Geomorphology of Desert Environments

ISBN: 9780412444807

出版社: Kluwer Academic Pub

出版年: 1993-12

页数: 720

定价: $ 393.24

装帧: HRD

内容简介

Over the past few decades there has been a major expansion of knowledge in the field of landforms and landforming processes of deserts. This is an advanced-level textbook which opens with an overview that provides geomorphic comparison of the world's deserts. The following chapters present reviews and evaluations of current research grouped around the main geomorphic processes and environments, namely weathering, hillslopes, rivers, piedmonts, lake basins and aeolian features. In the final part, a series of chapters examines the impact of climatic change on the geomorphology of desert environments.