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The Face of the Earth : Natural Landscapes, Science, and Culture / / SueEllen Campbell
| The Face of the Earth : Natural Landscapes, Science, and Culture / / SueEllen Campbell |
| Autore | Campbell SueEllen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Soggetto topico |
Earth
Natural history Nature and civilization History & Archaeology History - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-27864-2
9786613278647 0-520-95071-2 |
| Classificazione | RB 10528 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Face of the Earth -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Landscapes of Internal Fire -- On the Spot: Over a River of Lava -- Prologue -- Imagining the Interior -- On the Spot: At the Edge of an Overthrust Belt -- Mundus subterraneus -- On the Spot: Among the Aeolian Islands -- The Globe, Tectonic Plates, and Mountain Building -- On the Spot: Along the Disturbance Gradient -- Volcanoes and Their Eruptions -- On the Spot: Approaching Chaitén Volcano -- Hot Springs and Geysers -- 2. Climate and Ice -- Prologue -- On the Spot: Up and Down the Himalaya -- How the Climate Works -- The Ghosts of Climates Past -- On the Spot: On the Burren -- Our Ice Age -- Landscapes Shaped by Ice -- On the Spot: In the Channeled Scablands -- Ice-Age Humans -- On the Spot: On the Arctic Tundra -- The Little Ice Age, Glaciology, and the Sublime -- On the Spot: Toward a Glacier's Edge -- The Story Now -- 3. Wet and Fluid -- Prologue -- On the Spot: In the Rocky Intertidal Zone -- The Water Cycle -- On the Spot: Along a Rain Forest Stream -- The Moving Waters of Rivers -- The Dream of Water in Deserts -- The Slow Water of Wetlands -- On the Spot: At the Bog on Céide Fields -- Peat, Mires, Bogs, Fens -- On the Spot: At Wicken Fen -- Marshes and Swamps -- Wet/Dry -- On the Spot: At the Billabong -- 4. Desert Places, Desert Lives -- Prologue -- On the Spot: Down a Desert River Canyon -- Dry, Hot, Windy, and Dusty -- On the Spot: In Jabal Ajā -- What We See -- On the Spot: In the Chihuahuan Desert -- Clever Plants -- On the Spot: In the Red Center -- Clever Creatures -- On the Spot: In the Negev Desert -- The Human Desert -- 5. The Complexities of the Real -- Prologue -- Underfoot -- On the Spot: In Antarctica's Dry Valleys -- Oceans of Grass -- The Shapes of Complexity -- On the Spot: On the Chalk Downs -- Evolving Together . . . -- On the Spot: In the Tallgrass Prairie -- . . . And Moving Apart -- On the Spot: On the Tibetan Plateau -- Among Trees -- On the Spot: In a Eucalypt Forest -- Zooming In -- Return to Wonder -- Epilogue: In a High Flower Meadow -- Sources -- Contributor Biographies -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456785903321 |
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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The face of the Earth : natural landscapes, science, and culture / / SueEllen Campbell
| The face of the Earth : natural landscapes, science, and culture / / SueEllen Campbell |
| Autore | Campbell SueEllen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 320 pages) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature and civilization
Natural history |
| ISBN |
1-283-27864-2
9786613278647 0-520-95071-2 |
| Classificazione | RB 10528 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Face of the Earth -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Landscapes of Internal Fire -- On the Spot: Over a River of Lava -- Prologue -- Imagining the Interior -- On the Spot: At the Edge of an Overthrust Belt -- Mundus subterraneus -- On the Spot: Among the Aeolian Islands -- The Globe, Tectonic Plates, and Mountain Building -- On the Spot: Along the Disturbance Gradient -- Volcanoes and Their Eruptions -- On the Spot: Approaching Chaitén Volcano -- Hot Springs and Geysers -- 2. Climate and Ice -- Prologue -- On the Spot: Up and Down the Himalaya -- How the Climate Works -- The Ghosts of Climates Past -- On the Spot: On the Burren -- Our Ice Age -- Landscapes Shaped by Ice -- On the Spot: In the Channeled Scablands -- Ice-Age Humans -- On the Spot: On the Arctic Tundra -- The Little Ice Age, Glaciology, and the Sublime -- On the Spot: Toward a Glacier's Edge -- The Story Now -- 3. Wet and Fluid -- Prologue -- On the Spot: In the Rocky Intertidal Zone -- The Water Cycle -- On the Spot: Along a Rain Forest Stream -- The Moving Waters of Rivers -- The Dream of Water in Deserts -- The Slow Water of Wetlands -- On the Spot: At the Bog on Céide Fields -- Peat, Mires, Bogs, Fens -- On the Spot: At Wicken Fen -- Marshes and Swamps -- Wet/Dry -- On the Spot: At the Billabong -- 4. Desert Places, Desert Lives -- Prologue -- On the Spot: Down a Desert River Canyon -- Dry, Hot, Windy, and Dusty -- On the Spot: In Jabal Ajā -- What We See -- On the Spot: In the Chihuahuan Desert -- Clever Plants -- On the Spot: In the Red Center -- Clever Creatures -- On the Spot: In the Negev Desert -- The Human Desert -- 5. The Complexities of the Real -- Prologue -- Underfoot -- On the Spot: In Antarctica's Dry Valleys -- Oceans of Grass -- The Shapes of Complexity -- On the Spot: On the Chalk Downs -- Evolving Together . . . -- On the Spot: In the Tallgrass Prairie -- . . . And Moving Apart -- On the Spot: On the Tibetan Plateau -- Among Trees -- On the Spot: In a Eucalypt Forest -- Zooming In -- Return to Wonder -- Epilogue: In a High Flower Meadow -- Sources -- Contributor Biographies -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781212103321 |
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Campbell SueEllen
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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