BRADLEY, R. S. 1999. Paleoclimatology. Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary, 2nd ed. International Geophysics Series, Volume 64. xv+613 pp. San Diego, London, Boston, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto: Academic Press. Price £44.95 (hard covers). ISBN 0 12 124010 X.

Abstract

The growth of palaeoclimatological research has been phenomenal over the last few decades, especially the study of Quaternary climates. Raymond Bradley wrote the first edition of his now well known and acclaimed text in the early 1980s. Back then the significance of Heinrich events had not been fully recognized, AMS radiocarbon dating was in its infancy, the first carbon dioxide measurements were being made on ice cores, general circulation models were crude, and so on. Growing recognition of the subject has resulted in an academic boom …