Climate Gets Geological View

A new Studies in Geology publication that tackles the timely subject of global climate change has been released by AAPG - and will be available at a special sale price for a limited time.

Geological Perspectives of Global Climate Change, edited by Lee C. Gerhard, William E. Harrison and the late Bernold M. “Bruno” Hanson, is a scientific approach to a topic that is stirring controversy worldwide.

The introductory sections address the major and minor physical controls, or drivers, that affect earth’s climate. Several chapters describe the naturally occurring range of variation of climatic conditions and illustrate past changes in global temperatures.

Additional topics include:

• Case studies that show how ancient temperature conditions are determined.
• New techniques that have significant potential as proxies for assessing paleoclimates.
• Several chapters that demonstrate the magnitude and length of duration of numerous temperature variations that have occurred during geologic time periods.

Although many of the studies are oriented toward geoscientists, the book likely will be of interest also to life, earth and atmospheric scientists; educators; research workers; and policymakers seeking access to a broad range of paleoclimatic studies.

A special pre-publication sale will be held through April 15, when the book will be offered for $69 in hard bound and $39 in soft bound. After the sale, the book’s price will be $79 for hard and $49 for soft.

To order, call 1-800-364-2274 (USA and Canada) or 1-918-584-2555; or visit the AAPG online bookstore.