Geomorphology of desert environments / edited by Athol D. Abrahams and Anthony J. Parsons

Published:: London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1994.
Edition:: 1st ed.
Physical Description:: x, 674 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Additional Creators:: Abrahams, A. D. (Athol D.), 1946- and Parsons, A. J.

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Geomorphology of desert environments / Anthony J. Parsons and Athol D. Abrahams -- Global deserts: a geomorphic comparison / Theodore M. Oberlander -- WEATHERING: Weathering processes and forms / B.J. Smith -- Aridic soils, patterned ground, and desert pavements / John C. Dixon -- Duricrusts / John C. Dixon -- Rock varnish in deserts / Theodore M. Oberlander -- HILLSLOPES: Rock slopes / Alan D. Howard and Michael J. Selby -- Rock-mantled slopes / Athol D. Abrahams, Alan D. Howard, and Anthony J. Parsons -- Badlands / Alan D. Howard -- Plants on desert hillslopes / Carolyn F. Francis -- RIVERS: Catchment and channel hydrology / John B. Thornes -- Channel processes and forms / John B. Thornes -- PIEDMONTS: Pediments in arid environments / John C. Dohrenwend -- Alluvial fan processes and forms / Terence C. Blair and John G. McPherson -- LAKE BASINS: Hemiarid lake basins: hydrographic patterns / Donald R. Currey -- Hemiarid lake basins: geomorphic patterns / Donald R. Currey -- AEOLIAN SURFACES: Aeolian sediment transport / Nicholas Lancaster and William G. Nickling -- Dune morphology and dynamics / Nicholas Lancaster -- Landforms of aeolian erosion / Julie E. Laity -- CLIMATIC CHANGE: Rock varnish as evidence of climatic change / Ronald I. Dorn -- Hillslopes as evidence of climatic change / Karl-Heinz Schmidt -- River landforms and sediments: evidence of climatic change / Ian Reid -- The role of climatic change in alluvial fan development / Ronald I. Dorn -- Geomorphic evidence of climatic change from desert-basin palaeolakes / Dorothy Sack -- Palaeoclimatic interpretations from desert dunes and sediments / Vatche P. Tchakerian -- Cenozoic climatic changes in deserts: a synthesis / M.A.J. Williams.

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0412444801

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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