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paleoclimatologyor palaeoclimatologyScientific study of the extended climatic conditions of past geologic ages. Paleoclimatologists seek to explain climate variations for all parts of the Earth during any given geologic period, beginning with the time of the Earth's formation. The basic research data are drawn mainly from geology and paleobotany; speculative attempts at explanation have come largely from astronomy, atmospheric physics, meteorology, and geophysics. paleoclimatology [¦pāl·ē·ō‚klī·mə′täl·ə·jē] (geology) The study of climates in the geologic past, involving the interpretation of glacial deposits, fossils, and paleogeographic, isotopic, and sedimentologic data. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Problems in Paleoclimatology, Interscience, London, p. This research was funded by the National Science Foundation, Paleoclimatology Program Grant number ATM 9986074. Overpeck, head of the paleoclimatology program at the government's Geophysical Data Center, in Colorado. |
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