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Linking Climate Change to Land Surface Change / edited by S.J. McLaren, D.R. Kniveton.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
McLaren, Sue J.
Kniveton, Dominic R.
Series:
Advances in Global Change Research, 2215-1621 ; 6
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Geology.
Ecology.
Atmospheric science.
Environmental Sciences.
Atmospheric Science.
Local Subjects:
Geology.
Environmental Sciences.
Atmospheric Science.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (278 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2000.
Place of Publication:
Cleveland : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Our views and understanding of variations in climate, geomorphological processes and the interrelationships that exist between climatic changes and land surface changes, both now and in the past, have developed greatly over the last decade. This book aims to encapsulate some of these recent advances and focuses on the integration of research that has been conducted by geomorphologists and climatologists on linking climate and land surface changes. This book is divided into two main parts: Section A incorporates research that has concentrated on short-term variations in climate, whilst Section B looks at some of the work on long-term climate variability. The volume concludes with a summary chapter that brings together the various ideas that have been presented in this work and other recent research in this general field. This text will be of interest to upper level students of geomorphology, Quaternary studies, climatology, earth sciences, and environmental studies. It will also be of use to researchers in these fields.
Contents:
Short-Term Climate Variabilyty
Dust Variability over Northern Africa and Rainfall in the Sahel
Desiccation in the Sahel
Hydrological Response of Desert Margins to Climatic Change: The Effect of Changing Surface Properties
Weathering, Geomorphology and Climatic Variability in the Central Namib Desert
Warm Season Land Surface — Climate Interactions in the United States Midwest from Mesoscale Observations
Streamflow Changes in the Sierra Nevada, California, Simulated Using a Statistically Downscaled General Circulation Model Scenario of Climate Change
Examining Links between Climate Change and Landslide Activity Using GCMS
Long-Term Climate Variability
Geologic Evidence of Rapid, Multiple, and High-Magnitude Climate Change During the Last Glacial (Wisconsinan) of North America
Aeolian Geomorphic Response to Climate Change: An Example from the Estancia Valley, Central New Mexico, USA
Evaporite Minerals and Organic Horizons in Sedimentary Sequences in the Libyan Fezzan: Implications for Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction
Relict Cryogenic Mounds in the UK as Evidence of Climate Change
Investigations into Long-Term Future Climate Changes
Summary
Geomorphological and Climatological Perspectives on Land Surface -Climate Change.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-280-46231-0
9786610462315
0-306-48086-7
OCLC:
559778280

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