Pleistocene Environments in the British Isles

Résumé du livre

Aimed at undergraduates and postgraduate students. Defines Pleistocene as extending to present day, so including Holocene. Emphasizes significant advances in knowledge made over last 20 years. Data from deep-ocean sediments and other sources (ice and loess stratigraphy) suggest many more global cold and temperate episodes during Pleistocene than those formulated; effort has been made to locate and date missing terrestrial evidence. Extensive reference list forms useful bibliography.