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Geomorphology of desert environments /
Over the last twenty years there has been a major expansion of knowledge in the field of landforms and landforming processes of deserts. This advanced-level book provides a benchmark for the current state of science, and is written by an international team of authors who are acknowledged experts in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer,
[1994]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- One Introduction
- 1 Geomorphology of desert environments
- 2 Global deserts: a geomorphic comparison
- Two Weathering
- 3 Weathering processes and forms
- 4 Aridic soils, patterned ground, and desert pavements
- 5 Duricrusts
- 6 Rock varnish in deserts
- Three Hillslopes
- 7 Rock slopes
- 8 Rock-mantled slopes
- 9 Badlands
- 10 Plants on desert hillslopes
- Four Rivers
- 11 Catchment and channel hydrology
- 12 Channel processes and forms
- Five Piedmonts
- 13 Pediments in arid environments
- 14 Alluvial fan processes and forms
- Six Lake Basins
- 15 Hemiarid lake basins: hydrographic patterns
- 16 Hemiarid lake basins: geomorphic patterns
- Seven Aeolian Surfaces
- 17 Aeolian sediment transport
- 18 Dune morphology and dynamics
- 19 Landforms of aeolian erosion
- Eight Climatic Change
- 20 Rock varnish as evidence of climatic change
- 21 Hillslopes as evidence of climatic change
- 22 River landforms and sediments: evidence of climatic change
- 23 The role of climatic change in alluvial fan development
- 24 Geomorphic evidence of climatic change from desert-basin palaeolakes
- 25 Palaeoclimatic interpretations from desert dunes and sediments
- 26 Cenozoic climatic changes in deserts: a synthesis.