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Origin and evolution of deserts
- Title
- Origin and evolution of deserts / edited by Stephen G. Wells and Donald R. Haragan.
- Publication
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1983.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GB611 .O74 1983 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 228 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Contributions of the Committee on Desert and Arid Zones Research of the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ; 20
- Uniform Title
- Contribution ... of the Committee on Desert and Arid Zones Research ; no. 20.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Congress
- proceedings (reports)
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Actes de congrès.
- Note
- Papers presented at two symposia (1980 and 1981) dealing with the origin and evolution of deserts.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies.
- Contents
- Physiographic overview of our arid lands in the western U.S. / Charles B. Hunt -- Some land management problems in our western U.S. arid lands / Charles B. Hunt -- The plate tectonic setting of cordilleran deserts / Peter J. Coney -- Effect of caliche on desert processes / Laurence H. Lattman -- Paleobotanical history of the western deserts / Daniel I. Axelrod -- Development of vegetation and climate in the southwestern United States / Thomas R. Van Devender and W. Geoffrey Spaulding -- A geological perspective of the desert / Farouk El-Baz -- Desertification : a climatological perspective / Derek Winstanley -- Another look at the concept of desertification / Michael M. Verstraete.
- ISBN
- 0826306055
- 9780826306050
- 0826305822
- 9780826305824
- LCCN
- 83001340
- OCLC
- ocm09280727
- 9280727
- SCSB-8812499
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library