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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ehlers, Jürgen, 1948-
[Eiszeitalter. English]
The Ice Age / Jürgen Ehlers, Philip Hughes. and Philip Gibbard.
pages cm
Translated from German: Das Eiszeitalter / by Jürgen Ehlers (Springer-Verlag, GmbH, 2011).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-118-50781-0 (cloth) ‒ ISBN 978-1-118-50780-3 (pbk.) 1. Glacial epoch.
2. Climatic changes. 3. Glaciology. 4. Glacial landforms. 5. Eolian processes. 6. Ice sheets.
I. Hughes, Philip D. II. Gibbard, Philip L. (Philip Leonard), 1949- III. Title.
QE697.E4413 2015
551.7'92‒Cdc23
2015015483
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