LEADER 05278nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910830470503321 005 20200602210658.0 010 $a1-4443-1356-8 010 $a9786612189036 010 $a1-282-18903-4 010 $a1-4443-1357-6 035 $a(CKB)2440000000013050 035 $a(EBL)454381 035 $a(OCoLC)742332560 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000354125 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11965121 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000354125 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10302246 035 $a(PQKB)11760963 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454381 035 $a(PPN)150643292 035 $a(EXLCZ)992440000000013050 100 $a19960925d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEarth surface processes$b[electronic resource] /$fPhilip A. Allen 210 $aOxford ;$aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Science$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (422 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-632-03507-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEarth 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 327 $a1.5.3 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 sea 327 $a2.2.6 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 systems 327 $a3.3.1 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; References 327 $aPart 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 flows 327 $a4.4.5 Flow separation 330 $aEarth 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 t 606 $aEarth sciences 606 $aFluid dynamics 606 $aSedimentation and deposition 606 $aOceanography 607 $aEarth (Planet) 615 0$aEarth sciences. 615 0$aFluid dynamics. 615 0$aSedimentation and deposition. 615 0$aOceanography. 676 $a551.304 700 $aAllen$b P. A$0967460 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910830470503321 996 $aEarth surface processes$92242600 997 $aUNINA