8.2 Identifying Glacial and Interglacial Periods to Assess the Long-Term Climate History of Earth Chapter

abstract

• Glacial periods interspersed between interglacial periods occur throughout the long-term climatic history of Earth. Direct and indirect evidence combined with reliable paleogeography and geomorphic reconstructions validate glacial periods. Based upon factors contributing to the complexity of Earth systems, climate models investigate the occurrence and stability of glaciations, and reconcile simulation results with geologic evidence. Continental geography, tectonic movement, CO2 levels, solar constant variation, and Milankovitch cycles complicate glacial history. The processes of climatic modeling reinforce the validation of glacial and interglacial periods based upon using geological evidence to assess the long-term climatic history of Earth. 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

authors

• Giardino, John

author list (cited authors)

• Zhuang, K., Giardino, J. R., & Vitek, J. D.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Zhuang, K||Giardino, JR||Vitek, JD

Book Title

• Treatise on Geomorphology

publication date

• March 2013

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

keywords

• 13 Climate Action
• 37 Earth Sciences
• 3705 Geology
• 3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/b978-0-12-374739-6.00191-3

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9780080885223

start page

• 19

end page

• 29

volume

• 8

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fb978-0-12-374739-6.00191-3

user-defined tag

• 13 Climate Action