Past Climates : : Tree Thermometers, Commodities, and People / / Leona Marshall Libby.

Leona Marshall Libby was a pioneer in modern climatic research, a field that gained great impetus in the late twentieth century because of the promise it holds for predicting future climatic trends. Libby’s work led to remarkable new procedures for investigating long-term changes in precipitation an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (158 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • PAST CLIMATES
  • Introduction: The Discovery of Isotopes
  • 1. Principles
  • 2. The Experimental Approach
  • 3. Human Interaction with Climate
  • Appendix 1. Equations Explanatory of the Text
  • Appendix 2. The Slope of Eight
  • Appendix 3. The Theory of Isotope Fractionation in Cellulose
  • Name Index