Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment, An
Autor Joseph Holdenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 iun 2017
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781292083575
ISBN-10: 1292083573
Pagini: 840
Dimensiuni: 213 x 270 x 34 mm
Greutate: 1.7 kg
Ediția:4 ed
Editura: Pearson Education
ISBN-10: 1292083573
Pagini: 840
Dimensiuni: 213 x 270 x 34 mm
Greutate: 1.7 kg
Ediția:4 ed
Editura: Pearson Education
Notă biografică
Joseph Holden is Professor of Physical Geography at the School of Geography and also the Dean of Research for the Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds.
Cuprins
- Preface to the fourth edition
- List of contributors
- Editor's acknowledgements
- Part I: The role of physical geography
- Chapter 1. Approaching physical geography
- Part II: Continent and oceans
- Chapter 2. Earth geology and tectonics
- Chapter 3. Oceans
- Part III: Past, present and future climate and weather
- Chapter 4. The Pleistocene
- Chapter 5. The Holocene
- Chapter 6. Atmospheric processes
- Chapter 7. Contemporary climate change
- Chapter 8. Global climate and weather
- Chapter 9. Regional and local climates
- Part IV: Biogeography and ecology
- Chapter 10. The biosphere
- Chapter 11. Ecosystem processes
- Chapter 12. Freshwater ecosystems
- Chapter 13. Vegetation and climate change
- Part V: Geomorphology and hydrology
- Chapter 14. Weathering
- Chapter 15. Slope processes and landform evolution
- Chapter 16. Sediments and sedimentation
- Chapter 17. Soils
- Chapter 18. Catchment hydrology
- Chapter 19. Fluvial geomorphology and river management
- Chapter 20. Solutes and water quality
- Chapter 21. Drylands
- Chapter 22. Coasts
- Chapter 23. Glaciers and ice sheets
- Chapter 24. Permafrost and periglaciation
- Part VI: Monitoring and management
- Chapter 25. Monitoring environmental change
- Chapter 26. Dealing with hazards and environmental change