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9780137435357

Elemental Geosystems

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  • ISBN13:

    9780137435357

  • ISBN10:

    0137435355

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-08-01
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference

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Elemental Geosystems offers a briefer treatment of the elements of physical geography than its parent text, Geosystems 3/E. The book maintains Geosystems popular systems organization which organizes topics in a logical order consistent with the flow of energy and matter in nature.

Table of Contents

Foundations of Geography
1(34)
Part 1 The Energy-Atmosphere System 34(102)
Solar Energy, Seasons, and the Atmosphere
37(38)
Atmospheric Energy and Global Temperatures
75(30)
Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations
105(31)
Part 2 Water, Weather, and Climate 136(108)
Atmospheric Water and Weather
139(44)
Water Resources
183(28)
Earth's Climates
211(33)
Part 3 Earth's Changing Landscapes 244(200)
The Dynamic Planet
247(30)
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
277(34)
Weathering, Karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement
311(26)
Rivers and Related Landforms
337(28)
Wind Processes and Desert Landscapes
365(24)
Coastal Processes and Landforms
389(26)
Glacial and Periglacial Landscapes
415(29)
Part 4 Biogeography 444
The Geography of Soils
447
Ecosystems and Biomes
475
Earth, Humans, and the New Millennium
523
Appendix A Information Sources, Organizations, and Agencies A1
Appendix B Topographic Map Symbols---USGS A4

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