After the Australopithecines : stratigraphy, ecology, and culture, change in the Middle Pleistocene

Table of Contents: “…The Correlation and Duration of Middle Pleistocene Interglacial Periods in Northwest Europe --…”
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Thin on the ground : Neandertal biology, archeology and ecology by Churchill, Steven Emilio

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Radiative forcing of climate change : expanding the concept and addressing uncertainties

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Altered ecologies : fire, climate and human influence on terrestrial landscapes

Table of Contents: “…The burning question: Claims and counter claims on the origin and extent of buttongrass moorland (blanket moor) in southwest Tasmania during the present glacial-interglacial /…”
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Natural and artificial photosynthesis : solar power as an energy source

Table of Contents: “…C3 versus C4 Plants During Glacial/Interglacial Periods /…”
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Global climate change demystified by Speight, James G.

Table of Contents: “…The climate of the Earth -- The Earth is a variable planet -- Interglacial periods -- Factors affecting climate -- Natural and human impacts on climate.…”
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Research Strategies for the U.S. Global Change Research Program. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…""Observational Needs""""Modeling Needs""; ""Resolving Model-Data Discrepancies over the Last 20,000 Years""; ""Observational Needs""; ""Modeling Needs""; ""The Last Glacial Cycle (Last 130,000 Years)""; ""Global Carbon Cycle""; ""Observational Needs""; ""Modeling Needs""; ""The Previous Interglacial""; ""Observational Needs""; ""Modeling Needs""; ""Regional Variations in Climate over a Glacial Cycle""; ""Observational Needs""; ""The Last Few Glacial-Interglacial Cycles (Last 500,000 Years)""; ""Observational Needs""; ""Modeling Needs""; ""SYSTEM RESPONSES TO LARGE CHANGES IN FORCING""…”
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The archaeology of Australia's deserts by Smith, Mike, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…The Arid RiversDesert Dunes and Dust; Inland Vegetation during the Last Interglacial; Last of the Dryland Megafauna; The Katapiri Fauna; Lake Callabonna; Population Ecology; Collapse of the Katapiri Fauna; Genyornis; Overview: The Desert Prior to People; Interglacial Landscapes; The Landscapes of Colonisation; Chapter 4 Foundations: Moving into the Deserts; The Continental Setting; A Modicum of Ideas; Invasion Biology; Geographic Background to Colonisation of the Desert; Routes; Early Sites: Chronology and Distribution; Northern Desert Fringe; The Willandra Lakes and Lower Darling River.…”
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Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics

Table of Contents: “…4.3.1 Contemporary climate and sources of palaeoenvironmental information4.3.2 Longer records; 4.3.3 The Last Glacial Maximum; 4.3.4 The last glacial-interglacial transition; 4.3.5 The Holocene; 4.4 The Sahara and the Sahel; 4.4.1 Contemporary climate and sources of palaeoenvironmental information; 4.4.2 Longer records; 4.4.3 The Last Glacial Maximum; 4.4.4 The last glacial-interglacial transition; 4.4.5 The Holocene; 4.5 Equatorial Africa; 4.5.1 Contemporary climate and sources of palaeoenvironmental information; 4.5.2 Longer records; 4.5.3 The Last Glacial Maximum…”
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Mammoths and the Environment. by Ukraintseva, Valentina V.

Table of Contents: “…ConclusionsPart 3 Solving the mysteries of the late Pleistocene environment and fauna; 14 Food remains of fossil herbivorous mammals, and floras of the past; Conclusions; 15 The vegetation and climate of Siberia in the late Pleistocene and Holocene; Regional features of the vegetation and environment of northern Siberia; The Gydan Peninsula area; The Taymyr Peninsula area; The Indigirka-Kolyma river basins; Main stages in the history of vegetation, climate, and the mammoth fauna; The late Pleistocene; The Kazantsevo Interglacial; The Zyryanka Ice Age; The Karginskiy Interglacial.…”
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Basics of environmental science by Allaby, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Oceans, gyres, currentsWeather and climate; Glacials, interglacials, and interstadials; Dating methods; Climate change; Climatic regions and floristic regions; Further reading; Notes; Physical Resources; Eutrophication and the life cycle of lakes; Salt water, brackish water, and desalination; Irrigation, waterlogging, and salinization; Soil formation, ageing, and taxonomy; Transport by water and wind; Soil, climate, and land use; Soil e.…”
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Abrupt Climate Change : Mechanisms, Patterns, and Impacts. by Rashid, Harunur

