Sapping Features of the Colorado Plateau
Author : Alan D. Howard
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Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,76 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Geomorphology
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Author : Alan D. Howard
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,76 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Geomorphology
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Author : Alan D. Howard
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Page : 124 pages
File Size : 49,90 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Geomorphology
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Author : Alan D. Howard
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Page : 115 pages
File Size : 18,14 MB
Release : 1988
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Author : Julie Ellen Laity
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Page : 138 pages
File Size : 12,93 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Colorado Plateau
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Author : JULIE E. LAITY
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Page : 138 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 1984
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Author : Anthony J. Parsons
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 16,58 MB
Release : 2009-03-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402057199
About one-third of the Earth’s land surface experiences a desert climate, and this area supports approximately 15% of the planet’s population. This percentage continues to grow, and with this growth comes the need to acquire and apply an understanding of desert geomorphology. Such an understanding is vital in managing scarce and fragile resources and in mitigating natural hazards. This authoritative reference book is comprehensive in its coverage of the geomorphology of desert environments, and is arranged thematically. It begins with an overview of global deserts, proceeds through treatments of weathering, hillslopes, rivers, piedmonts, lake basins, and aeolian surfaces, and concludes with a discussion of the role of climatic change. Written by a team of international authors, all of whom are active in the field, the chapters cover the spectrum of desert geomorphology.
Author : Ronald C. Blakey
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Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,69 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Computers
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Imagine seeing the varied landscapes of the earth as they used to look throughout hundreds of millions of years of earth history. Tropical seas lap on the shores of an Arizona beach. Immense sand dunes shift and swirl in Sahara-like deserts in Utah and New Mexico. Ancient rivers spill from a mountain range in Colorado that was a precursor to the modern Rockies. Such flights of geologic fancy are now tangible through the thought-provoking and beautiful paleogeographic maps, reminiscent of the maps in world atlases we all paged through as children, of Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau.Ron Blakey of Northern Arizona University is one of the world's foremost authorities on the geologic history of the Colorado Plateau. For more than fifteen years, he has meticulously created maps that show how numerous past landscapes gave rise to the region's stunning geologic formations. Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau is the first book to showcase Blakey's remarkable work. His maps are accompanied by text by Wayne Ranney, geologist and award-winning author of Carving Grand Canyon. Ranney takes readers on a fascinating tour of the many landscapes depicted in the maps, and Blakey and Ranney's fruitful collaboration brings the past alive like never before.Features: More than 70 state-of-the-art paleogeographic maps of the region and of the world, developed over many years of geologic research Detailed yet accessible text that covers the geology of the plateau in a way nongeologists can appreciate More than 100 full-color photographs, diagrams, and illustrations A detailed guide of where to go to see the spectacular rocks of the region
Author : Charles G. Higgins
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 19,32 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813722527
Author : A. D. Abrahams
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1021 pages
File Size : 26,47 MB
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401582548
Over the last twenty years there has been a major expansion of knowledge in the field of landforms and landforming processes of deserts. This advanced-level book provides a benchmark for the current state of science, and is written by an international team of authors who are acknowledged experts in their fields.
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Page : 1224 pages
File Size : 13,70 MB
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Category : Government publications
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