Includes bibliographical references (pages 812-880) and index.

1. Overall view of late-Cenozoic climate and glaciation -- 2. Development of concepts -- 3. Glaciers of today -- 4. Spatial distribution and volume of glaciers -- 5. Glacial erosion and transport -- 6. Glacially sculptured terrain -- 7. Glacial drift : sediments -- 8. Morphology of glacial drift -- 9. Drainage : Eolian features -- 10. Frost-action effects -- 11. Weathering and soils; caverns; stream regimens -- 12. Fluctuation of sealevel -- 13. Glacial-isostatic deformation -- 14. Stratigraphy -- 15. Geochronology -- 16. Late-Cenozoic climates -- 17. Pluvial features -- 18. Late- Wisconsin glaciers in North America -- 19. North America outside the glacier-covered regions -- 20. Stratigraphy and climatic history of western North America -- 21. Stratigraphy of central North America -- 22. Stratigraphy of eastern North America -- Late Weichel environments in Europe -- 24. Stratigraphy of Europe -- 25. Quaternary of Asia, Australia, and Pacific Islands -- 26. Quaternary of Africa, South America, and Antarctica -- 27. Stratigraphy of deep-sea floors -- 28. Quaternary fossils I : general, plants, invertabrates -- 29. Quaternary fossils II : vertebrates -- 30. The problem of causes.