Physical geography : the global environment
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Physical geography : the global environment
Oxford University Press, 2004
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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内容説明
This is an introdutory physical geography text designed for 1st or 2nd year undergraduate students of Geography, Geology and Environmental Sciences. A four colour text with a massive visual program that includes nearly 300 colour photgraphs, 300 line drawings and numerous maps and tables.
目次
- Preface
- PART 1. A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
- UNIT 1. GEOGRAPHY
- 1.1. Physical Geography
- 1.2. A Century of Physical Geography
- 1.3. Systems and Models in Physical Geography
- 1.4. Geographic Magnitude
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: SLIDING SCALE
- UNIT 2. THE PLANET EARTH
- 2.1. Spheres of the Earth System
- 2.2. Hemispheres
- 2.3. Continents and Oceans
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: HUMAN POPULATION AND NATURAL PROCESSES
- UNIT 3. MAPPING THE EARTH'S SURFACE
- 3.1. The Spherical Earth
- 3.2. Map Projections
- 3.3. Map Interpretation
- 3.4. Evolving Cartographic Technology
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: REMOTE SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT
- UNIT 4. THE EARTH IN THE UNIVERSE
- 4.1. The Universe
- 4.2. The Solar System
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: COLLISION!
- UNIT 5. EARTH-SUN RELATIONSHIPS
- 5.1. Earth's Planetary Motions
- 5.2. Seasonality
- 5.3. Insolation and Its Variation
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: MEASURING TIME ON OUR ROTATING EARTH
- PART 2. ATMOSPHERE AND HYDROSPHERE
- UNIT 6. COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE
- 6.1. Contents of the Atmosphere
- 6.2. The Layered Structure of the Atmosphere
- 6.3. Research Frontiers
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: OZONE HOLES IN THE STRATOSPHERE
- UNIT 7. RADIATION AND THE HEAT BALANCE OF THE ATMOSPHERE
- 7.1. The Radiation Balance
- 7.2. The Heat Balance
- 7.3. Global Distribution of Heat Flows
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT AND GLOBAL WARMING
- UNIT 8. ATMOSPHERIC AND SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- 8.1. What is Temperature?
- 8.2. The Vertical Distribution of Temperature
- 8.3. The Horizontal Distribution of Temperature
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: URBAN DUST DOMES AND HEATING PATTERNS
- UNIT 9. AIR PRESSURE AND WINDS
- 9.1. Atmospheric Pressure
- 9.2. Air Movement in the Atmosphere
- 9.3. Large-and Smaller-Scale Wind Systems
- 9.4. Local Wind Systems
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: AIR PRESSURE AND WIND IN OUR DAILY LIVES
- UNIT 10. CIRCULATION PATTERNS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
- 10.1. A Model of the Surface Circulation
- 10.2. The Actual Surface Circulation Pattern
- 10.3. Secondary Surface Circulation: Monsoonal Windflows
- 10.4. Circulation of the Upper Atmosphere
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE SAILOR'S LEGACY-NAMING THE WINDS
- UNIT 11. HYDROSPHERE: CIRCULATION OF THE WORLD OCEAN
- 11.1. Surface Currents
- 11.2. Generation of Ocean Currents
- 11.3. Flow Behavior of Ocean Currents
- 11.4. Deep-Sea Currents
- 11.5. The Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System
- 11.6. El Nino-Southern Oscillation
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION
- UNIT 12. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND THE WATER BALANCE
- 12.1. Physical Properties of Water
- 12.2. Measuring Water Vapor
