{"product_id":"late-quaternary-environments-of-the-h-e-wright-jr-9780816658923","title":"Late Quaternary Environments of the United States: Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLate Quaternary Environments of the United States \u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1983. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1970s American and Russian scientists met twice in conferences on Quaternary paleoclimates sponsored by the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Bilateral Agreement on the Environment. The conferees agreed to prepare volumes summarizing the current status of research in the two countries. \u003ci\u003eLate-Quaternary Environments of the United States \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a two-volume overview of new and significant information on research of the last fifteen years, since the 1965 publication of \u003ci\u003eQuaternary of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by H E. Wright, Jr., and D. G. Frey. The volume on the late Quaternary in the Soviet Union will also be published by the University of Minnesota Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 of \u003ci\u003eLate-Quaternary Environments of the United States \u003c\/i\u003ecovers the Late Pleistocene, the interval between 25,000 and 10,000 years ago--a time of extreme environmental stress as the world passed from full-glacial conditions of the last ice age into the present interglacial age. The interval of geologic time since the last glacial period--termed the Holocene--is the subject of Volume 2. The complexity of the natural changes occurring in the late Quaternary, and their interrelationships, make it impossible for a single scientific discipline to encompass them. Thus the papers in both volumes come from authors in many research fields--geology, ecology, physical geography, archaeology, geochemistry, geophysics, limnology, soil science, paleontology, and climatology. Many of the hypotheses presented--especially on the dynamic Late Pleistocene environments--are still hotly debated and will require additional testing as scientists strive to reconstruct the changing world of the glacial and postglacial ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. E. Wright Jr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816658927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816658923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/1983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.63d","brand":"H. E. Wright Jr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059859419391,"sku":"9780816658923","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4328be8-31f4-4dd3-be33-2314d768e50f.jpg?v=1685060736","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/late-quaternary-environments-of-the-h-e-wright-jr-9780816658923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}