LEADER 05515nam 22007575 450 001 9910456785903321 005 20210111230341.0 010 $a1-283-27864-2 010 $a9786613278647 010 $a0-520-95071-2 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520950719 035 $a(CKB)2550000000039953 035 $a(EBL)730030 035 $a(OCoLC)743691771 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000536540 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11354910 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536540 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10547635 035 $a(PQKB)10101543 035 $a(DE-B1597)518690 035 $a(OCoLC)750192952 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520950719 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC730030 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000039953 100 $a20200424h20112011 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Face of the Earth $eNatural Landscapes, Science, and Culture /$fSueEllen Campbell 210 1$aBerkeley, CA : $cUniversity of California Press, $d[2011] 210 4$d©2011 215 $a1 online resource (335 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-26926-8 327 $tThe Face of the Earth -- $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Landscapes of Internal Fire -- $tOn the Spot: Over a River of Lava -- $tPrologue -- $tImagining the Interior -- $tOn the Spot: At the Edge of an Overthrust Belt -- $tMundus subterraneus -- $tOn the Spot: Among the Aeolian Islands -- $tThe Globe, Tectonic Plates, and Mountain Building -- $tOn the Spot: Along the Disturbance Gradient -- $tVolcanoes and Their Eruptions -- $tOn the Spot: Approaching Chaitén Volcano -- $tHot Springs and Geysers -- $t2. Climate and Ice -- $tPrologue -- $tOn the Spot: Up and Down the Himalaya -- $tHow the Climate Works -- $tThe Ghosts of Climates Past -- $tOn the Spot: On the Burren -- $tOur Ice Age -- $tLandscapes Shaped by Ice -- $tOn the Spot: In the Channeled Scablands -- $tIce-Age Humans -- $tOn the Spot: On the Arctic Tundra -- $tThe Little Ice Age, Glaciology, and the Sublime -- $tOn the Spot: Toward a Glacier's Edge -- $tThe Story Now -- $t3. Wet and Fluid -- $tPrologue -- $tOn the Spot: In the Rocky Intertidal Zone -- $tThe Water Cycle -- $tOn the Spot: Along a Rain Forest Stream -- $tThe Moving Waters of Rivers -- $tThe Dream of Water in Deserts -- $tThe Slow Water of Wetlands -- $tOn the Spot: At the Bog on Céide Fields -- $tPeat, Mires, Bogs, Fens -- $tOn the Spot: At Wicken Fen -- $tMarshes and Swamps -- $tWet/Dry -- $tOn the Spot: At the Billabong -- $t4. Desert Places, Desert Lives -- $tPrologue -- $tOn the Spot: Down a Desert River Canyon -- $tDry, Hot, Windy, and Dusty -- $tOn the Spot: In Jabal Aj? -- $tWhat We See -- $tOn the Spot: In the Chihuahuan Desert -- $tClever Plants -- $tOn the Spot: In the Red Center -- $tClever Creatures -- $tOn the Spot: In the Negev Desert -- $tThe Human Desert -- $t5. The Complexities of the Real -- $tPrologue -- $tUnderfoot -- $tOn the Spot: In Antarctica's Dry Valleys -- $tOceans of Grass -- $tThe Shapes of Complexity -- $tOn the Spot: On the Chalk Downs -- $tEvolving Together . . . -- $tOn the Spot: In the Tallgrass Prairie -- $t. . . And Moving Apart -- $tOn the Spot: On the Tibetan Plateau -- $tAmong Trees -- $tOn the Spot: In a Eucalypt Forest -- $tZooming In -- $tReturn to Wonder -- $tEpilogue: In a High Flower Meadow -- $tSources -- $tContributor Biographies -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aThis lively book sweeps across dramatic and varied terrains-volcanoes and glaciers, billabongs and canyons, prairies and rain forests-to explore how humans have made sense of our planet's marvelous landscapes. In a rich weave of scientific, cultural, and personal stories, The Face of the Earth examines mirages and satellite images, swamp-dwelling heroes and Tibetan nomads, cave paintings and popular movies, investigating how we live with the great shaping forces of nature-from fire to changing climates and the intricacies of adaptation. The book illuminates subjects as diverse as the literary life of hollow Earth theories, the links between the Little Ice Age and Frankenstein's monster, and the spiritual allure of deserts and their scarce waters. Including vivid, on-the-spot accounts by scientists and writers in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Alaska, England, the Rocky Mountains, Antarctica, and elsewhere, The Face of the Earth charts the depth and complexity of our interdependence with the natural world. 606 $aEarth 606 $aNatural history 606 $aNatural history 606 $aNature and civilization 606 $aNature and civilization 606 $aNature and civilization 606 $aNatural history 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 606 $aHistory - General$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aEarth. 615 4$aNatural history. 615 4$aNatural history. 615 4$aNature and civilization. 615 4$aNature and civilization. 615 0$aNature and civilization 615 0$aNatural history 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 615 7$aHistory - General 676 $a508 686 $aRB 10528$2rvk 700 $aCampbell$b SueEllen, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01040303 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456785903321 996 $aThe Face of the Earth$92463047 997 $aUNINA