Warren Dunes

Dynamics, Morphology, History
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-29581-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: RGS-IBG Book Series

Dunes is the first book in over a decade to incorporate thelatest research in this active and fast-developing field. Itdiscusses the shapes, sizes, patterns, distribution, history andcare of wind-blown dunes, and covers all aspects of dunes,terrestrial and in the Solar System.

* The only book to cover all dunes, terrestrial and in the SolarSystem, in deserts, on coasts, and in the past

* Represents the most current update on the research of dunes forover a decade

* Incorporates the latest research to come out of China where thefield is most rapidly expanding

* Discusses the most recent range of skills and technology nowfocused on the study of dunes

* Brings up-to-date a rapidly expanding field

Autoren/Hrsg.

Warren, Andrew

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Warren is Emeritus Professor of Geography, UniversityCollege London where he taught between 1964 and 2002. He hadpreviously worked as soil surveyor in Pakistan. His duneresearch has taken him to the Sudan, Nebraska, Libya, Algeria,Saudi Arabia, Niger, Israel, Oman and Chad. His books includeGeomorphology in Deserts, (1973) with Ron Cooke, DesertGeomorphology (1992) with Ron Cooke and Andrew Goudie, andAeolian Geomorphology (1996) with Ian Livingstone.