Climate and Anthropogenic Impacts on Earth Surface Processes in the Anthropocene
Editat de Achim Beylich, Daniel Vázquez Tarrío, Dongfeng Li, Marc Oliva, Mario Morellón Martelesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2024
This book is a valuable resource for upper-level undergraduates, graduates, and academics studying Earth surface processes, as well as researchers and professionals in needing a comprehensive overview of Earth surface process change and influence during the Anthropocene
- Comprehensively covers climatic and anthropogenic drivers of earth surface processes, including detection and quantification techniques
- Includes the latest research and suggestions for adapted and sustainable mitigation and management strategies
- Includes worked examples and case studies of anthropogenic and climate influences on Earth surface processes
Preț: 722.05 lei
Preț vechi: 941.70 lei
-23% Nou
Puncte Express: 1083
Preț estimativ în valută:
138.23€ • 144.23$ • 115.87£
138.23€ • 144.23$ • 115.87£
Carte tipărită la comandă
Livrare economică 06-20 martie
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780443132155
ISBN-10: 0443132151
Pagini: 338
Dimensiuni: 216 x 276 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
ISBN-10: 0443132151
Pagini: 338
Dimensiuni: 216 x 276 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Cuprins
Block 1 Changing Earth Surface Processes
Section 1 Introduction
1. Global environmental change: from past to present
2. Drivers of earth surface processes
3. The Anthropocene
Section 2 Detection and quantification of Earth surface processes
4. Sedimentary records of Global Environmental Change
5. Landform record
6. Dating techniques
7. Remote sensing
8. Process monitoring
9. Conclusive remarks about technical issues and improvements on the identification of ‘Global environmental change’
Block 2 Climatic and anthropogenic drivers of earth surface processes
Section 3 Climate impacts on earth surface processes
10. Glacial and periglacial processes
11. Hillslope and mass-wasting processes
12. Fluvial processes
13. Aeolian processes
14. Estuaries and deltas
15. Coastal processes (cliffs, beaches, barriers, coastal dunes…), and wetlands
16. Karst processes
17. Considerations on the inherent complexities of disentangling anthropogenic and natural signals in landscape changes
Section 4 Anthropogenic impacts on earth surface processes
18. Glacial and periglacial processes
19. Hillslope and mass-wasting processes
20. Fluvial processes
21. Aeolian processes
22. Estuaries and deltas
23. Coastal processes (cliffs, beaches, barriers, coastal dunes…), and wetlands
24. Karst processes
25. Conclusive remarks highlighting key global problems
Block 3 The temporal and spatial scales
Section 5 The (relative) role of climate and anthropogenic impacts on earth surface processes
26. Through the Anthropocene: Sediment-routing at the global scale in the Anthropocene / The sediment cascade in the Anthropocene
27. Today
28. Future outlook, prediction, modelling
Section 6 Suggestions for adapted and sustainable mitigation and management strategies
29. (Sub)polar regions
30. Mountain areas
31. Karst environments
32. River systems (river restoration/rehabilitation)
33. Estuaries and deltas
34. Beaches, dunes and coastal areas, and wetlands
35. Arid environments (deserts)
36. Conclusive remarks disentangling climatic from anthropic signals in earth surface processes and highlighting future strategies
Section 1 Introduction
1. Global environmental change: from past to present
2. Drivers of earth surface processes
3. The Anthropocene
Section 2 Detection and quantification of Earth surface processes
4. Sedimentary records of Global Environmental Change
5. Landform record
6. Dating techniques
7. Remote sensing
8. Process monitoring
9. Conclusive remarks about technical issues and improvements on the identification of ‘Global environmental change’
Block 2 Climatic and anthropogenic drivers of earth surface processes
Section 3 Climate impacts on earth surface processes
10. Glacial and periglacial processes
11. Hillslope and mass-wasting processes
12. Fluvial processes
13. Aeolian processes
14. Estuaries and deltas
15. Coastal processes (cliffs, beaches, barriers, coastal dunes…), and wetlands
16. Karst processes
17. Considerations on the inherent complexities of disentangling anthropogenic and natural signals in landscape changes
Section 4 Anthropogenic impacts on earth surface processes
18. Glacial and periglacial processes
19. Hillslope and mass-wasting processes
20. Fluvial processes
21. Aeolian processes
22. Estuaries and deltas
23. Coastal processes (cliffs, beaches, barriers, coastal dunes…), and wetlands
24. Karst processes
25. Conclusive remarks highlighting key global problems
Block 3 The temporal and spatial scales
Section 5 The (relative) role of climate and anthropogenic impacts on earth surface processes
26. Through the Anthropocene: Sediment-routing at the global scale in the Anthropocene / The sediment cascade in the Anthropocene
27. Today
28. Future outlook, prediction, modelling
Section 6 Suggestions for adapted and sustainable mitigation and management strategies
29. (Sub)polar regions
30. Mountain areas
31. Karst environments
32. River systems (river restoration/rehabilitation)
33. Estuaries and deltas
34. Beaches, dunes and coastal areas, and wetlands
35. Arid environments (deserts)
36. Conclusive remarks disentangling climatic from anthropic signals in earth surface processes and highlighting future strategies