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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
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Campbell SueEllen  
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
Campbell SueEllen  
Berkeley : , : 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-9910806969203321
Campbell SueEllen  
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2011]
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Fenomeni geomorfologici e faunistici di Valle Imagna (carso, acque, fauna, uomo) : parte 1 / Enrico Pezzoli
Fenomeni geomorfologici e faunistici di Valle Imagna (carso, acque, fauna, uomo) : parte 1 / Enrico Pezzoli
Autore Pezzoli, Enrico
Pubbl/distr/stampa Milano : Club Alpino Italiano, 1984
Descrizione fisica 48 p. ; 24 cm
Disciplina 508
Soggetto non controllato Spedizioni scientifiche
Valle Imagna
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione ita
Record Nr. UNINA-990001722190403321
Pezzoli, Enrico  
Milano : Club Alpino Italiano, 1984
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Field Museum news
Field Museum news
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chicago, : Field Museum of Natural History, [1930-1943]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource
Disciplina 508
Soggetto topico Natural history
Soggetto genere / forma Periodicals.
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Periodico
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910135062303321
Chicago, : Field Museum of Natural History, [1930-1943]
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Footsteps in the forest : Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazon / Sandra Knapp
Footsteps in the forest : Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazon / Sandra Knapp
Autore Knapp, Sandra
Pubbl/distr/stampa London : Natural History Museum, c1999
Descrizione fisica 90 p. : ill., 1 map, 1 port. ; 24 cm
Disciplina 578.09
508
Soggetto topico Naturalists - England - Biography
Natural history - Amazon River Valley
Wallace, Alfred Russel
ISBN 0565091433
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISALENTO-991003479269707536
Knapp, Sandra  
London : Natural History Museum, c1999
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Geomorphology, Vegetation, and Patowmack Canal Construction Problems: Great Falls Park, Potomac River, Virginia: Potomac River Gorge, Virginia, July 13 1989
Geomorphology, Vegetation, and Patowmack Canal Construction Problems: Great Falls Park, Potomac River, Virginia: Potomac River Gorge, Virginia, July 13 1989
Autore Milton Nancy M
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (335 pages)
Disciplina 508
Soggetto topico Natural history
ISBN 1-118-66851-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISA-996217167103316
Milton Nancy M  
[Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2013
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Geomorphology, Vegetation, and Patowmack Canal Construction Problems: Great Falls Park, Potomac River, Virginia: Potomac River Gorge, Virginia, July 13 1989
Geomorphology, Vegetation, and Patowmack Canal Construction Problems: Great Falls Park, Potomac River, Virginia: Potomac River Gorge, Virginia, July 13 1989
Autore Milton Nancy M
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (335 pages)
Disciplina 508
Soggetto topico Natural history
ISBN 1-118-66851-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910830665903321
Milton Nancy M  
[Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2013
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Geomorphology, Vegetation, and Patowmack Canal Construction Problems: Great Falls Park, Potomac River, Virginia: Potomac River Gorge, Virginia, July 13 1989
Geomorphology, Vegetation, and Patowmack Canal Construction Problems: Great Falls Park, Potomac River, Virginia: Potomac River Gorge, Virginia, July 13 1989
Autore Milton Nancy M
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (335 pages)
Disciplina 508
Soggetto topico Natural history
ISBN 1-118-66851-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910841038903321
Milton Nancy M  
[Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2013
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Gifts from the mountain [[electronic resource] ] : simple truths for life's complexities / / Eileen McDargh ; illustrations by Roderick MacIver
Gifts from the mountain [[electronic resource] ] : simple truths for life's complexities / / Eileen McDargh ; illustrations by Roderick MacIver
Autore McDargh Eileen
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (121 p.)
Disciplina 508
Altri autori (Persone) MacIverRoderick
Collana BK Life (Hardcover)
Soggetto topico Nature
Life
Mountaineering
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-282-30009-1
9786612300097
1-57675-543-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Gifts from the Mountain: Simple Truths for Life's Complexities; Foreword; Prologue; Let the GIFTS go deeper; About the Author; About Berrett-Koehler Publishers; A BK Life Book; Be Connected
Record Nr. UNINA-9910454216403321
McDargh Eileen  
San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2007
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