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Physical geography science and systems of the human environment

Alan H. Strahler Arthur Newell Strahler 1918-

New York J. Wiley c2005

Localização: PUSPSC - Prefeitura do Campus USP de São Carlos    (910.02 S578p.3 )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Physical geography science and systems of the human environment
  • Autor: Alan H. Strahler
  • Arthur Newell Strahler 1918-
  • Assuntos: Physical geography; GEOGRAFIA FÍSICA
  • Notas: Includes index.
  • Descrição: Introducing physical geography -- Spheres, scales, systems, and cycles -- The Earth as a rotating planet -- The global energy system -- Air temperature and air temperature cycles -- Atmospheric moisture and precipitation -- Winds and the global circulation system -- Weather systems -- The global scope of climate -- Low-latitude climates -- Midlatitude and high-latitude climates -- Earth materials and the cycles of rock change -- The lithosphere and the tectonic system -- Volconic and tectonic landforms -- Weathering and mass wasting -- The cycling of water on the continents -- Fluvial processes and landforms -- Landforms and rock structure -- The work of waves and wind -- Glacier systems and the Ice Age -- Soil systems -- Systems and cycles of the biosphere -- Biographical processes -- Global ecosystems.
  • Editor: New York J. Wiley
  • Data de criação/publicação: c2005
  • Formato: xxii, 794 p : ill. (some col.), col. maps 29 cm..
  • Idioma: Inglês

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