05278nam 2200673Ia 450 991083047050332120200602210658.01-4443-1356-897866121890361-282-18903-41-4443-1357-6(CKB)2440000000013050(EBL)454381(OCoLC)742332560(SSID)ssj0000354125(PQKBManifestationID)11965121(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000354125(PQKBWorkID)10302246(PQKB)11760963(MiAaPQ)EBC454381(PPN)150643292(EXLCZ)99244000000001305019960925d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEarth surface processes[electronic resource] /Philip A. AllenOxford ;Malden, MA Blackwell Science19971 online resource (422 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-632-03507-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 topography1.5.3 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-blown dust in the deep sea2.2.6 Geomorphic change in low latitudes2.3 Post-glacial changes up to the present day; 2.3.1 Climatic changes in the Holocene; 2.3.2 Effects of volcanic activity; 2.4 Causes of past climate change; 2.4.1 The forcing mechanisms of climate change; 2.4.2 Sea level change; 2.5 Human impact; 2.5.1 Global warming; 2.5.2 Natural hazards and global climate change; Further reading; References; 3: Liberation and flux of sediment; Chapter summary; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Weathering and soils; 3.2.1 Mechanical weathering; 3.2.2 Chemical weathering; 3.2.3 Soils; 3.3 Sediment routing systems3.3.1 The Indus sediment routing system3.3.2 Modelling the erosional engine of the sediment routing system; 3.4 Sediment and solute fluxes in drainage basins; 3.4.1 Bedload; 3.4.2 Suspended load; 3.4.3 Solute load; 3.4.4 Relation between solute and suspended load; 3.4.5 Sediment rating curves; 3.5 Sediment yield and landscape models; 3.5.1 The relation between sediment yield and environmental factors; 3.5.2 The importance of tectonic activity; 3.6 Human impact on sediment yield; 3.6.1 Human impact in the drainage basin; 3.6.2 Deforestation; Further reading; ReferencesPart two: Acting locally: fluid and sediment dynamics4: Some fluid mechanics; Chapter summary; 4.1 Introduction: the mechanics of natural substances; 4.1.1 Dimensional analysis; 4.1.2 The mechanics of clear fluids undergoing shear; 4.2 Settling of grains in a fluid; 4.2.1 Fluid resistance or drag; 4.2.2. Stokes' law; 4.2.3 Pressure and shear forces on a particle; 4.3 Flow down an inclined plane; 4.4 Turbulent flow; 4.4.1 The experiments of Reynolds; 4.4.2 The description of turbulence; 4.4.3 Structure of turbulent boundary layers; 4.4.4 Velocity profiles in turbulent flows4.4.5 Flow separationEarth Surface Processes is an introductory text for those studying the dynamics of fluid and sediment transport in the environments, in the context of both present-day patterns as well as the environmental changes decipherable in the geological record. The book is divided into two parts. The first deals with the global-scale aspects of the earth's surface system. The second part focuses on the physical underpinnings for fluid and sediment transport in a number of settings, found at the earth's surface and in its oceans. Earth Surface Processes fits into the literature of tEarth sciencesFluid dynamicsSedimentation and depositionOceanographyEarth (Planet)Earth sciences.Fluid dynamics.Sedimentation and deposition.Oceanography.551.304Allen P. A967460MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830470503321Earth surface processes2242600UNINA