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Deserts and Desert Environments
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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.
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- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- 1: INTRODUCTION: DEFINING THE DESERT SYSTEM
- 2: DESERTS OF THE WORLD
- 3: THE CLIMATIC FRAMEWORK
- 4: THE HYDROLOGIC FRAMEWORK
- 5: LAKE SYSTEMS: PAST AND PRESENT
- 6: WEATHERING PROCESSES AND HILLSLOPE SYSTEMS
- 7: DESERT SOILS AND GEOMORPHIC SURFACES
- 8: WATER AS A GEOMORPHIC AGENT
- 9: AEOLIAN PROCESSES
- 10: LANDFORMS OF AEOLIAN EROSION AND DESERT DUST
- 11: PLANT COMMUNITIES AND THEIR GEOMORPHIC IMPACTS
- 12: ANIMAL COMMUNITIES
- 13: DESERTIFICATION AND THE HUMAN DIMENSION
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
- Colour Plates