Dunes (eBook)

Dynamics, Morphology, History

Andrew Warren (Autor)

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2013
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-29581-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Dunes is the first book in over a decade to incorporate the latest research in this active and fast-developing field. It discusses the shapes, sizes, patterns, distribution, history and care 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 Solar System, in deserts, on coasts, and in the past
• Represents the most current update on the research of dunes for over a decade
• Incorporates the latest research to come out of China where the field is most rapidly expanding
• Discusses the most recent range of skills and technology now focused on the study of dunes
• Brings up-to-date a rapidly expanding field

Andrew Warren is Emeritus Professor of Geography, University College London where he taught between 1964 and 2002. He had previously worked as soil surveyor in Pakistan. His dune research has taken him to the Sudan, Nebraska, Libya, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Niger, Israel, Oman and Chad. His books include Geomorphology in Deserts, (1973) with Ron Cooke, Desert Geomorphology (1992) with Ron Cooke and Andrew Goudie, and Aeolian Geomorphology (1996) with Ian Livingstone.

Rezensionen

"This is a terrific read for both specialists and
nonspecialists. Summing Up: Highly recommended.
Upper-division undergraduates through
professionals/practitioners." (Choice, 1
February 2014)

Andrew Warren's splendid new book, which is based on over four
decades of research, is the first major review of dunes since Ralph
Bagnold's classic 'The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes' of
1941. It provides a modern and international perspective on dune
development on Earth and elsewhere in the Solar System at a wide
range of time scales. --Andrew Goudie, Emeritus
Professor of Geography, University of Oxford

Andrew Warren has produced a much-needed comprehensive account of
dunes in different environments, integrating processes and forms at
all temporal and spatial scales, and making use of newly available
online resources such as Google Earth. The book incorporates
the latest ideas from numerical modelling and field studies, and
provides a readable introduction to the field. --Nicholas
Lancaster, Research Professor, Desert Research Institute, Reno,
Nevada, USA.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.3.2013
• Reihe/Serie: RGS-IBG Book Series
• Reihe/Serie: RGS-IBG Book Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Aeolian geomorphology, dunes, terrestrial dunes, Solar System dunes, wind-blown sand, sand movement, remote-sensing, thermoluminescence, Quaternary scientists, stratigraphy, pedology • Biogeographie • biogeography • Biowissenschaften • Düne • Düne • earth sciences • Geographie • Geography • Geomorphologie • geomorphology • Geowissenschaften • Life Sciences • physical geography • Physiogeographie
• ISBN-10: 1-118-29581-1 / 1118295811
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-29581-6 / 9781118295816