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Past climates : tree thermometers, commodities, and people
- Title
- Past climates : tree thermometers, commodities, and people / by Leona Marshall Libby ; foreword by Rainer Berger.
- Author
- Libby, Leona Marshall, 1919-
- Publication
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 1983.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QC884 .L5 1983 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 142 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Contents
- THE EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: History and technology -- Sample preparation -- Recent trees and thermometer records -- Old trees and surrogate evidence -- Climate periods -- The bioorganic reservoir -- Other climate indicators: commodities, prices, and wages -- HUMAN INTERACTION WITH CLIMATE: The relation of tree thermometry to meteorology and geophysical climate assessment -- Early hominid evolution in changing climates -- Cultural and climatic changes during the pleistocene -- The spread into the climate of Europe -- The adaptability of cro-magnons to many climates -- Human mitigation of climate: shoes.
- ISBN
- 0292730195
- 9780292730199
- LCCN
- 82008648
- OCLC
- ocm08476136
- 8476136
- SCSB-8918102
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library