| Aeolian Environments, Sediments and Landforms Contributor(s): Goudie, Andrew S. (Editor), Livingstone, Ian (Editor), Stokes, Stephen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0471985732 ISBN-13: 9780471985730 Publisher: Wiley OUR PRICE: $454.58 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2000 Annotation: This volume provides an overview of current and future trends in aeolian research. It is written by leading scientists from the UK, Canada, India, Australia and the USA, all of whom are actively involved in aeolian research. The book seeks to provide a comprehensive account of present aeolian processes, landforms and sediments, together with an analysis of past aeolian environments. Further, it looks at some of the anthropogenic pressures on aeolian processes, both on coasts and in deserts, and discusses some management solutions. The text is characterised by the wide perspective it provides and by the authority of its authors. Its fourteen chapters cover the history of desert dune studies, recent investigations of airflow and sand transport, sand seas, coastal dune dynamics, dune management, the physics of aeolian movement, wind erosion (especially of agricultural land), dust storms, loess deposition, the aeolian rock record, palaeoenvironments in the Quaternary, luminescence dating techniques, and aeolian research for the Millennium. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General |
| Dewey: 551.375 |
| LCCN: 99032324 |
| Series: British Geomorphological Research Group Symposia |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 7.33" W x 9.91" (1.54 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Die äolische Geomorphologie beschäftigt sich mit der Formung der Landschaften durch Wind. Alle beteiligten Prozesse, von der Bodenerosion über Sanddünen bis hin zur Lö bildung, werden in diesem Band beschrieben. Den Hauptteil des Buches machen instruktiv ausgewählte Fallstudien aus; das letzte Kapitel gibt einen Ausblick auf zukünftige technologische, methodische und organisatorische Entwicklungen. |