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Allen P. A |
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Earth surface processes [[electronic resource] /] / Philip A. Allen |
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Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 1997 |
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1-4443-1356-8 |
9786612189036 |
1-282-18903-4 |
1-4443-1357-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (422 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Earth sciences |
Fluid dynamics |
Sedimentation and deposition |
Oceanography |
Earth (Planet) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Earth Surface Processes; Contents; Preface; Part one: Thinking globally: the global Earth surface system; 1: Fundamentals of the Earth surface system; Chapter summary; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Earth's energy balance; 1.3 The hydrological cycle; 1.3.1 Role of the hydrological cycle in the global climate system; 1.3.2 Global heat transfer; 1.3.3 Ocean-atmosphere interaction: driving mechanisms; 1.3.4 Summary: a global interactive model; 1.3.5 Runoff; 1.4 Role of the biosphere; 1.4.1 The carbon cycle; 1.5 Topography and bathymetry; 1.5.1 The shape of the Earth; 1.5.2 Isostatic topography |
1.5.3 The bathymetry of the ocean floor1.5.4 Dynamic topography; 1.5.5 Continental hypsometries; Further reading; References; 2: Environmental change: past, present and future; Chapter summary; 2.1 Introduction: environmental change; 2.1.1 Significance of the Quaternary; 2.2 Environmental change associated with glaciation: the record of the Pleistocene; 2.2.1 The northern hemisphere ice sheets and fringes; 2.2.2 The marine stable isotope record; 2.2.3 Information from ice cores; 2.2.4 Wind-blown dust on land: loess; 2.2.5 Wind- |
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