Introduction to Physical Geography and the...

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Beschreibung

This highly respected and best-selling textbook provides an accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to the major topics within physical geography. It focuses on understanding the inter-linkages between processes, places and environments and is comprehensively illustrated to demonstrate how the physical environment works.

Now in its fourth edition, the book has been thoroughly updated throughout to contain the latest research. Between them, the contributors have researched in detail every environment on the planet, providing an unrivalled source of rich information from around the world for both undergraduate and postgraduate study in the field of physical geography.

Über den Autor

Joseph Holden is Professor of Physical Geography at the School of Geography and also the Dean of Research for the Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the fourth edition List of contributors Editor's acknowledgements Part I: The role of physical geography

Chapter 1. Approaching physical geography

Part II: Continent and oceans

Chapter 2. Earth geology and tectonics
Chapter 3. Oceans

Part III: Past, present and future climate and weather

Chapter 4. The Pleistocene
Chapter 5. The Holocene
Chapter 6. Atmospheric processes
Chapter 7. Contemporary climate change
Chapter 8. Global climate and weather
Chapter 9. Regional and local climates

Part IV: Biogeography and ecology

Chapter 10. The biosphere
Chapter 11. Ecosystem processes
Chapter 12. Freshwater ecosystems
Chapter 13. Vegetation and climate change

Part V: Geomorphology and hydrology

Chapter 14. Weathering
Chapter 15. Slope processes and landform evolution
Chapter 16. Sediments and sedimentation
Chapter 17. Soils
Chapter 18. Catchment hydrology
Chapter 19. Fluvial geomorphology and river management
Chapter 20. Solutes and water quality
Chapter 21. Drylands
Chapter 22. Coasts
Chapter 23. Glaciers and ice sheets
Chapter 24. Permafrost and periglaciation

Part VI: Monitoring and management

Chapter 25. Monitoring environmental change
Chapter 26. Dealing with hazards and environmental change

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Fachbereich:	Geografie
Genre:	Geowissenschaften , Importe
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781292083575
ISBN-10:	1292083573
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Holden, Joseph
Hersteller:	Pearson Education Limited
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	270 x 213 x 34 mm
Von/Mit:	Joseph Holden
Erscheinungsdatum:	28.06.2017
Gewicht:	1,702 kg

Artikel-ID: 109526958