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 |
Campbell SueEllen | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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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 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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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 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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