Nguồn ngoài
The Environment of the Earth's Surface
A great variety of processes affect the surface of the Earth. Topics to be covered are production and movement of surficial materials; soils and soil erosion; precipitation; streams and lakes; groundwater flow; glaciers and their deposits. The text combines aspects of geology, climatology, hydrology, and soil science to present a coherent introduction to the surface of the Earth, with emphasis on both fundamental concepts and practical applications.
- Tác giả
- John Southard
- Nhà xuất bản
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- CC BY-NC-SA
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- EN
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Mục lục· 97 mục
- 01: Introduction
- 1.01: Some Basic Physics Relevant to The Earth's Surface
- 1.02: Heading and Cooling of the Earth's Surface
- 1.03: Some Elementary Chemistry Relevant to the Earth's Surface
- 1.04: The Nature of Water
- 1.05: Some Essential of the Chemistry of the Surface Zone of the Earth
- 1.06: The Flow of Water
- 02: Introduction and Geology
- 2.01: The Earth - The Ground Beneath Your Feet
- 2.02: Minerals
- 2.03: Rocks
- 2.04: Bedrock
- 2.05: Weathering
- 2.06: The Mineral Particles of the Earth's Surface Materials
- 2.07: Regolith
- 2.08: Sediment
- 2.09: Soils
- 03: Topography
- 3.01: Latitude and Longitude
- 3.02: Maps
- 3.03: Topographic Maps
- 3.04: Stream Networks Drainage Basins and Divides
- 3.05: Geologic Maps and Cross Sections
- 04: Groundwater
- 4.01: Introduction- How Water Gets to Be Groundwater
- 4.02: A Home Experiment on Infiltration
- 4.03: The Physics of Groundwater Movement
- 4.04: Qualitative Aspects of Groundwater and Groundwater Flow
- 4.05: Some Practical Things About Water Wells
- 4.06: Groundwater in Coastal Regions
- 05: Rivers
- 5.01: Introduction
- 5.02: Fluvial Hydrology
- 5.03: Open-Channel Hydraulics
- 5.04: The Energy of Rivers
- 5.05: The Morphology of Rivers
- 5.06: Classifying Rivers
- 5.07: Variables Involved In Rivers
- 5.08: Fluvial Sediment Transport
- 5.09: Morphology and Dynamics of Meandering Streams
- 5.10: Drainage Networks
- 5.11: Fluvial Deposits
- 5.12: Floods
- 5.13: Some Practical Aspects of Rivers
- 06: Lakes
- 6.01: The Origin of Lakes
- 6.02: The Geometry of Lakes
- 6.03: Residence Time
- 6.04: The Water Balance of Lakes
- 6.05: The Vertical Temperature Structure of Bath Water
- 6.06: The Thermal Structure of Real Lakes
- 6.07: Classification of Lakes by Thermal Regime
- 6.08: The Lifetime of Lakes
- 07: Glaciers
- 7.01: Introduction to Glaciers
- 7.02: Classification of Glaciers
- 7.03: Distribution of Glaciers
- 7.04: Glacier Ice
- 7.05: The Budget of Glaciers
- 7.06: Movement of Glaciers
- 7.07: Deformation of Ice
- 7.08: The Thermal Structure of Glaciers
- 7.09: Glacial Meltwater
- 7.10: Glacial Erosion
- 7.11: Glacial Sediment Transport
- 7.12: Glacial Deposits
- 08: Coasts
- 8.01: Introduction to Coasts
- 8.02: Classification
- 8.03: Tides and Tidal Currents
- 8.04: Beaches
- 8.05: Deltas
- 09: Deserts
- 9.01: Introduction to Deserts
- 9.02: Classification of Deserts
- 9.03: A Brief Summary of Desert Features
- 9.04: Saltation
- 9.05: Eolian Ripplers and Eolian Dunes
- 10: Mass Wasting
- 10.01: Introduction to Mass Wasting
- 10.02: The Controls on Downslope Movement
- 10.03: Kinds of Mass Wasting
- 10.04: Creep
- 10.05: Landslides
- 10.06: Debris Flows
- 11: Landscapes
- 11.01: Introduction to Landscapes
- 11.02: Mountains and Valleys
- 11.03: Davisian Geomorphology
- 11.04: How Fast Are the Continents Worn Down
- 11.05: Drainage Development in Newly Emergent Regions
- 11.06: Some Common Geomorphic Features Produced by Fluvial Erosion
- 12: The Hydrologic Cycle the Sediment Cycle and the Carbon Cycle
- 12.01: Introduction - Systems Cycles Reservoirs and Fluxes
- 12.02: The Earths Water and the Hydrologic Cycle
- 12.03: The Sediment Cycle
- 12.04: The Carbon Cycle