- 12.3. The Hydrologic Cycle
- 12.4. Evaporation
- 12.5. Condensation and Clouds
- 12.6. Precipitation
- 12.7. The Surface Water Balance
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: WATER USAGE IN THE UNITED STATES
- UNIT 13. PRECIPITATION, AIR MASSES, AND FRONTS
- 13.1. Precipitation-Producing Processes
- 13.2. Convergent-Lifting Precipitation
- 13.3. Convectional Precipitation
- 13.4. Orographic Precipitation
- 13.5. Frontal (Cyclonic) Precipitation
- 13.6. Air Masses in the Atmosphere
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: TORNADOES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES
- UNIT 14. WEATHER SYSTEMS
- 14.1. Low-Latitude Weather Systems
- 14.2. Weather Systems of the Middle and Higher Latitudes
- 14.3. Energy and Moisture Within Weather Systems
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: HONDURAS AFTER HURRICANE MITCH
- UNIT 15. WEATHER TRACKING AND FORECASTING
- 15.1. Weather Data Acquisition
- 15.2. Mapping Weather Data
- 15.3. Weather Forecasting
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: CLIMATE IN DAILY HUMAN TERMS
- UNIT 16. CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION AND REGIONALIZATION
- 16.1. Classifying Climates
- 16.2. The Koppen Climate Classification System
- 16.3. The Regional Distribution of Climate Types
- 16.4. Boundaries of Climate Regions
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: DEFORESTATION OF THE TROPICS
- UNIT 17. TROPICAL (A) AND ARID (B) CLIMATES
- 17.1. The Major Tropical (A) Climates
- 17.2. The Major Arid (B) Climates
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: DESERTIFICATION
- UNIT 18. HUMID MESOTHERMAL (C) CLIMATES
- 18.1. The Perpetually Moist (Cf) Climates
- 18.2. The Dry-Summer (Cs) Climates
- 18.3. The Dry-Winter (Cw) Climates
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE DROUGHT OF '88
- UNIT 19. HIGHER LATITUDE (D, E) AND HIGH-ALTITUDE (H) CLIMATES
- 19.1. The Major Humid Microthermal (D) Climates
- 19.2. The Polar (E) Climates
- 19.3. High-Altitude (H) Climates
- Perspectives on the Human Environment: Acid Precipitation
- UNIT 20. DYNAMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
- 20.1. Evidence of Climate Change
- 20.2. The Climatic History of the Earth
- 20.3. Mechanisms of Climate Change
- 20.4. The Climatic Future
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: WEATHER EXTREMES AND TELECONNECTIONS
- UNIT 21. HUMAN-CLIMATE INTERACTIONS AND IMPACTS
- 21.1. The Heat Balance of the Human Body
- 21.2. Shelter, Houses, and Climate
- 21.3. Urban Microclimates
- 21.4. Air Pollution
- 21.5. Human Activities and the Global Climate Machine
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: WEATHER MODIFICATION IN AN INDUSTRIAL REGION
- PART 3. THE BIOSPHERE
- UNIT 22. CLIMATE, SOIL, PLANTS, AND ANIMALS
- 22.1. Natural Geography
- 22.2. Conservation and the Biosphere
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: BIODIVERSITY UNDER SIEGE
- UNIT 23. FORMATION OF SOILS
- 23.1. The Formation of Soil
- 23.2. Processes in the Soil
- 23.3. Soil Profiles
- 23.4. Soil Regimes
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: EXCHANGE OF IONS
- UNIT 24. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL
- 24.2. Soil Texture
- 24.3. Soil Structure
- 24.4. Soil Color
- 24.5. Soil Acidity and Alkalinity
- 24.6. Soils of Hills and Valleys
- 24.7. The Soil Development System
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: FERTILIZER
- UNIT 25. CLASSIFICATION AND MAPPING OF SOILS
- 25.1. Classifying Soils
- 25.2. The Soil Taxonomy
- 25.3. The Spatial Distribution of Soils
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: SOIL TAXONOMY-WHAT'S IN A NAME?
