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Keywords
- Climate, global
- Deglaciation
- Dryas, younger
- Eiszeit
- Geochronologie
- Geochronology
- Gletscher
- Klima
- Trias
About this book
Time is a major factor in Quaternary science. Without a trustworthy chronometer any interpretation of changes in proxy data of stratigraphical origin is on weak ground. In fact, any attempt at a sound reconstruction of timing and rates of past climatic change as well as the response of the biosphere can only be achieved on the basis of a reliable chronology. Moreover, all correlations and comparisons through time on a continental or global scale depend heavily on the reliability of the time-scale used. Therefore the establishment of an absolute time-scale is a fundamental goal. In this contribution we refer to the term "absolute time-scale" as a time-scale consisting of ages determined on the basis of sidereal years. Traditional stratigraphical methods of absolute dating include the Swedish glacial varve chronology, already developed early in this century by De Geer (1912) and since then continuously improved (e.g. Stromberg 1985; Cato 1987). Unfortunately, however, a spatial correlation with other stratigraphies outside Fennoscandia is difficult.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Last Deglaciation: Absolute and Radiocarbon Chronologies
Editors: Edouard Bard, Wallace S. Broecker
Series Title: Nato ASI Subseries I:
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1992
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-76061-7Published: 24 February 2012
Series ISSN: 1431-7125
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 344