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050 _aGB 545 .S77 1979
100 _aStrahler, Arthur N.
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245 0 _aElements of physical geography /
_cArthur N. Strahler and Alan H. Strahler
260 _aNew York :
_bJohn Wiley & Son, Inc.,
_cc1979
300 _axii, 560 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c29 cm
505 _aIntroduction - The Human environment -- Chapter 1 : Our spherical habitat -- Chapter 2 : Earth realms - atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere -- Chapter 3 : The Earth's radiation balance -- Chapter 4 : Heat and cold in the life layer -- Chapter 5 : Global circulation of atmosphere and oceans -- Chapter 6 : Atmospheric moisture and precipitation -- Chapter 7 : Air masses and cyclonic storms -- Chapter 8 : The Global scope of climate -- Chapter 9 : The Soil-water balance -- Chapter 10 : The Soil layer -- Chapter 11 : The Global scope of of soils -- Chapter 12 : The Flow of energy and materials in the biosphere -- Chapter 13 : Environments of natural vegetation -- Chapter 14 : Earth materials -- Chapter 15 : The Earth's crust and plate tectonics -- Chapter 16 : Weathering and mass wasting -- Chapter 17 : Ground water and surface water -- Chapter 18 : Landforms made by running water -- Chapter 19 : Landforms and rock structure -- Chapter 20 : Landforms made by glaciers -- Chapter 21 : Landforms made by waves -- Chapter 22 : Landforms made by wind -- Chapter 23 : Global environmental regions : I. The Low-latitude environments -- Chapter 24 : Global environmental regions : II. The Midlatitude and high-latitude environments
520 _aElements of Physical geography, second edition, is written for use in one-semester and one-quarter survey courses. Both content and structure are designed for students who are following general education programs in nonscience fields and who need only an overview of global physical environments.
700 _aStrahler, Alan H.
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