Military geosciences in the twenty-first century / edited by Russell S. Harmon, Sophie E. Baker, Eric V. McDonald

Published: Boulder, Colorado : The Geological Society of America, 2014.
Physical Description: vi, 215 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Additional Creators: Harmon, R. S. (Russell S.), Baker, Sophie E., 1979-, and McDonald, Eric V. (Eric Von), 1958-

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Reviews in engineering geology ; v. 22.

Contents

Editors' introduction: Military geosciences in the twenty-first century : a historical perspective and overview / Russell S. Harmon and Eric V. McDonald -- Prologue: Environmental security revived : a global security threat / W. Chris King -- Historical perspectives: Military geosciences before the twenty-first century / Edward P.F. Rose ; From protection to projection : An overview of location considerations for U.S. military bases / Harold Balbach, William Goran, and Anthony Latino ; 5. Military operations in the hot desert environment / Daniel A. Gilewitch ; Dust storms and the 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt / Joseph P. Henderson -- Geoscience for military operations: Characterizing the desert environment for Army operations / Daniel A. Gilewitch, W. Chris King, Eugene J. Palka, Russell S. Harmon, Eric V. McDonald, William W. Doe III ; Hydrogeology of Afghanistan and its impact on military operations / Christopher A. Gellasch ; Recommendations for the development of a dust-suppressant test operations procedure for U.S. Army materiel testing / Steven N. Bacon, Eric V. McDonald, Graham K. Dalldorf, Wayne Lucas, and George Nikolich -- Military environmental stewardship: U.S. military installations as bioreserves : a case study from Fort Hood, Texas / Timothy J. Hayden ; Overview of Department of Defense land use in the desert Southwest, including major natural resource management challenges / William W. Doe III, Timothy J. Hayden, Robert M. Lacey, and William D. Goran ; Remote sensing for soil map unit boundary detection / Emily E. Frisbee, J.B.J. Harrison, J.M.H. Hendrickx, and B. Borchers ; Simulating the impacts of small convective storms and channel transmission losses on gully evolution / Xiangjiang Huang and Jeffrey D. Niemann ; Dryland channel networks : resiliency, thresholds, and management metrics / Ellen Wohl ; Quaternary geologic studies on playas of the Nevada Test and Training Range in support of the Nellis AFB training mission / Robert Dickerson and Nicholas Malczyk ; Role of biological soil crusts in desert hydrology and geomorphology : implications for military training operations / Steven D. Warren ; Environmental metrics for assessing optimal littoral penetration points and beach staging locations : amphibious training grounds, Onslow Beach, North Carolina, USA / Heidi M. Wadman, Jesse E. McNinch, and Amy Foxgrover ; Experiencing nature in militarized landscapes : if a bomb drops in the desert, do we still call it wilderness? / Mary Cablk.

Summary

"Eighteen chapters address the complex yet critical aspects of the role of geosciences in military undertakings. The chapters cover a wide range of expertise drawn from the broad area of geology, geomorphology, geography, geophysics, engineering geology, hydrogeology, cartography, environmental science, remote sensing, soil science, geoinformatics, and related disciplines that reflect the multidisciplinary nature of military geology"--

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9780813741222 (pbk.)
081374122X (pbk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references.

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