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Sand dunes : ecology, geology and conservation / Cory D. Galvin, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
- Environmental science, engineering and technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sand dune ecology.
- Sand dune conservation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Presents research in the study of the conservation, types and desertification of sand dunes. This title discusses topics that include the aridisation, dune dissipation and pedogenesis in the Quarternary of Eastern Pampean sand sea; desert sand dunes for sulfur concrete production; and, more.
- Contents:
- Intro
- SAND DUNES: ECOLOGY, GEOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Chapter 1 DUNE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE SOUTHERN PAMPEAN COAST (ARGENTINA): AN INSIGHT INTO FLORISTIC DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- THE SOUTHERN PAMPEAN COAST - GENERAL DESCRIPTION
- METHODOLOGY
- RESULTS
- Geomorphological Units and Associated Vegetation
- Beach
- Active Dunes
- Fixed/Semifixed Dunes
- Dune Slacks
- Brackish Floodplains
- CONCLUSION
- Ecological Considerations
- Human Intervention
- Protection Status and Conservation Perspectives
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 2 AEOLIAN SAND DUNE ENVIRONMENTS
- WINDS, DESERTS AND COASTS
- SAND EROSION AND TRANSPORT
- Erosion
- Transport
- Sand Sedimentation
- Sand Sheets
- Ripples, Dunes and Draas
- Interdune Areas
- TYPES OF AEOLIAN SAND SYSTEMS
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON SAND DUNES
- Chapter 3 FATTY ACID PROFILE OF RIPENED CANAVALIA SPLIT BEANS OF THE COASTAL SAND DUNES
- MATERIALS AND METHODS
- Seed Samples
- Extraction of Lipids
- Fatty Acid Methyl Esters
- Gas Chromatography
- Data Analysis
- Seed Features and Total Lipids
- Ratios of Fatty Acid
- DISCUSSION
- CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK
- Chapter 4 THE GEOLOGY OF SAND DUNES
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. SAND MOBILIZATION
- 3. DUNE GROWTH AND MOVEMENT
- 4. TYPES OF SAND DUNES
- 1. Barchan Dunes
- 2. Longitoidinal Dunes
- 3. Transverse Dunes
- 4. Parabolic Dunes
- 5. Barchanoid Dunes
- 6. Star Dunes
- 5. EXAMPLES
- 1. The Great Sand Dunes
- 2. White Sands National Monument
- 3. Al Rub Al Khali (Empty Quarter)
- 4. The Wahiba Sands
- 6. INTERDUNES ENVIRONMENT
- 1. Erosional Interdunes.
- 2. Dry Interdunes
- 3. Damp-Wet Interdunes
- 4. Evaporitic Interdunes
- Chapter 5 IMPROVING WATER REGIMES OF LOAMY SAND FOR WHEAT CULTIVATION BY ADDING SILT LOAM
- 1. Experimental Site and Treatments
- 2. Wheat Cultivation and Irrigation Management
- 3. Data Recording and Analyses
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
- 1. Soil Properties
- 2. Water Regimes
- 3. Water Use Efficiency
- Chapter 6 THE SAHARA: A DESERT OF CHANGE
- DATA SET
- METHODS
- Precipitation
- Temperature
- Wind Direction
- Topography
- Sahara Desert Surface Area Change
- Chapter 7 VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY IN THE THAR DESERT, INDIA
- Physiography
- Climate
- Rainfall
- VEGETATION
- Birds
- SPECIES RICHNESS AND ABUNDANCE
- DIVERSITY INDICES
- MAMMALS
- Chapter 8 NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF SPROUTED SEEDS OF COASTAL SAND DUNE LEGUME CANAVALIA MARITIMA
- Processing
- Proximate Analysis
- Protein Fractions
- Mineral Analysis
- Amino Acid Analysis
- Protein Digestibility
- Fatty Acid Analysis
- Antinutritional Factors
- Proximate Composition
- Mineral Profile
- Amino Acid Profile
- In Vitro Protein Digestibility
- Fatty Acid Profile
- Antinutritional Features
- INDEX
- Blank Page.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61209-482-1
- OCLC:
- 741612784
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