TY - BOOK ID - 50943223 TI - The Quaternary period in the United States AU - Gillespie, Alan R. AU - Porter, Stephen C AU - Atwater, Brian F PY - 2004 VL - 1 SN - 9780444514714 0444514708 0444514716 1280967242 9786610967247 0080474098 9780444514707 9780080474090 9781280967245 6610967245 PB - Amsterdam [Netherlands] New York Elsevier DB - UniCat KW - Geology, Stratigraphic KW - Geology KW - Stratigraphie KW - GeĢologie KW - Quaternary Period UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:50943223 AB - 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 Pleistocene ice sheets, to mountain glaciations of the western United States, and to permafrost studies. Other chapters discuss ice-age lakes, caves, sea-level fluctuations, and riverine landscapes. With a chapter on landscape evolution models, the book turns to essays on geologic processes ER -