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Understanding Earth's deep past : lessons for our climate future / Committee on the Importance of Deep-Time Geologic Records for Understanding Climate Change Impacts, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.

By: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2011Description: xiv, 194 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0309209153
  • 9780309209151
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC903 .N365 2011
Online resources: Also available online in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.
Contents:
Introduction -- Lessons from past warm worlds -- Climate transitions, tipping points, and the point of no return -- Deciphering past climates-reconciling models and observations -- Implementing a deep-time climate research agenda -- Conclusions and recommendations.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab QC903 .N365 2011 1 Available 50583010339939
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-177).

Introduction -- Lessons from past warm worlds -- Climate transitions, tipping points, and the point of no return -- Deciphering past climates-reconciling models and observations -- Implementing a deep-time climate research agenda -- Conclusions and recommendations.

Also available online in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.

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