Author: Frank DixeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Some Aspects of the Geomorphology of Central and Southern Africa
Author: Frank DixeyColonial Geology and Mineral Resources
Author: Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa
Author: Stefan GrabPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319035606
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
This book presents a beautifully illustrated overview of the most prominent landscapes of South Africa and the distinctive landforms associated with them. It describes the processes, origins and the environmental significance of those landscapes, including their relationships to human activity of the past and present. The sites described in this book include, amongst others, the Blyde River Canyon, Augrabies Falls, Kruger National Park, Kalahari desert landscapes, the Great Escarpment, Sterkfontein caves and karst system, Table Mountain, Cape winelands, coastal dunes, rocky coasts, Boer War battlefield sites, and Vredefort impact structure. Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa provides a new perspective on South Africa’s scenic landscapes by considering their diversity, long and short term histories, and importance for geoconservation and geotourism. This book will be relevant to those interested in the geology, physical geography and history of South Africa, climate change and landscape tourism.
The History of the Study of Landforms - Volume 3
Author: Robert P. BeckinsalePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134935161
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
This volume provides a global treatment of historical and regional geomorphic work as it developed from the end of the nineteenth century to the hiatus of the Second World War. The book deals with the burgeoning of the eustatic theory, the concepts of isostasy and epeirogeny, and the first complete statements of the cycle of erosion and of polycyclic denudation chronology.
Colonial Geological Surveys, 1947-56
Author: Frank DixeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chromite
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Author: Lyndon B. Johnson Space CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
The History of the Study of Landforms, Or, The Development of Geomorphology
Author: Robert Percy BeckinsalePublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415056267
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
This volume provides a global treatment of historical and regional geomorphic work as it developed from the end of the nineteenth century to the hiatus of the Second World War. The book deals with the burgeoning of the eustatic theory, the concepts of isostasy and epeirogeny, and the first complete statements of the cycle of erosion and of polycyclic denudation chronology.
Studies in East African Geography and Development
Author: S.H. OmindePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520328213
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
Fundamentals of Mid-Tertiary Stratigraphical Correlation
Author: F. E. EamesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521172295
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This 1962 book is a concise study of the middle part of the Tertiary Era, in which sediments of great economic importance (especially for the petroleum and related industries) were deposited. The information is presented graphically and a comprehensive description of the true Oligocene plantonic stratigraphical index foraminifera is given.
Namibia
Author: George J. CoakleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Prepared by the US Bureau of Mines with the purpose of providing the latest available data and information on mining and mineral resources in Namibia, this is a well-informed and useful reference work. The study covers regional geology, the history of exploitation, mining policies and legislation, production (including detailed tables on production and reserves 1970-1981) as well as water resources, energy supply, labour and transport. It argues that uranium has the greatest potential for long-term growth, and that elsewhere a pattern of diminishing ore reserves in the metals and to a lesser extent diamonds suggests a declining resource base. Shortages of water supplies, lack of artisans and skilled labour and "the unresolved international dispute"are identified as constraints to future growth in Namibia's mining industry. There is a chapter outlining the main features of mining legislation, and a lengthy, mainly technical bibliography listing close to 200 items. As a technical and economic surveyrelying heavily on information provided by the mining companies themselves, the study has considerable value. As a guide to the political economy of Namibia, it is, however, quite misleading. The UN Decree No. 1 of 1974 is not mentioned at all, while two decades of worker organization, liberation struggle and harsh colonial repression are dismissed in the assertion that "differences among worker languages and interests have inhibited the formation of a uniform political party or union". The study is notably weak on labour and social conditions, wages and labour legislation. For up-to-date information along the same lines, see Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook, vol. III: Area Reports: International, which contains a chapter on the mineral industry of Namibia. (Eriksen/Moorsom 1989).