Table of Contents: “…The Role of Hudson Strait Outlet in Younger Dryas Sedimentation in the Labrador SeaChallenges in the Use of Cosmogenic Exposure Dating of Moraine Boulders to Trace the Geographic Extents of Abrupt Climate Change; Hypothesized Link Between Glacial/Interglacial Atmospheric CO2 Cycles and Storage/Release of CO2-Rich Fluids From Deep-Sea Sedim; The Impact of the Final Lake Agassiz Flood Recorded in Northeast Newfoundland and Northern Scotian Shelves Based on Century-Scal; The 1500 Year Quasiperiodicity During the Holocene…”
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Material Fluxes on the Surface of the Earth. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…""The Effect of Glacial-Interglacial Alternations""""Increased Tectonic Activity""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Surficial Weathering Fluxes and Their Geochemical Controls""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""GLOBAL AND ZONAL WATER FLOWS""; ""Surficial Flows and Storage in Lakes""; ""Residence Times of Zonal Water Discharge""; ""Residence Times on a Global Scale""; ""Summary of Water Flows and Residence Times""; ""WEATHERING FLUX""; ""A Conceptual Mode""; ""Weathering Flux Equations""; ""Mineral Dissolution Rates (R)""…”
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The Human Footprint A Global Environmental History. by Penna, Anthony N.

Table of Contents: “…Icehouse Planet and Greenhouse Planet -- Plate Tectonics, Super-continents, and Climate Change -- The Warming -- The Cooling -- The Elevation of the Tibetan Plateau and Its Effect on the Global Climate -- The Birth, Death, and Rebirth of the Mediterranean Sea and Its Hemispheric Environmental Effects -- The Impact of the Isthmus of Panama on Global Climate Change -- The Mid-Pliocene, Glacial and Interglacial Cycles, and "Modern" Times -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Evolving Humanity -- Introduction -- Climatic Changes and Evolution -- Another Effect of the Closing of the Mediterranean Sea…”
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Scotland's Mountain Landscapes A Geomorphological Perspective. by Ballantyne, Colin K.

Table of Contents: “…Before the ice: the preglacial landscape of Scotland -- 4 The Ice Age in Scotland -- Ice ages: an introduction -- Glacial and interglacial stages -- Glaciers and glaciation -- The last Scottish Ice Sheet -- The last mountain glaciers: the Loch Lomond Stade -- The Holocene -- Synthesis -- 5 Glacial landforms -- Introduction -- Landforms of glacial erosion -- Landforms of glacial deposition -- Glacifluvial landforms and deposits -- Ice-dammed lakes -- Synthesis: glacial landscapes of Scotland -- 6 Periglacial landforms -- Introduction -- Ancient periglacial landforms: blockfields and tors…”
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Global warming : a scientific basis. by Robertson, John

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Part I: Climatic Paradox; 1 Climatic Paradox; Historic Temperatures of Early Earth; Concepts by Some of Global Warming; Earth's Historic Temperature Charts; Misuse of Temperature Charts; Use of Paleoclimatology to Estimate Prehistoric Temperatures; Use of the Oxygen Isotope Ratio to Estimate Historic Temperatures; Historic Temperature Charts for the Past 4.6 BY; Glacial Periods and Interglacial Periods (4.5 to 0.540 BY AGO); Historic Temperature Record of the Past 540 MY; Today's Temperature Charts.…”
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The Holocene An Environmental History. by Roberts, Neil

Table of Contents: “…Creatures great and small -- Freshwater and marine organisms -- Geological techniques -- Ice and ocean -- Stable isotope analysis -- Geomorphology and climate -- Geo-archaeology -- Modelling the past -- Models of environmental reconstruction -- Computer model simulations -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Pleistocene prelude (>11 700 Cal. yr bp) -- Ice Age environments -- The glacial-interglacial cycle -- Understanding the causes of long-term climatic change -- The Last Glacial Maximum and after -- The terminal Pleistocene (15 000-11 700 Cal. yr bp)…”
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The Earliest Europeans : a Year in the Life: Survival Strategies in the Lower Palaeolithic by Hosfield, Robert

