Physical geography : science and systems of the human environment

著者

• Strahler, Alan H.
• Strahler, Arthur Newell

書誌事項

Physical geography : science and systems of the human environment

Alan Strahler, Arthur Strahler

John Wiley, c1997

注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This text provides a comprehensive coverage of the science of global environments. It adopts a integrated systems approach throughout and places emphasis on global change. An extensive range of topics are covered including paraglacial phenomenon.

目次

• WEATHER AND CLIMATE SYSTEMS
• The Earth as a Rotating Planet
• The Global Energy System
• Air Temperature and Air Temperature Cycles
• Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation
• Winds and the Global Circulation System
• Weather Systems
• The Global Scope of Climate
• Low-Latitude Climates
• Midlatitude and High-Latitude Climates
• SYSTEMS AND CYCLES OF THE SOLID EARTH
• Earth Materials and the Cycle of Rock Change
• The Lithosphere and the Tectonic System
• Volcanic and Tectonic Landforms
• SYSTEMS OF LANDFORM EVOLUTION
• Weathering and Mass Wasting
• The Cycling of Water on the Continents
• Fluvial Processes and Landforms
• Landforms and Rock Structure
• The Work of Waves and Wind
• Glacier Systems and the Ice Age
• SYSTEMS AND CYCLES OF SOILS AND THE BIOSPHERE
• Soil Systems
• Systems and Cycles of the Biosphere
• Global Ecosystems
• Epilogue: Physical Geography, Environment and Global Change
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Problem Answers
• Photo Credits
• Index
• Topographical Map Symbols
• Conversion Factors.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA31675628
• ISBN:
  • 0471112992
• LCCN: 96018934
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: xvi, 637 p.
• 大きさ: 29 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : GB54.5
  • DC20 : 910/.02
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Physical geography