Open AccessPaleohydrology: Understanding Global Change
Author(s) -
Gardner Leonard R.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2003eo370013
Subject(s) - clarity , commission , paleoclimatology , history , environmental ethics , law , political science , geology , oceanography , climate change , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry
Raymond Bradley's masterful Paleoclimatology, published in 1999, would be a hard act for anyone to follow, so perhaps it was a bit unfair of me to have had such high expectations for Paleohydrology. The book suffers in comparison for two reasons. First, the book is basically a report of the INQUA Commission on Global Continental Paleohydrology (GLOCOPH),and thus largely serves as a vehicle for members of the Commission to describe their activities and findings for the period 1991–2002. As a result, it does not have the clarity of focus and organization, nor breadth of coverage, found in Paleoclimatology.