Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction in Arid Lands

E. Derbyshire, A.K. Singhvi

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040895351
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Meteorology & Climatology

The 11 chapters provide a wide ranging perspective on some of the problems under investigation and several of the systematic approaches currently in use by those concerned with refining the knowledge of the changing environments in the world's drylands during the latter part of the Quaternary. Dealing with a part of the globe that is highly sensitive to small changes of climate, or other stresses such as human impact, this book brings together a set of excellent reviews that will be of great value to students beginning to understand the subject and to paleoenvironmental scientists actively concerned with finding solutions to problems of the region. Additionally, it will be an invaluable archive of important references covering the subject of arid lands palaeoenvironmental research. This volume achieves the aspirations of the International Geological Correlation Programme.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• 1. Landforms, Geomorphic Processes and Climatic Change in Drylands
• 2. Remote Sensing for Palaeoenvironmental Studies in Drylands
• 3. Soil Micromorphology as a Technique for Reconstructing Paleoenvironmental Change
• 4. Soil and Soil Forming Processes under Increasing Aridity
• 5. Semi-Arid/Arid Zone Calcretes: A Review
• 6. Dunes as Indicators of Climatic Change
• 7. Arid-Zone Rivers as Indicators of Climate Change
• 8. Arid Zone Palaeoenvironmental Records from Cave Spelelothems
• 9. Present Flora as an Indicator of Palaeoclimate: Examples from the Arabian Peninsula
• 10. Anthracology (Charcoal Analysis) in Investigation of Desert Margin Shifts: A Case study of Southern Sahara
• 11. Radiocarbon Dating of Arid Zone Deposits
• About the Editors