The nature of the environment [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew Goudie

• Autore: Goudie Andrew
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, 2001
• Edizione: 4th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (578 p.)
• Disciplina: 910.02; 910/.02
• Soggetto topico: Physical geography; Geography
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Nature of the Environment: Fourth Edition; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: The Global Framework; 1: Global Geological Background; 1.1 The Ancient Earth; 1.2 Core, Mantle and Crust; 1.3 The Nature of the Ocean Floors; 1.4 The Surface of the Land; 1.5 Earthquakes; 1.6 The Shape of the Continents; 1.7 The Question of Plates; 1.8 Microplates and Exotic Terranes; 1.9 The Earth's Rock Types; 1.10 The Subdivisions of the Earth's History; 1.11 Conclusions; Key Terms and Concepts; Points for Review; FURTHER READING; 2: Global Climatic Background ; 2.1 A Vertical Profile through the Atmosphere2.2 Global Climate; 2.3 World Patterns of Precipitation; 2.4 World Patterns of Temperature; 2.5 The Major Climatic Zones; 2.6 The Hydrological Cycle; 2.7 Ocean Currents; 2.8 Ocean-atmosphere Interactions; 2.9 Climatic Change; 2.10 Causes of Long-term Climatic Change; 2.11 Sea-level Changes; 2.12 Future Climates; 2.13 Conclusions; Key Terms and Concepts; Points for Review; FURTHER READING; 3: The Organic World; 3.1 Major Vegetation Types; 3.2 Human Modification of Major Vegetation Types; 3.3 Floral Realms; 3.4 Faunal Realms ; 3.5 The World's Great Soil Orders3.6 Human Modifications of Soil; 3.7 Climatic Geomorphology: The Influence of Climate, Soil and Vegetation; Key Terms and Concepts; Points for Review; FURTHER READING; Part II: Major World Zones; 4: Cold Environments; 4.1 Polar Climates; 4.2 Vegetation and Wildlife; 4.3 Glacier Types; 4.4 The Formation of Glacier Ice; 4.5 How Glaciers Move; 4.6 Glacial Erosion; 4.7 Glacial Deposits; 4.8 Glacier Ice and Sea-level Change; 4.9 Permafrost; 4.10 Ground Ice; 4.11 Thermokarst; 4.12 Ice Segregation and Frost Heaving; 4.13 Frost Shattering and Soil Formation ; 4.14 Slope Processes, Avalanches and River Regimes4.15 Environmental Problems and Hazards for Tundra Development; Key Terms and Concepts; Points for Review; FURTHER READING; 5: The Mid-latitudes; 5.1 The Westerlies; 5.2 Cyclones and Anticyclones; 5.3 Air Masses; 5.4 Cool Temperate Climates; 5.5 Western Margin Warm Temperate Climates (the Mediterranean Type); 5.6 Eastern Margin Warm Temperate Climates; 5.7 Boreal Forest; 5.8 Deciduous Forest; 5.9 Mid-latitude Grassland; 5.10 Mediterranean Evergreen Woodland; 5.11 Soils of Cool Temperate Climates; 5.12 Soils of Warm Temperate Climates ; 5.13 The Impact of Climatic Change on the Landscape5.14 Loess Sheets; 5.15 Dry Valleys and Mis-fit Streams; 5.16 Tors; 5.17 Natural Hazards in Western Europe; Key Terms and Concepts; Points for Review; FURTHER READING; 6: Deserts; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 What Causes Aridity?; 6.3 Desert Rainfall; 6.4 Desert Temperatures; 6.5 Past Climates in Deserts; 6.6 Desert Vegetation and Animals; 6.7 Soils and Surface Materials; 6.8 Insolation and Salt Weathering; 6.9 Wind Action In Deserts; 6.10 Sand Deposition - Dunes; 6.11 The Work of Rivers; 6.12 Desert Slopes; 6.13 Groundwater ; 6.14 Dams, Reservoirs and Inter-basin Water Transfer
• Sommario/riassunto: The fourth edition of this highly acclaimed text on the natural environment of the earth has now been thoroughly revised and updated and includes a new chapter on The Organic World, more ""windows"", new illustrations, and a range of other features. Please visit the accompanying website at: http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/goudie to view sample material from both the new edition and forthcoming instructor's manual online.Fully updated with an entirely new chapter, and new features throughout. Now features a list of key concepts and points for review.
• Titolo autorizzato: The nature of the environment
• ISBN: 1-282-23721-7; 9786612237218; 1-4443-1234-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454878503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II