Language: English
1991; Hardcover;185X260mm;155 figures,575pages
It is dedicted to the 13th INQUA congress (1991 China), Sponsored by Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences(CAGS), Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources. With the aim to make a comprehensive elaboration of the history and characteristics of the geological evolution since the beginning of the Quaternary in the main land and offshore areas of China , the book is written by experts working in various relevant regions of China or specialized in QUaternary geological problems and it represents a summary of results of many year's work and research in their respective fields. It contains stratigraphic correlation tables of various regions and necessary figures as well as an appended Quternary geological map of China (1:18,000,000).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1Geological History Of The Quaternary In China;
Chapter 2 Neotectonic movements in China;
Chapter 3The evolution of Quaternary Climate in China;
Chapter 4Quaternary stratigraphy in China;
Chapter 5 Quaternary lithofacies and palaeogeography in China;
Chapter 6Quaternary geology in offshore areas of China;
Chapter 7 Quaternary transgressions and sea-level Changes in China;
Chapter 8Quaternary glaciers in China;
Chapter 9 Quaternary volcanic activity in China;
Chapter 10Quaternary mammalian fossil human beings;
Chapter 11 Quaternary palynoflora of China;
Chapter 12 Quaternary microbiotas (Ostracods and Foraminifers) in China;
Chapter 13 Quaternary Geology of the Qinghai-Tibet(Xizang) plateau;
Chapter 14 Laterite in China;
Chapter 15 Loess in China;
Chapter 16Quaternary geology of the great eastern China Plain; Main reference
