Desert geomorphology
著者
書誌事項
Desert geomorphology
UCL Press, 1993
- : hbk
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全19件
注記
Bibliography: p. 449-513
Includes indexes
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Including recent research findings from terrestrial satellite imagery, the study of planetary landscapes, and advances in laboratory work, this also covers the environmental processes involved in desertification and the solution of planning and
目次
- Part 1 Global perspectives: the desert realm
- diversity and distinctiveness of deserts
- geomorphologists in deserts. Part 2 Desert surface conditions: weathering forms and processes
- desert surfaces and soils
- surface particle concentrations - stone pavements
- volume changes - patterned ground phenomena. Part 3 The fluvial domain in deserts: desert drainage systems
- slopes - forms and processes
- channels - processes and forms
- alluvial fans and their environments
- pediments and glacis
- base- level plains - playas and sabkhas
- models of mountain-plain evolution. Part 4 Wind in desert geomorphology: the role of wind
- entrainment by Wind
- Grains In Motion
- Ripples
- Desert Winds
- Wind Erosion. Part 5 Aeolian sediments and landforms: aeolian sediments
- dune processes
- dune classification
- size and memory
- anchored and stabilized dunes
- mobile dunes
- aeolian sedimentary structures
- sand seas and dune fields
- palaeo- aeolian deposits and landforms. Part 6 The evolution of desert landforms - a global perspective: deserts of the world.
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