The Quaternary period in the United States [electronic resource] / [edited] by A.R. Gillespie and S.C. Porter, and B.F. Atwater.

This book reviews advances in understanding of the past ca. two million years of Earth history - the Quaternary Period - in the United States. It begins with sections on ice and water - as glaciers, permafrost, oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers. Six chapters are devoted to the high-latitude Pleist...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Other Authors:	Gillespie, Alan R., Porter, Stephen C., Atwater, Brian F.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; New York : Elsevier, 2004.
Series:	Developments in Quaternary science ; 1.
Subjects:	Geology, Stratigraphic > Quaternary. Geology > United States. Geology. Geology, Stratigraphic. Quaternary Geologic Period. United States.