Author: Jablonski, Nina G. (editor)
Title: The Changing Face of East Asia during the Tertiary and Quaternary (Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on the Evolution of East Asian Environment)
Description: Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong, Center of Asian Studies, 1997. First edition. Pp. xi, 550, (8, ad); numerous black-and-white photos, maps, line-drawings and geological charts. Publisher’s original printed stiff red wrappers, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, sm 4to. In the series: Centre of Asian Studies Occasional Papers and Monographs no. 124. Contains 41 chapters by noted authorities in the field. The chapters are divided into seven sections: Loess as an Environmental Indicator; Glaciers; Coastal Environments and Coastal Environments; Rivers Oceans and Seas; Paleoclimate; Paleobotany; Primate and Human Evolution and its Environmental Context. The papers were presented at a conference held in Hong Kong in January 1995. Small signature of former owner on title page. A fine copy..

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