Author: Joseph A. DiPietro Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 0128111925 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 638
Book Description
Geology and Landscape Evolution: General Principles Applied to the United States, Second Edition, is an accessible text that balances interdisciplinary theory and applications within the physical geography, geology, geomorphology and climatology of the United States. The vast diversity of terrain and landscape across the United States makes this an ideal tool for geoscientists worldwide who research the country's geological and landscape evolution. The book provides an explanation of how landscape forms, how it evolves and why it looks the way it does. This new edition is fully updated with greater detail throughout and additional figures, maps, drawings and photographs. Rather than limiting the coverage specifically to tectonics or to the origin and evolution of rocks with little regard for the actual landscape beyond general desert, river and glacial features, this book concentrates specifically on the origin of the landscape itself, with specific and exhaustive reference to examples from across the United States. The book begins with a discussion of how rock type and rock structure combine with tectonic activity, climate, isostasy and sea level change to produce landscape and then explores predicting how landscape will evolve. The book goes on to apply those concepts to specific examples throughout the United States, making it a valuable resource for understanding theoretical geological concepts through a practical lens. - Presents the complexities of physical geography, geology, geomorphology and climatology of the United States through an interdisciplinary, highly accessible approach - Offers hundreds of full-color figures, maps and photographs that capture the systematic interaction of land, rock, rivers, glaciers, global wind patterns and climate, including Google Earth images - Provides a thorough assessment of the logic, rationale, and tools required to understand how to interpret landscape and the geological history of the Earth - Features exercises that conclude each chapter, aiding in the retention of key concepts - Updated with greater detail throughout and additional figures, maps, drawings and photographs - Includes additional subheadings so that material is easier to find and digest - Includes an all-new chapter on glaciation and expanded exercises using Google Earth images to enhance understanding
Author: Vivien Gornitz Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1402045514 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 1062
Book Description
One of Springer’s Major Reference Works, this book gives the reader a truly global perspective. It is the first major reference work in its field. Paleoclimate topics covered in the encyclopedia give the reader the capability to place the observations of recent global warming in the context of longer-term natural climate fluctuations. Significant elements of the encyclopedia include recent developments in paleoclimate modeling, paleo-ocean circulation, as well as the influence of geological processes and biological feedbacks on global climate change. The encyclopedia gives the reader an entry point into the literature on these and many other groundbreaking topics.
Author: Michael D. Delong Publisher: Academic Press ISBN: 0128188480 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 1109
Book Description
Rivers of North America, Second Edition features new updates on rivers included in the first edition, as well as brand new information on additional rivers. This new edition expands the knowledge base, providing readers with a broader comparative approach to understand both the common and distinct attributes of river networks. The first edition addressed the three primary disciplines of river science: hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology. This new edition expands upon the interactive nature of these disciplines, showing how they define the organization of a riverine landscape and its processes. An essential resource for river scientists working in ecology, hydrology, and geomorphology. - Provides a single source of information on North America's major rivers - Features authoritative information on more than 200 rivers from regional specialists - Includes full-color photographs and topographical maps to illustrate the beauty, major features, and uniqueness of each river system - Offers one-page summaries help readers quickly find key statistics and make comparisons among rivers
Author: E.C. Pielou Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226668096 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 380
Book Description
The fascinating story of how a harsh terrain that resembled modern Antarctica has been transformed gradually into the forests, grasslands, and wetlands we know today.
Author: Steven Earle Publisher: ISBN: 9781537068824 Category : Languages : en Pages : 628
Book Description
This is a discount Black and white version. Some images may be unclear, please see BCCampus website for the digital version.This book was born out of a 2014 meeting of earth science educators representing most of the universities and colleges in British Columbia, and nurtured by a widely shared frustration that many students are not thriving in courses because textbooks have become too expensive for them to buy. But the real inspiration comes from a fascination for the spectacular geology of western Canada and the many decades that the author spent exploring this region along with colleagues, students, family, and friends. My goal has been to provide an accessible and comprehensive guide to the important topics of geology, richly illustrated with examples from western Canada. Although this text is intended to complement a typical first-year course in physical geology, its contents could be applied to numerous other related courses.
Author: Marcella Boone Publisher: ISBN: 9781536125016 Category : Glacial climates Languages : en Pages : 0
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Global climate during the Quaternary has been deeply influenced by glacial-interglacial oscillations. Since the onset of glaciations, the Earth has experienced alternations between warm and stable climatic periods coinciding with interglacials, and cold and highly variable climatic intervals coinciding with glacials. In a suborbital timescale, climate oscillations were maximal during glacial onsets and, very especially, during deglaciations. Previous deglaciation events were associated with diverse changes in earths atmospheric, physical and biotic environments. Chapter One contains a brief outline of a case study conducted in western Canada to constrain the Late Pleistocene retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet from the region. Chapter Two reports on the influence of deglaciations in the mid-latitude European climate. Chapter Three aims to highlight the influence of global and regional paleoceanographic changes on the deglaciation of the marine based Barents ice sheet since the last glacial maximum (LGM) until the onset of marine environment in the Holocene.
Author: Evan James Gowan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The Laurentide Ice Sheet reached its maximum extent at the Last Glacial Maximum, 26,500-19,000 years before present. It is responsible for a large portion of the approximately 130 m of eustatic sea level fall since that time. During its retreat, meltwater from the Laurentide Ice Sheet caused rapid changes in sea level, and affected global climate by changing ocean circulation. However, previous estimates of the absolute volume of the Laurentide Ice Sheet through time have been limited due to deficiencies in the chronology of margin retreat and information on glacial-isostatic adjustment (GIA). In this study, I present a new numerical ice sheet model of the western portion of the Laurentide ice sheet. I constrain the model using GIA indicators, including the tilts of well dated glacial lake strandlines, tilt rates of contemporary modern lakes, uplift rates from GPS, and relative sea level indicators. I also present a new margin history based on the minimum timing of retreat. All data used in the modelling exercise are carefully assessed to ensure they are reliable. At the Last Glacial Maximum, the ice sheet model has a broad dome that extended from the Cordillera to the area west of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. The southern portion of the ice sheet is modelled to have a shallow gradient, with thickness values less than 2000 m south of 56 degrees north. This is in contrast to previous ice sheet models of the Laurentide Ice Sheet based on GIA modelling, such as ICE-5G (Peltier, 2004), that have over 5000 m of ice in this region. During deglaciation, the largest decrease in volume happened between 16,000 and 13,000 years before present, coinciding with margin retreat in Alberta and Northwest Territories. From 13,000 to 11,500 years before present, ice sheet retreat slowed, corresponding to Younger Dryas cooling. After 11,500 years before present, ice sheet retreat was more rapid, and by 6500 years before present, no ice remained in the study area. Glacial lake tilt observations support a thick elastic lithosphere, with values greater than 120 km providing the best fit to the data. A wide range of mantle viscosity values were investigated, and the calculated GIA matched observations within the range of 3-5x10̂20 Pa s for the upper mantle and >5x10̂21 Pa s for the lower mantle for the majority of observations.
Author: Joseph A. DiPietro
Author: Vivien Gornitz
Author: Lee Clayton
Author: William F. Ruddiman
Author: Aleksis Dreimanis
Author: Michael D. Delong
Author: E.C. Pielou
Author: Steven Earle
Author: Marcella Boone
Author: Evan James Gowan