Deserts: Geology and Resources
by A. S. Walker
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Language: English
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About this eBook
- Author
- Walker, A. S. (Alta Sharon), 1942-
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GB: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Physical geography
- Subject
- Hazardous geographic environments -- Research
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 47108
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47108
- Release Date
- October 14, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Deserts: Geology and Resources
- 2.What Is a Desert?
- 3.How the Atmosphere Influences Aridity
- 4.Where Deserts Form
- 5.Types of Deserts — Trade wind deserts — Midlatitude deserts — Rain shadow deserts — Coastal deserts — Monsoon deserts — Polar deserts — Paleodeserts — Extraterrestrial deserts
- 6.Desert Features — Soils — Plants — Water
- 7.Eolian Processes — Eolian erosion — Eolian transportation — Eolian deposition
- 8.Types of Dunes
- 9.Remote Sensing of Arid Lands
- 10.Mineral Resources in Deserts
- 11.Desertification — Problem — Global monitoring — Local remedies
- 12.Selected Readings — Length — Area — Temperature — Cover Photographs: — Transcriber’s Notes
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