The Changing Face of East Asia during the Tertiary and Quaternary (Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on the Evolution of East Asian Environment)

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.