Table of Contents: “…Lower Palaeolithic Europe -- The Pleistocene world -- Glacial and interglacial cycles -- Long-term Pleistocene change -- The woods and the trees -- Cast of characters -- Nature of the Lower Palaeolithic record -- The earliest occupations of Europe -- Outstanding questions ... and a seasonal approach -- 3 A winter wonderland?…”
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Seabed Prehistory: Investigating the Palaeogeography and Early Middle Palaeolithic Archaeology in the Southern North Sea. by Tizzard, Louise

Table of Contents: “…A marine incursion: Hoxnian (MIS 11 424-374 ka); Channel and floodplain development during the Saalian (MIS 10-6; 374-130 ka); Overview; Fluvio-glacial sediment deposition in the Palaeo-Yare; The last interglacial: Ipswichian (MIS 5e; 130-115 ka); Channel re-activation and continued development: Devensian (MIS 5d-MIS 2; 115 ka-11.7 ka); Early Devensian (MIS 5d-MIS 3; 115 ka-54 ka); Mid- to late Devensian (MIS 3-MIS 2; 54 ka-11.7 ka); Early Holocene channel development and final transgression (<11.7 ka); Channel development; Post-transgression development.…”
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Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology : a closer look. by Ehlers, J.

Table of Contents: “…Overdeepened Valleys; 2.7. Last Interglacial-Glacial Cycle; 2.8. Chronology; 2.9. Phase of Ice Decay; 2.10. …”
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Earth's climate response to a changing Sun

Table of Contents: “…2.3 Variability of solar and galactic cosmic rays2.4 Variability and effects by solar wind; 2.5 Variations of solar activity; 2.6 Understanding solar activity; Infobox 2.1 Orbital forcing of glacial -- interglacial cycles; Infobox 2.2 Grand minima and maxima of solar activity; Infobox 2.3 A practical guide to solar forcing data; References of Part II; Part III. …”
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Climate change in the polar regions by Turner, J. (John)

Table of Contents: “…3.5 Atmospheric circulation3.5.1 Arctic; 3.5.2 The Antarctic; 3.6 Temperature; 3.6.1 Arctic; 3.6.2 Antarctic; 3.7 Cloud and precipitation; 3.7.1 Cloud; 3.7.2 Precipitation; 3.8 Sea ice; 3.8.1 The nature of sea ice; 3.8.2 Sea ice motion; 3.8.3 Climatological occurrence; 3.9 The ocean circulation; 3.9.1 The Arctic; 3.9.2 Antarctic; 3.10 Concluding remarks; 4: The last million years; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 On the notation used; 4.1.2 The frequency of ice ages; 4.2 The Arctic; 4.2.1 The period before Termination II (~130 kyr BP); 4.2.2 The last interglacial (130-115 kyr BP).…”
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Climate change : observed impacts on planet Earth

Table of Contents: “…LONG-TERM BEHAVIOUR -- 3.1 GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES -- 3.2 HOLOCENE VARIABILITY -- 4. …”
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Introduction to the geology of southern California and its native plants by Hall, Clarence A.

Table of Contents: “…Geologic time -- Biostratigraphy -- Magnetostratigraphy -- Astrochronology -- Geochronology -- Radiometric age dating -- How radiometric dating works -- Rocks and minerals dated by various radiometric methods -- Correlating geologic ages/stages -- The importance of European stages -- Great Valley group -- Mammal ages -- Molluscan stages -- Microfossil stages -- Glacial and interglacial stages -- Evolution -- 5. Plate tectonics -- Mid-Oceanic ridges and trenches -- San Andreas Fault and continental drift -- Continental drift -- Magnetism and paleomagnetism -- Magnetic signatures of rocks -- Magnetic reversals -- Sea-floor spreading -- Hot spots and mantle plumes -- Faults -- Transform faults -- Fracture zones -- Triple junctions -- Moving plates -- Supercontinents -- Plate boundaries -- Continental margins and orogenies.…”
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Ocean Circulation and Climate : a 21st Century Perspective

Table of Contents: “…Glacial Cycles -- 3.4. Interglacial Climates -- 4. The Deeper Past -- 4.1. Challenges of Deep-Time Paleoceanography -- 4.2. …”
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