Research Catalog

Title

Physical geography of the global environment / H.J. de Blij, Peter O. Muller.

Author

De Blij, Harm J.

Publication

New York : Wiley, ©1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

Muller, Peter O.

Description

xxvii, 576 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 28 cm

Subject

• Physical geography
• physical geography
• Fysische geografie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. 1. A Global Perspective -- Unit 1. Introducing Physical Geography -- Unit 2. The Planet Earth -- Unit 3. Mapping the Earth's Surface -- Unit 4. Earth-Sun Relationships -- Pt. 2. Atmosphere and Hydrosphere -- Unit 5. Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere -- Unit 6. Radiation and the Heat Balance of the Atmosphere -- Unit 7. Atmospheric and Surface Temperatures -- Unit 8. Air Pressure and Winds -- Unit 9. Circulation Patterns of the Atmosphere -- Unit 10. Hydrosphere: Circulation of the World Ocean -- Unit 11. Atmospheric Moisture and the Water Budget -- Unit 12. Precipitation, Air Masses, and Fronts -- Unit 13. Weather Systems -- Unit 14. Weather Tracking and Forecasting -- Unit 15. Climate Classification and Regionalization -- Unit 16. Tropical (A) and Arid (B) Climates -- Unit 17. Humid Mesothermal (C) Climates -- Unit 18. Higher latitude (D, E) and High-Altitude (H) Climates -- Unit 19. Dynamics of Climate Change -- Unit 20. Human -- Climate Interactions and Impacts -- Pt. 3. The Biosphere -- Unit 21. Climate, Soil, Plants, and Animals -- Unit 22. Formation of Soils -- Unit 23. Physical Properties of Soil -- Unit 24. Classification and Mapping of Soils -- Unit 25. Biogeographic Processes -- Unit 26. The Global Distribution of Plants -- Unit 27. Zoogeography: Spatial Aspects of Animal Populations -- Pt. 4. The Restless Crust -- Unit 28. The Earth in Profile: The Layered Interior -- Unit 29. Minerals and Igneous Rocks -- Unit 30. Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks -- Unit 31. Plates of the Lithosphere -- Unit 32. Plate Movement: Causes and Effects -- Unit 33. Volcanism and Its Landforms -- Unit 34. Earthquakes and Landscapes -- Unit 35. Structures Beneath the Surface -- Pt. 5. Sculpting the Surface -- Unit 36. The Formation of Landscapes and Landforms -- Unit 37. Weathering Processes -- Unit 38. Mass Movements -- Unit 39. Water in the Lithosphere -- Unit 40. Slopes and Streams -- Unit 41. Degradational Landforms of Stream Erosion -- Unit 42. Aggradational Landforms of Stream Erosion.
• Unit 43. Karst Processes and Landforms -- Unit 44. Glacial Degradation and Aggradation -- Unit 45. Landforms and Landscapes of Continental Glaciers -- Unit 46. Landforms and Landscapes of Mountain Glaciers -- Unit 47. Periglacial Environments and Landscapes -- Unit 48. Wind as a Geomorphic Agent -- Unit 49. Coastal Processes -- Unit 50. Coastal Landforms and Landscapes -- Unit 51. Physiographic Realms: The Spatial Variation of Landscapes -- Unit 52. Physiographic Regions of the United States.

ISBN

• 0471540617
• 9780471540618
• 0471559202 PB21.95* (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

92013969

OCLC

• ocm25746277
• 25746277
• SCSB-2020381

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library