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Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change

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  1. William F. Ruddiman

    1. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to the Uplift-Climate Connection

      • William F. Ruddiman, Warren L. Prell
      Pages 3-15

  3. Evidence of Cenozoic Uplift

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. The When and Where of the Growth of the Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau

      • Peter Copeland
      Pages 19-40

    3. Variability in Age of Initial Shortening and Uplift in the Central Andes, 16–33°30′S

      • Teresa E. Jordan, James H. Reynolds III, Johan P. Erikson
      Pages 41-61

    4. Late Neogene Uplift in Eastern and Southern Africa and Its Paleoclimatic Implications

      • Timothy C. Partridge
      Pages 63-86

  4. General Circulation Model Studies of Uplift Effects on Climate

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Mountains and Midlatitude Aridity

      • Anthony J. Broccoli, Syukuro Manabe
      Pages 89-121

    3. The Effects of Uplift on Ocean-Atmosphere Circulation

      • David Rind, Gary Russell, William F. Ruddiman
      Pages 123-147

    4. Possible Effects of Cenozoic Uplift and CO2 Lowering on Global and Regional Hydrology

      • John E. Kutzbach, William F. Ruddiman, Warren L. Prell
      Pages 149-170

    5. The Impact of Tibet-Himalayan Elevation on the Sensitivity of the Monsoon Climate System to Changes in Solar Radiation

      • Warren L. Prell, John E. Kutzbach
      Pages 171-201

    6. Testing the Climatic Effects of Orography and CO2 with General Circulation and Biome Models

      • William F. Ruddiman, John E. Kutzbach, I. Colin Prentice
      Pages 203-235

  5. Geological and Geochemical Evidence of Uplift Effects on Weathering and CO2

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. Fluvial Sediment Discharge to the Sea and the Importance of Regional Tectonics

      • John D. Milliman
      Pages 239-257

    3. The Effect of Late Cenozoic Glaciation and Tectonic Uplift on Silicate Weathering Rates and the Marine 87Sr/86Sr Record

      • Joel D. Blum
      Pages 259-288

    4. Himalayan Weathering and Erosion Fluxes: Climate and Tectonic Controls

      • Louis A. Derry, Christian France-Lanord
      Pages 289-312

    5. Late Cenozoic Vegetation Change, Atmospheric CO2, and Tectonics

      • Thure E. Cerling
      Pages 313-327

    6. Chemical Weathering Yields from Basement and Orogenic Terrains in Hot and Cold Climates

      • John M. Edmond, Youngsook Huh
      Pages 329-351

    7. Silicate Weathering and Climate

      • Robert A. Berner, Elizabeth K. Berner
      Pages 353-365
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About this book

A significant advance in climatological scholarship, Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change is a multidisciplinary effort to summarize the current status of a new theory steadily gaining acceptance in geoscience circles: that long-term cooling and glaciation are controlled by plateau and mountain uplift. Researchers in many diverse fields, from geology to paleobotany, present data that substantiate this hypothesis. The volume covers most of the key, dramatic transformations of the Earth's surface.

Reviews

`Scientists will get ideas from reading this book. They will also find interdisciplinary research that has been successful in stimulating new thought and targeting important issues, and which emphasizes the role of such interdisciplinary research in science today.'
Nature
`This volume could be used to supplement interdisciplinary advanced undergraduate or graduate courses discussing climate and climate change on geological timescales...Will enhance the collections of all college and university libraries.'
Choice (July/August 1998)
`It was a delight to review this book...professionally produced, with excellent figures and well indexed...excellent text that no science library should be without... excellent background reading for earth scientists who are interested in the nature of palaeoenvironmental change and tectonics throughout Cenozoic times...great resource for both teaching and research...'
Quaternary Science Reviews, 18 (1999)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

    William F. Ruddiman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change

  • Editors: William F. Ruddiman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5935-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45642-8Published: 31 October 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7719-1Published: 31 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5935-1Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 535

  • Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Geochemistry

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