Deserts and desert environments
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書誌事項
Deserts and desert environments
(Environmental systems and global change series / edited by Anthony Orme)
Wiley-Blackwell, c2008
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全6件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-319) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Taking a global perspective, this book provides a concise overview of drylands, including their physical, biological, temporal, and human components.
Examines the physical systems occurring in desert environments, including climate, hydrology, past and present lakes, weathering, hillslopes, geomorphic surfaces, water as a geomorphic agent, and aeolian processes
Offers an accessible introduction to the physical, biological, temporal, and human components of drylands
Investigates the nature, environmental requirements, and essential geomorphic roles of plants and animals in this stressful biological environment
Highlights the impact of human population growth on climate, desertification, water resources, and dust storm activity
Includes an examination of surface/atmosphere interactions and the impact of ENSO events.
目次
Preface. 1. Introduction: Defining the Desert System.
1.1. Defining the Desert System.
1.2. Evolution of Deserts.
1.3. Indices of Aridity.
1.4. Desert Surfaces.
1.5. Tectonically Stable and Unstable Deserts.
1.6. Deserts of the Past.
1.7. Changing Human Perspectives on Deserts.
2. Deserts of the World.
2.1. Introduction: the Extent of Global Aridity.
2.2. Global Deserts.
3. The Climatic Framework.
3.1. Introduction: Classification of Deserts by Temperature.
3.2. Weather Data.
3.3. Atmospheric Controls: Surface Boundary Layer.
3.4. Temporal and Spatial Variability of Climatic Influences.
4. The Hydrologic Framework.
4.1. Introduction.
4.2. The Water Balance in Deserts.
4.3. Water Budgets.
4.4. Surface Runoff and Floods.
4.5. The Chemical Quality of Surface and Soil Water.
4.6. Water Resources.
4.7. Case Study: the Waters of the Tigris-Euphrates Basin and the Impact of Modern Water Management.
5. Lake Systems: Past and Present.
5.1. Introduction to Desert Lakes.
5.2. Types of Lake.
5.3. Lakes of the Global Arid Environment.
6. Weathering Processes and Hillslope Systems.
6.1. Introduction.
6.2. Weathering.
6.3. Weathering Forms.
6.4. Duricrusts.
6.5. Desert Varnish.
6.6. Hillslope Processes.
6.7. Composite Surfaces (Pediments).
7. Desert Soils and Geomorphic Surfaces.
7.1. Introduction.
7.2. The Nature of Soils in Arid and Semiarid Regions.
7.3. Soil Description and Classification.
7.4. Soil Characteristics of Arid Regions.
7.5. Inorganic and Biological Soil Crusts.
7.6. Spatial Heterogeneity in Soil Properties and the Ecohydrology of Patterned Vegetation Zones.
7.7. Surface Volume Changes.
7.8. Surface Types: Hamada and Stone Pavements.
8. Water as a Geomorphic Agent.
8.1. Introduction.
8.2. Groundwater Sapping in Slope and Valley Development.
8.3. Piping Processes in Channel and Slope Evolution.
8.4. Fluvial Processes.
8.5. Fluvial Landforms.
9. Aeolian Processes.
9.1. Introduction.
9.2. Near-surface Flow.
9.3. Wind Processes.
9.4. Landforms of Accumulation: Sand Sheets, Zibar, and Sand Stringers.
9.5. Landforms of Accumulation: Dunes.
9.6. Ripples.
10. Landforms of Aeolian Erosion and Desert Dust.
10.1. Introduction.
10.2. Deflation Features: Desert Depressions and Pans.
10.3. Ventifacts.
10.4. Yardangs and Ridge and Swale Systems.
10.5. Desert Dust.
11. Plant communities and their Geomorphic Impacts.
11.1. Introduction: Characteristics of Desert Ecosystems.
11.2. Adaptations to Desert Conditions.
11.3. Plant Communities and Ecotones.
11.4. Succession in Desert Plant Communities.
11.5. Dune Communities.
11.6. Vegetation Type and Density and Relationship to Geomorphic Processes.
12. Animal Communities.
12.1. Introduction: Environmental Requirements.
12.2. Effects on Geomorphic Processes.
12.3. Hydrologic Impacts.
12.4. Effects of the Geomorphic Activity of Animals on Plant Communities.
13. Desertification and the Human Dimension.
13.1. Desertification: Introduction and Terminology.
13.2. Climate Change and Desertification.
13.3. Anthropogenic Causes of Desertification.
13.4. Water Resources: a Rural and Urban Problem.
13.5. Case Study: the Aral Sea.
13.6. Discussion.
Index
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