Research Catalog

Title

Environmental change in drylands : biogeographical and geomorphological perspectives / edited by Andrew C. Millington and Ken Pye.

Publication

Chichester [England] ; New York : Wiley, ©1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Millington, A. C.
• Pye, Kenneth.

Description

xvi, 456 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

British Geomorphological Research Group symposia series

Uniform Title

British Geomorphological Research Group symposia series

Subject

• Arid regions > Congresses
• Arid regions
• Trockengebiet
• Umweltveränderung
• Kongress
• Klimaatveranderingen
• Woestijnen
• Biogeografie
• Geomorfologie
• Aride gebieden
• Régions arides > Congrès
• Régions arides
• Déserts

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• Papers based on presentations made at a symposium on the Effects of Environmental Change in Drylands, held at the Institute of British Geographers Annual conference in Swansea, January 1992.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Credits (note)

• " ... based on presentations made at a symposium on the 'Effects of Environmental Change in Drylands' ... held at the Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference in Swansea during January 1992"--Preface.

Contents

Ch. 1. Deserts in a Warmer World / A. S. Goudie -- Ch. 2. Timescales, Environmental Change and Dryland Valley Development / D. J. Nash, D. S. G. Thomas and P. A. Shaw -- Ch. 3. Mineral Magnetic Analysis of Iron Oxides in Arid Zone Soils from the Tunisian Southern Atlas / K. White and J. Walden -- Ch. 4. Late Pleistocene and Holocene Changes in Hillslope Sediment Supply to Alluvial Fan Systems: Zzyzx, California / A. M. Harvey and S. G. Wells -- Ch. 5. Natural Stabilization Mechanisms on Badland Slopes: Tabernas, Almeria, Spain / R. W. Alexander, A. M. Harvey, A. Calvo, P. A. James and A. Cerda -- Ch. 6. Responses of Rivers and Lakes to Holocene Environmental Change in the Alcaniz Region, Teruel, North-East Spain / M. G. Macklin, D. G. Passmore, A. C. Stevenson, B. A. Davis and J. A. Benavente -- Ch. 7. The Palaeolimnological Record of Environmental Change: Examples from the Arid Frontier of Mesoamerica / S. E. Metcalfe, F. A. Street-Perrott, S. L. O'Hara, P. E. Hales and R. A. Perrott -- Ch. 8. Lacustrine Sedimentation in a High-Altitude, Semi-Arid Environment: The Palaeolimnological Record of Lake Isli, High Atlas, Morocco / H. F. Lamb, C. A. Duigan, J. H. R. Gee, K. Kelts, G. Lister, R. W. Maxted, A. Merzouk, F. Niessen, M. Tahri, R. J. Whittington and E. Zeroual -- Ch. 9. Abrupt Holocene Hydro-Climatic Events: Palaeolimnological Evidence from North-West Africa / N. Roberts, H. F. Lamb, N. El Hamouti and P. Barker -- Ch. 10. Aeolian Activity, Desertification and the 'Green Dam' in the Ziban Range, Algeria / J.-L. Ballais -- Ch. 11. The Ambiguous Impact of Climate Change at a Desert Fringe: Northern Negev, Israel / A. Yair -- Ch. 12. The Environmental Consequences and Context of Ancient Floodwater Farming in the Tripolitanian Pre-Desert / D. D. Gilbertson, C. O. Hunt, N. R. J. Fieller and G. W. W. Barker -- Ch. 13. Evolutionary Trends in the Wheat Group in Relation to Environment, Quaternary Climatic Change and Human Impacts / M. A. Blumler -- Ch. 14. Post-European Changes in Creeks of Semi-Arid Rangelands, 'Polpah Station', New South Wales / J. Pickard -- Ch. 15. Anthropogenic Factors in the Degradation of Semi-Arid Regions: A Prehistoric Case Study in Southern France / J. Wainwright -- Ch. 16. Erosion-Vegetation Competition in a Stochastic Environment Undergoing Climatic Change / J. B. Thornes and J. Brandt -- Ch. 17. Environmental Change, Disturbance and Regeneration in Semi-Arid Floodplain Forests / F. M. R. Hughes -- Ch. 18. Monitoring the Flooding Ratio of Tunisian Playas Using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Imagery / N. A. Drake and R. G. Bryant -- Ch. 19. Waterlogging and Soil Salinity in the Newly Reclaimed Areas of the Western Nile Delta of Egypt / R. Goossens, T. K. Ghabour, T. Ongena and A. Gad -- Ch. 20. The Implications of the Altered Water Regime for the Ecology and Sustainable Development of Wadi Allaqi, Egypt / G. Dickinson, K. Murphy and I. Springuel -- Ch. 21. Soil-Forming Processes on Reclaimed Desertified Land in North-Central China / D. J. Mitchell and M. A. Fullen -- Ch. 22. Facing Environmental Degradation in the Aravalli Hills, India

ISBN

• 0471942677
• 9780471942672

LCCN

93027489

OCLC

• ocm28708531
• 28708531
• SCSB-8814663

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library