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9780520269279

The Face of the Earth

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520269279

  • ISBN10:

    0520269276

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-08-22
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

This lively book sweeps across dramatic and varied terrains--volcanoes and glaciers, billabongs and canyons, prairies and rain forests--to explore how humans have made sense of our planet's marvelous landscapes. In a rich weave of scientific, cultural, and personal stories, The Face of the Earthexamines mirages and satellite images, swamp-dwelling heroes and Tibetan nomads, cave paintings and popular movies, investigating how we live with the great shaping forces of nature--from fire to changing climates and the intricacies of adaptation. The book illuminates subjects as diverse as the literary life of hollow Earth theories, the links between the Little Ice Age and Frankenstein's monster, and the spiritual allure of deserts and their scarce waters. Including vivid, on-the-spot accounts by scientists and writers in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Alaska, England, the Rocky Mountains, Antarctica, and elsewhere, The Face of the Earthcharts the depth and complexity of our interdependence with the natural world.

Author Biography

SueEllen Campbell is Professor in the Department of English at Colorado State University, She is the author of Even Mountains Vanish: Searching for Solace in an Age of Extinction and Bringing the Mountain Home, among other books.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. ix
Landscapes of Internal Fire
On the Spot: Over a River of Lavap. 1
Prologuep. 3
Imagining the Interiorp. 5
On the Spot: At the Edge of an Overthrust Beltp. 15
Mundus subterraneusp. 18
On the Spot: Among the Aeolian Islandsp. 23
The Globe, Tectonic Plates, and Mountain Buildingp. 26
On the Spot: Along the Disturbance Gradientp. 35
Volcanoes and Their Eruptionsp. 37
On the Spot: Approaching Chaitén Volcanop. 45
Hot Springs and Geysersp. 48
Climate and Ice
Prologuep. 57
On the Spot: Up and Down the Himalayap. 58
How the Climate Worksp. 60
The Ghosts of Climates Pastp. 68
On the Spot: On the Burrenp. 76
Our Ice Agep. 79
Landscapes Shaped by Icep. 84
On the Spot: In the Channeled Scablandsp. 90
Ice-Age Humansp. 93
On the-Spot: On the Arctic Tundrap. 103
The Tittle Ice Age, Glaciology, and the Sublimep. 105
On the Spot: Toward a Glacier's Edgep. 111
The Story Nowp. 113
Wet and Fluid
Prologuep. 120
On the Spot: In the Rocky Intertidal Zonep. 122
The Water Cyclep. 125
On the Spot: Along a Rain Forest Streamp. 132
The Moving Waters of Riversp. 135
The Dream of Water in Desertsp. 145
The Slow Water of Wetlandsp. 151
On the Spot: At the Bog on Céide Fieldsp. 156
Peat, Mires, Bogs, Fensp. 159
On the Spot: At Wicken Fenp. 163
Marshes and Swampsp. 165
Wet/Dryp. 172
On the Spot: At the Billabongp. 178
Desert Places, Desert Lives
Prologuep. 182
On the Spot: Down a Desert River Canyonp. 185
Dry, Hot, Windy, and Dustyp. 188
On the Spot: In Jabal Ajap. 191
What We Seep. 196
On the Spot: In the Chihuahuan Desertp. 205
Clever Plantsp. 208
On the Spot: In the Red Centerp. 219
Clever Creaturesp. 223
On the Spot: In the Negev Desertp. 231
The Human Desertp. 233
The Complexities of the Real
Prologuep. 241
Underfootp. 241
On the Spot: In Antarctica's Dry Valleysp. 244
Oceans of Grassp. 247
The Shapes of Complexityp. 250
On the Spot: On the Chalk Downsp. 253
Evolving Together …p. 255
On the Spot: In the Tallgrass Prairiep. 258
…And Moving Apartp. 260
On the Spot: On the Tibetan Plateaup. 267
Among Treesp. 270
On the Spot: In a Eucalypt Forestp. 274
Zooming Inp. 277
Return to Wonderp. 285
Epilogue. In A High Flower Meadowp. 293
Sourcesp. 296
Contributor Biographiesp. 306
Acknowledgmentsp. 309
Indexp. 311
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