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050 00 $aGB54.5$b.M39 2004
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100 1 $aMcKnight, Tom L.$q(Tom Lee),$d1928-2004.
245 10 $aPhysical geography :$ba landscape appreciation /$cTom L. McKnight, Darrel Hess.
250 $a7th ed., Animation ed.
260 $aUpper Saddle River, N.J. :$bPearson Education,$c℗♭2004.
300 $axxi, 631 pages :$bcolor illustrations, color maps ;$c29 cm +$e1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $a1. Introduction to earth -- Geography as a field of learning -- In this book -- The environmental spheres -- The solar system -- The size and shape of earth -- The geographic grid -- Earth movements -- The annual march of the seasons -- Telling time -- 2. Portraying earth -- The nature of maps -- The role of globes -- Map projections -- Automated cartography -- Isolines -- The global positioning system -- Geographic information systems -- Remote sensing -- The role of the geographer -- 3. Introduction to the atmosphere -- Composition of the atmosphere -- Vertical structure of the atmosphere -- Human-induced atmospheric change -- Weather and climate -- 4. Insolation and temperature -- The impact of temperature on the landscape -- Solar energy -- Basic processes in heating and cooling the atmosphere -- The heating of the atmosphere -- Spatial and seasonal variations in heating -- Temperature : a measure of heat -- Mechanisms of heat transfer -- Vertical temperature patterns -- Global temperature patterns -- 5. Atmospheric pressure and wind -- The impact of pressure and wind on the landscape -- The nature of atmospheric pressure -- The nature of wind -- Vertical variations in pressure and wind -- The general circulation of the atmosphere -- Modifications of the general circulation -- Localized wind systems -- 6. Atmospheric moisture -- The impact of atmospheric moisture on the landscape -- Water vapor and the hydrologic cycle -- Evaporation -- Measures of humidity -- Condensation -- The buoyancy of air -- Precipitation -- Global distribution of precipitation.
505 2 $a7. Transient atmospheric flows and disturbances -- The impact of storms on the landscape -- Air masses -- Fronts -- Atmospheric disturbances -- 8. Climatic zones and types -- Climatic classification -- World distribution of major climatic types and subtypes -- The global pattern idealized -- 9. The hydrosphere -- The nature of water : commonplace but unique -- The hydrologic cycle -- The oceans -- Permanent ice -- Surface waters -- Underground water -- 10. Cycles and patterns in the biosphere -- The impact of plants and animals on the landscape -- The geographic approach to the study of organisms -- Biogeochemical cycles -- Food chains -- The search for a meaningful classification scheme -- Ecosystems and biomes -- Environmental relationships -- 11. Terrestrial flora and fauna -- Natural distributions -- Terrestrial flora -- Terrestrial fauna -- The major biomes -- Human modification of natural distribution patterns -- 12. Soils -- Soil and regolith -- Soil-forming factors -- Soil components -- Soil properties -- Soil chemistry -- Soil profiles -- Pedogenic regimes -- Soil classification -- Global distribution of major soils -- Distribution of soils in the United States -- 13. Introduction to landform study -- The unknown interior -- Composition of the crust -- Some critical concepts -- The study of landforms -- Internal and external geomorphic processes -- The question of scale -- The pursuit of pattern -- 14. The internal processes -- The impact of internal processes on the landscape -- Crustal rearrangement -- Plate tectonics -- Vulcanism -- Diastrophism -- Folding -- Faulting -- The complexities of crustal configuration.
505 2 $a15. Preliminaries to erosion : weathering and mass wasting -- The impact of weathering and mass wasting on the landscape -- Weathering -- Mass wasting -- 16. The fluvial processes -- The impact of fluvial processes on the landscape -- Some fundamental concepts -- Stream systems -- Stream channels -- The shaping and reshaping of valleys -- Stream rejuvenation -- Theories of landform development -- 17. Solution processes and karst topography -- The impact of solution processes on the landscape -- Solution and precipitation -- Caverns and related features -- Karst topography -- Hydrothermal features -- 18. The topography of arid lands -- A specialized environment -- Running water in waterless regions -- Ergs, regs, and hamadas -- The work of the wind -- Two characteristic desert landform assemblages -- 19. Glacial modification of terrain -- The impact of glaciers on the landscape -- Glaciations past and present -- Types of glaciers -- How glaciers form -- Continental ice sheets -- Mountain glaciers -- The periglacial environment -- Are we still in an Ice Age? -- 20. Coastal processes and terrain -- The impact of waves and currents on the landscape -- Coastal processes -- Coastal landforms -- Appendix I. Families of map projections -- Appendix II. Topographic map symbols -- Appendix III. The weather station model -- Appendix IV. Meteorological tables -- Appendix V. The international system of units (SI) -- Appendix VI. The soil taxonomy -- Appendix VII. Internet resources -- Appendix VIII. Animation library -- Glossary.
650 0 $aPhysical geography.
650 7 $aPhysical geography.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01062647
700 1 $aHess, Darrel.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy038/2003270257.html
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