Origin and Paleoenvironment of the Upper Mississippi Valley Roxana Silt
Author : David Stuart Leigh
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Page : 412 pages
File Size : 27,27 MB
Release : 1991
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Author : David Stuart Leigh
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Page : 412 pages
File Size : 27,27 MB
Release : 1991
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Author : Eric C. Carson
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : pages
File Size : 48,34 MB
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813725437
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Page : 114 pages
File Size : 50,89 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Geology
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Author : World Data Center A for Glaciology
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Page : 414 pages
File Size : 25,73 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Frozen ground
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Page : 324 pages
File Size : 14,32 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Geomorphology
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Author : Kristine Emma Stanley
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Page : 384 pages
File Size : 33,40 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
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Author : Randall J. Schaetzl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 40,31 MB
Release : 2005-05-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780521812016
Soils: Genesis and Geomorphology is a comprehensive and accessible textbook on all aspects of soils. The book's introductory chapters on soil morphology, physics, mineralogy and organisms prepare the reader for the more advanced and thorough treatment that follows. Theory and processes of soil genesis and geomorphology form the backbone of the book, rather than the emphasis on soil classification that permeates other less imaginative soils textbooks. This refreshingly readable text takes a truly global perspective, with many examples from around the world sprinkled throughout. Replete with hundreds of high quality figures and a large glossary, this book will be invaluable for anyone studying soils, landforms and landscape change. Soils: Genesis and Geomorphology is an ideal textbook for mid- to upper-level undergraduate and graduate level courses in soils, pedology and geomorphology. It will also be an invaluable reference text for researchers.
Author : Marjorie A. Chan
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 39,86 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813723709
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Page : 414 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Frozen ground
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Author : A.R. Gillespie
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 43,53 MB
Release : 2003-12-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080474098
This book reviews advances in understanding of the past ca. two million years of Earth history - the Quaternary Period - in the United States. It begins with sections on ice and water - as glaciers, permafrost, oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers. Six chapters are devoted to the high-latitude Pleistocene ice sheets, to mountain glaciations of the western United States, and to permafrost studies. Other chapters discuss ice-age lakes, caves, sea-level fluctuations, and riverine landscapes. With a chapter on landscape evolution models, the book turns to essays on geologic processes. Two chapters discuss soils and their responses to climate, and wind-blown sediments. Two more describe volcanoes and earthquakes, and the use of Quaternary geology to understand the hazards they pose. The next part of the book is on plants and animals. Five chapters consider the Quaternary history of vegetation in the United States. Other chapters treat forcing functions and vegetation response at different spatial and temporal scales, the role of fire as a catalyst of vegetation change during rapid climate shifts, and the use of tree rings in inferring age and past hydroclimatic conditions. Three chapters address vertebrate paleontology and the extinctions of large mammals at the end of the last glaciation, beetle assemblages and the inferences they permit about past conditions, and the peopling of North America. A final chapter addresses the numerical modeling of Quaternary climates, and the role paleoclimatic studies and climatic modeling has in predicting future response of the Earth's climate system to the changes we have wrought.