• ISBN13: 9780199580699
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Earth-Science/Environment
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: June 15, 2014
• Pages: 184
• Original Price: INR 350.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 140 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Historical Geography

In this Very Short Introduction Jamie Woodward examines the environmental shifts that took place during the Great Ice Age of the Quaternary Period. Looking at evidence from the continents, the oceans, and the ice core records, he explores the evolution of ideas about our geological past, the great debates, and the human stories behind it all.

Jamie Woodward is Professor of Physical Geography at The University of Manchester. He has published widely on Quaternary environmental change and human activity in ice age environments, and has extensive field experience in the Mediterranean region and in the Nile Valley. He is the Co-Editor of Geoarchaeology: An International Journal and is the Quaternary Science and Geomorphology Editor for the Journal of the Geological Society of London. He has recently co-authored four chapters and edited The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean for OUP (2009).