Earth environments /
This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the major topics within undergraduate study programs in geosciences, environmental science, physical geography, natural hazards and ecology. The text introduces students to the Earth's four key interdependent systems, the atmosphere, lithosphere, h...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons,
[2020].
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: | This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the major topics within undergraduate study programs in geosciences, environmental science, physical geography, natural hazards and ecology. The text introduces students to the Earth's four key interdependent systems, the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere, focusing on their key components, interactions between them and environmental change. Topics covered include an earth systems model, components systems and processes, atmospheric systems, oceanography, endogenic geological systems and exogenic geological systems, biogeography and aspects of the Earth's record. The impact of climate and environmental change is discussed in a final chapter which draws together Earth's systems and their evolution and looks ahead to future earth changes and environments and various time periods in the geological record. Throughout the book geological case studies are used in addition to the modern processes. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxii, 974 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1119413257 9781119413257 |