Call number:
AWI G10-92-0433
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction: The human environment. - 1. Our Rotating Planet. - 2. The Earth's Atmosphere and Oceans. - 3. The Earth's Radiation Balance. - 4. Heat and Cold at Earth's Surface. - 5. Winds and Global Circulation. - 6. Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation. - 7. Air Masses and Cyclonic Storms. - 8. Global Climate Systems. - 9. The Soil-Water Balance and Climate. - 10. Low-Latitude Climates. - 11. Midlatitude and High-Latitude Climates. - 12. Materials of Earth's Crust. - 13. The Lithosphere and Plate Tectonics. - 14. Volcanic and Tectonic Landforms. - 15. Landforms of Weathering and Mass Wasting. - 16. Runoff, Streams, and Ground Water. - 17. Landforms Made by Running Water. - 18. Denudation and Climate. - 19. Landforms and Rock Structure. - 20. Landforms Made by Waves and Currents. - 21. Landforms Made by Wind. - 22. Glacial Landforms and the Ice Age. - 23. The Soil Layer. - 24. World Soils. - 25. Energy Flows and Material Cycles in the Biosphere. - 26. Concepts of Biogeography. - 27. World Patterns of Natural Vegetation. - Epilogue. - Appendices. - I Map projections. - II Remote Sensing for physical geography. - III Climate definitions and boundaries. - IV Topographic map reading. - V Suborders of the soil taxonomy. - References for further study. - Glossary. - Index.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XII, 638 S. : zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
4. ed.
ISBN:
0471533920
Branch Library:
AWI Library
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