropical Quaternary research for a variety of other readers.Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–33): Sarah E. Metcalfe and David J. Nash
Chapter 2 Contemporary Climate and Circulation of the Tropics (pages 34–43): Stefan Hastenrath
Chapter 3 Tropical Oceans (pages 45–78): Jan?Berend W. Stuut, Matthias Prange, Ute Merkel and Silke Steph
Chapter 4 Africa (pages 79–150): David J. Nash and Michael E. Meadows
Chapter 5 India, Arabia and Adjacent Regions (pages 151–206): Ashok K. Singhvi, Nilesh Bhatt, Ken W. Glennie and Pradeep Srivastava
Chapter 6 China and Southeast Asia (pages 207–235): Dan Penny
Chapter 7 Australia and the Southwest Pacific (pages 236–262): Peter Kershaw and Sander van der Kaars
Chapter 8 Latin America and the Caribbean (pages 263–311): Mark B. Bush and Sarah E. Metcalfe
Chapter 9 Modelling of Tropical Environments during the Quaternary (pages 313–359): Zhengyu Liu and Pascale Braconnot
Chapter 10 Historical Environmental Change in the Tropics (pages 360–391): Georgina H. Endfield and Robert B. Marks
Chapter 11 Past Environmental Changes, Future Environmental Challenges (pages 392–411): David J. Nash and Sarah E. Metcalfe