Paleoclimatology: reconstructing climates of the quaternary

Preface. Acknowledgments. Paleoclimatic Reconstruction. Introduction. Sources Of Paleoclimatic Information. Levels Of Paleoclimatic Analysis. Modeling In Paleoclimatic Research. Climate And Climatic Variation. The Nature Of Climate And Climatic Variation. The Climate System. Feedback Mechanisms. Energy Balance Of The Earth And Its Atmosphere. Timescales Of Climatic Variation. Variations Of The Earth's Orbital Parameters. Dating Methods I. Introduction And Overview. Radioisotopic Methods. Dating Methods II. Paleomagnetism. Dating Methods Involving Chemical Changes. Biological Dating Methods. Ice Cores. Introduction. Stable Isotope Analysis. Dating Ice Cores. Paleoclimatic Reconstruction From Ice Cores. Marine…