Palaeoclimates and their Modelling - Allen, J. R. L.

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Résumé :
The purpose of this book is to faciliate the integration of available geological information (the tangible but incomplete evidence relating to Mesozoic palaeoclimates), with insights that may be derived from climate modelling of a meteorological character. By such an integration of meteorological and geological approaches, future patterns of possible climate change, and the localised consequences of such changes, may be better predicted. The book shows what can begin to be achieved when information, techniques and insights from a wide range of fields are considered together.

Sommaire:
1 The climate system in the recent geological past.- 2 The use of climate response surfaces to reconstruct palaeoclimate from Quaternary pollen and plant macrofossil data.- 3 Sedimentary facies as indicators of Mesozoic palaeoclimate.- 4 Palaeowind: geological criteria for direction and strength.- 5 Fossils and fossil climate: the case for equable continental interiors in the Eocene.- 6 Water vapour, CO2 and insolation over the last glacial-interglacial cycles.- 7 A brief discussion of the history, strengths and limitations of conceptual climate models for pre-Quaternary time.- 8 Modelling of palaeoclimates: examples from the recent past.- 9 Cretaceous phytogeography and climate signals.- 10 Jurassic climates as inferred from the sedimentary and fossil record.- 11 Early Mesozoic phytogeography and climate.- 12 Model simulations of Cretaceous climates: the role of geography and carbon dioxide.- 13 Atmospheric general circulation models of the Jurassic.- 14 Simulation of Late Permian climate and biomes with an atmosphere-ocean model: comparisons with observations.- 15 The role of palaeoclimate studies: modelling.- 16 The role of palaeoclimate studies: geological indicators.

The book shows what can begin to be achieved when information, techniques and insights from a wide range of fields are considered together. - Pascal-Geode