Environmental Geology: Facing the Challenges of Our Changing Earth - Couverture rigide

Erickson, Jon

 
9780816047277: Environmental Geology: Facing the Challenges of Our Changing Earth
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0816047278 ISBN 13 : 9780816047277
Editeur : Facts On File Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Helping readers to understand the hopes and the hazards facing humankind by learning more about the causes and the consequences of environmental change, Environmental Geology is a valuable guide to an exciting and relatively new science that deals with the relationship between people and their geologic environment. Chapter by chapter, this volume details the many ways man-made and natural forces have brought about serious - and in some cases, irreversible - damage to the earth, including: - Climate Change: The Greenhouse Effect - Hydrologic Activity: Water Flow and Flooding - Coastal Processes: Seacoasts and Estuaries - Tectonic Hazards: Earthquakes and Volcanoes - Desertification: Deserts and Droughts - Natural Resources: Depletion of Industrial Materials - Land Use: The Changing Landscape.

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Éditeur
Facts On File Inc
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0816047278
ISBN 13 
9780816047277
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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