1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996212441803316

Titolo

Annual report / Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Ill., 1999-

Descrizione fisica

Online-Ressource

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Zeitschrift

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Gesehen am 22.11.10

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019815203321

Titolo

Mediterranean mountain environments / / edited by Ioannis Vogiatzakis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2012

ISBN

9786613855282

9781118343975

1118343972

9781119941156

1119941156

9781283542838

1283542838

9781118343982

1118343980

9781119941163

1119941164

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Classificazione

SCI030000

Altri autori (Persone)

VogiatzakisIoannis N (Ioannis Nikolaou)

Disciplina

577.5/3091822

Soggetti

Mountains - Environmental aspects - Mediterranean Region

Mountains - Mediterranean Region

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

3.2.2 Iberia3.2.3 Pyrenees; 3.2.4 Maritime Alps; 3.2.5 Italian Apennines; 3.2.6 Dinaric Alps; 3.2.7 Bulgaria; 3.2.8 Greece; 3.2.9 Turkey; 3.2.10 Lebanon; 3.2.11 The glaciated Mediterranean islands; 3.3 Modern and recent glaciers in the Mediterranean mountains; 3.3.1 Iberia (Spain/France); 3.3.2 Maritime Alps (France/Italy); 3.3.3 Apennines (Italy); 3.3.4 Julian Alps (Slovenia); 3.3.5 Dinaric and Albanian Alps (Montenegro/Albania); 3.3.6 Pirin Mountains (Bulgaria); 3.3.7 Turkey; 3.4 Conclusion; References; 4 Landforms and soils; 4.1 Introduction

4.2 Geomorphological processes in the Mediterranean mountain region4.3 Geological setting; 4.4 Soil characteristics of Mediterranean landscape units; 4.4.1 Landscapes on limestone, dolomite and dolomitic limestone of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic; 4.4.2 Landscapes of the Palaeozoic metamorphic rocks; 4.4.3 Landscapes of intrusive rocks (granite, granodiorite, etc.); 4.4.4 Landscapes of effusive rocks; 4.4.5 Landscapes on marly, arenaceous and calcareous-marly rocks; 4.4.6 Landscapes on detritus and debris cones; 4.4.7 Landscapes on moraines

4.5 Northern Mediterranean mountain landscapes: from the Pyrenees to the Hellenids4.5.1 Pyrenees; 4.5.2 The Apennines; 4.5.3 The Dinarids and the Hellenids; 4.6 Eastern Mediterranean mountains: the Lebanon Mountains; 4.7 Southern Mediterranean mountains: Atlas Mountains and Iberian Baetic Cordillera; 4.7.1 The Atlas; 4.7.2 The Baetic Cordillera and the Sierra Nevada; 4.8 Characteristic mountain landscapes of the Mediterranean islands; 4.8.1 Sardinian mountain landscape; 4.8.2 Active volcanic landscapes; 4.8.3 The Etna volcano: activity, soils and landscape; 4.9 Conclusion; References

5 Climate and hydrology5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Climate and physical characteristics; 5.2.1 Rivers; 5.2.2 Snowmelt hydrology; 5.2.3 Snow and water quality; 5.2.4 Ecohydrology; 5.2.5 Dams and hydrology; 5.2.6 Tourism and hydrology; 5.2.7 Decision support systems (DSS); 5.3 Vulnerability of water resources to climate change; 5.4 Adaptation strategies; 5.5 Conclusion; References; 6 Biogeography; 6.1 Introduction to mountain biogeography; 6.2 Vegetation; 6.3 Flora; 6.3.1 Endemism; 6.4 Fauna; 6.5 Conservation in Mediterranean mountains; 6.6 Conclusion; References; 7 Cultural geographies

7.1 Introduction

Sommario/riassunto

"This book provides an introduction to the environments of mountainous areas in the Mediterranean and their changes in time and space in relation to both natural and cultural factors"--