- UNIT 26. BIOGEOGRAPHIC PROCESSES
- 26.1. Dynamics of the Biosphere
- 26.2. Plant Successions
- 26.3. Geographic Dispersal
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: A BIOGEOGRAPHIC PUZZLE: THE SPECIES-RICHNESS GRADIENT
- UNIT 27. THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS
- 27.1. Biomes
- 27.2. Principal Terrestrial Biomes
- Perspectives on the Human Environment: North America's Vegetation Regions
- UNIT 28. ZOOGEOGRAPHY: SPATIAL ASPECTS OF ANIMAL POPULATIONS
- 28.1. Processes of Evolution
- 28.2. Emergence of Zoogeography
- 28.3. The Earth's Zoogeographic Realms
- 28.4. Further Studies in Zoogeography
- 28.5. Zoogeography and Conservation
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE AFRICAN STOWAWAYS
- PART 4. THE RESTLESS CRUST
- UNIT 29. PLANET EARTH IN PROFILE: THE LAYERED INTERIOR
- 29.1. Evidence of the Earth's Internal Structuring
- 29.2. The Earth's Internal Layer
- 29.3. The Earth's Outer Layer
- 29.4. The Crustal Surface
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: HILLS, MOUNTAINS, PLAINS, PLATEAUS--WHAT'S IN A NAME?
- UNIT 30. MINERALS AND IGNEOUS ROCKS
- 30.1. Minerals and Rocks
- 30.2. Classification of Rock Types
- 30.3. Igneous Rocks
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE WORLD'S OLDEST ROCKS
- UNIT 31. SEDIMENTARY AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS
- 31.1. Sedimentary Rocks
- 31.2. Metamorphic Rocks
- 31.3. The Rock Cycle
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: OILFIELD FORMATION
- UNIT 32. PLATES OF THE LITHOSPHERE
- 32.1. Continental Drift
- 32.2. Continents and Seafloors
- 32.3. Distribution of Plates
- 32.4. Movement of Plates
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: FAULTING IN THE LOS ANGELES BASIN: THE 1994 NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE
- UNIT 33. PLATE MOVEMENT: CAUSES AND EFFECTS
- 33.1. Mechanism of Crustal Spreading
- 33.2. Evolution of Continents
- 33.3. Isostasy
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: HOW FAST DO DRIFTING PLATES MOVE?
- UNIT 34. VOLCANISM AND ITS LANDFORMS
- 34.1. Distribution of Volcanic Activity
- 34.2. Volcanic Mountains
- 34.3. Calderas
- 34.4. Landscapes of Volcanism
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: RISKING THE WRATH OF GODDESS PELE
- UNIT 35. EARTHQUAKES AND LANDSCAPES
- 35.1. Earthquake Terminology
- 35.2. Earthquake Distribution
- 35.3. Earthquakes and Landscapes
- 35.4. Tsunamis
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: EARTHQUAKE RISK IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
- UNIT 36. SURFACE EXPRESSIONS OF SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES
- 36.1. Terminology of Structure
- 36.2. Fault Structures
- 36.3. Fold Structures
- 36.4. Regional Deformation
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
- PART 5. SCULPTING THE SURFACE
- UNIT 37. THE FORMATION OF LANDSCAPES AND LANDFORMS
- 37.1. Landscapes and Landforms
- 37.2. Gradation
- 37.3. Erosion and Tectonics
- 37.4. Regional Landscapes
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: USING THE GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE
- UNIT 38. WEATHERING PROCESSES
- 38.1. Mechanical Weathering
- 38.2. Chemical Weathering
- 38.3. Biological Weathering
- 38.4. Geography of Weathering
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE DUST BOWL
- UNIT 39. MASS MOVEMENTS
- 39.1. Mass Movement
- 39.2. The Importance of Mass Movements
- Perspectives on the Human Environment: The Human Factor
- UNIT 40. WATER IN THE LITHOSPHERE
- 40.1. Water at the Surface
- 40.2. Water Flow in Rivers
- 40.3. Water Beneath the Surface
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION
- UNIT 41. SLOPES AND STREAMS
