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Nile Waters, Saharan Sands Adventures of a Geomorphologist at Large /
In this book, the author describes in simple, non-technical terms the adventures he has experienced during his work as an earth scientist in some of the remote parts of the arid and semi-arid world. His aim in writing this concise account of some of the work he has been involved in over the past fif...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2016. |
| Colección: | Springer Biographies,
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Early days
- 2. Boyhood in France (1950-1953)
- 3. Sheffield, the Pennines and Cambridge (1953-1962).- 4. Expeditions to the Libyan Desert (1962-1963).- 5. Blue and White Nile valleys, Sudan (1962-1964).- 6. Northern Territory, Canberra and Sydney, Australia (1964-1984).- 7. Adrar Bous, Central Sahara (1970) .- 8. Ethiopian Highlands and Rift Valley (1971-1978).- 9. Back to the Sudan: the White Nile valley and Jebel Marra volcano (1973-1983).- 10. Wadi Azaouak, Niger (1973-1974).- 11. Petra and Wadi Rum, Jordan (1975).- 12. Algeria and Tunisia (1979).- 13. Son and Belan Valleys, India (1980, 1982, 2005).- 14. Afar Hominids, Ethiopia (1981).- 15. Rajasthan, India (1983).- 16. Somalia (1988).- 17. Inner Mongolia, China (1999).- 18. Flinders Ranges, South Australia: Solving the Puzzle (1993-2007).- 19. Kenya (1999-2003).- 20. Mauritania, France, Argentina (2004-2014).- 21. Back to the Nile (2005-2012).- 22. Epilogue.