- 41.1. Erosion and the Hydrologic Cycle
- 41.2. Streams and Basins
- 41.3. Stream Functions and Valley Properties
- 41.4. Factors in Stream Erosion
- 41.5. The River as a System
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE HAZARDS OF FLOODPLAIN SETTLEMENT
- UNIT 42. DEGRADATIONAL LANDFORMS OF STREAM EROSION
- 42.1. Factors Affecting Stream Degradation
- 42.2. Drainage Patterns
- 42.3. Overcoming Geologic Structure
- 42.4. Regional Geomorphology
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: CONTROLLING ROME'S RIVER
- UNIT 43. AGGRADATIONAL LANDFORMS OF STREAM EROSION
- 43.1. Alluvial Fans
- 43.2. Rivers to the Sea
- 43.3. Deltas
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE GREAT MIDWESTERN FLOOD OF '93
- UNIT 44. KARST PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS
- 44.1. Karst
- 44.2. Karst Processes
- 44.3. Karst Landforms and Landscapes
- 44.4. Karst and Caves
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: FLORIDA'S WINTER PARK SINKHOLE
- UNIT 45. GLACIAL DEGRADATION AND AGGRADATION
- 45.1. Glaciers of the Past
- 45.2. The Formation of Glaciers
- 45.3. The Glacier as a System
- 45.4. Glacial Movement and Erosion
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: WHAT CAUSES ICE AGES?
- UNIT 46. LANDFORMS AND LANDSCAPES OF CONTINENTAL GLACIERS
- 46.1. The Antarctic Ice Sheet
- 46.2. The Greenland Ice Sheet
- 46.3. Age of the Present Ice Sheets
- 46.4. Other Late Cenozoic Ice Sheets
- 46.4.1. North America's Glaciation: The Final Four
- 46.4.2.. Landscapes of Continental Glaciers
- 46.4.3. Aggradational Landforms of Ice Sheets
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE DRIFTLESS AREA
- UNIT 47. LANDFORMS AND LANDSCAPES OF MOUNTAIN GLACIERS
- 47.1. Mountain Glaciers Today
- 47.2. Degradational Landforms of Mountain Glaciers
- 47.3. Aggradational Landforms of Mountain Glaciers
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: MOUNTAIN GLACIERS: THE VIEW FROM SPACE
- UNIT 48. PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND LANDSCAPES
- 48.1. Permafrost
- 48.2. Geomorphic Processes in Periglacial Environments
- 48.3. Landforms of Periglacial Regions
- 48.4. Resource Development in Periglacial Environments
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: HUMANS AND THE PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT
- UNIT 49. WIND AS A GEOMORPHIC AGENT
- 49.1. Wind Erosion
- 49.2. Degradational Landforms
- 49.3. Aggradational Landforms
- 49.4. Sand Dunes
- 49.5. Loess
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE WINDS OF INTERSTATE-10
- UNIT 50. COASTAL PROCESSES
- 50.1. Coasts and Shore
- 50.2. Waves and Their Properties
- 50.3. Waves Against the Shore
- 50.4. Degradation and Aggradation by Waves
- 50.5. Tides and Shore Zone Currents
- 50.6. The Role of Storms
- 50.7. Crustal Movement
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: TIDES AND THEIR BEHAVIOR
- UNIT 51. COASTAL LANDFORMS AND LANDSCAPES
- 51.1. Aggradational Landforms
- 51.2. Degradational Landforms
- 51.3. Coastal Landscapes
- 51.4. Living Shorelines
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: HAZARDS OF BARRIER ISLAND DEVELOPMENT
- UNIT 52. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REALMS AND REGIONS: THE SPATIAL VARIATION OF LANDSCAPES
- 52.1. Defining Physiographic Realms and Regions
- 52.2. Physiographic Realms and Regions of North America
- 52.3. The Physiographic Imprint
- PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: CUMBERLAND GAP
- Appendix A: SI Units and Their Conversions
- Appendix B: World Political Map, 2003
- Pronunciation Guide
- Glossary of Terms
- Credits
- Index
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