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Deserts Past

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Author : GRAYSON DONALD K
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian
Release Date : 1993-08-17

Deserts Past written by GRAYSON DONALD K and has been published by Smithsonian this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-08-17 with Geology categories.

Offering an encyclopedic scope with a storyteller's tone, Donald K. Grayson recounts the historical development of the Great Basin. Beginning just before the last maximum advance of glaciers in North America, the author reconstructs the Great Basin's defining environmental features. He catalogs the existence of such mammals as lions, camels, and mammoths that once lived in this region - and discusses the rise and fall of huge lakes that were once found here.

Deserts Past Pb

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Author : GRAYSON DONALD K
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Release Date : 1998-10-17

Deserts Past Pb written by GRAYSON DONALD K and has been published by Smithsonian Books (DC) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-10-17 with History categories.

Main Selection, Natural Science Book Club. Spanning 25,000 years and covering topics that range from Pleistocene glaciers to the ill-fated Donner Party, The Desert's Past presents the first complete synthesis of the environmental and human history of North America's Great Basin.

Deserts Past And Future Evolution Scientific Reports

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990

Deserts Past And Future Evolution Scientific Reports written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with categories.

Climate Change In Deserts

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Author : Martin Williams
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-08-11

Climate Change In Deserts written by Martin Williams and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-11 with Science categories.

Reconstructing climatic changes in deserts and their margins at a variety of scales in space and time, this book draws upon evidence from land and sea, including desert dunes, wind-blown dust, river and lake sediments, glacial moraines, plant and animal fossils, isotope geochemistry, speleothems, soils, and prehistoric archaeology. The book summarises the Cenozoic evolution of the major deserts of the Americas, Eurasia, Africa and Australia, and the causes of historic floods and droughts. The book then considers the causes and consequences of desertification and proposes four key conditions for achieving ecologically sustainable use of natural resources in arid and semi-arid areas. Climate Change in Deserts is an invaluable reference for researchers and advanced students interested in the climate and geomorphology of deserts: geographers, geologists, ecologists, archaeologists, soil scientists, hydrologists, climatologists and natural resource managers.

Deserts Past And Future Evolution

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Author : Nicole Petit-Maire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988

Deserts Past And Future Evolution written by Nicole Petit-Maire and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Deserts categories.

Deserts

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Author : P. Jamet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990

Deserts written by P. Jamet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Deserts categories.

Arabian Deserts

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Author : H. Stewart Edgell
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-04-30

Arabian Deserts written by H. Stewart Edgell and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-30 with Science categories.

This is the first comprehensive survey of all the deserts of Arabia, based largely on the author’s 50 years of experience there. The text deals with every kind of desert in the region, from vast sand seas to clay pans and stony plains to volcanic flows. Along with dune types unique to the region the author outlines climatic changes, current ecology and human influence on desertification.

When The Sahara Was Green

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Author : Martin Williams
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-10-05

When The Sahara Was Green written by Martin Williams and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-05 with Nature categories.

The little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the world The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States. Yet, this arid expanse was once a verdant, pleasant land, fed by rivers and lakes. The Sahara sustained abundant plant and animal life, such as Nile perch, turtles, crocodiles, and hippos, and attracted prehistoric hunters and herders. What transformed this land of lakes into a sea of sands? When the Sahara Was Green describes the remarkable history of Earth’s greatest desert—including why its climate changed, the impact this had on human populations, and how scientists uncovered the evidence for these extraordinary events. From the Sahara’s origins as savanna woodland and grassland to its current arid incarnation, Martin Williams takes us on a vivid journey through time. He describes how the desert’s ancient rocks were first fashioned, how dinosaurs roamed freely across the land, and how it was later covered in tall trees. Along the way, Williams addresses many questions: Why was the Sahara previously much wetter, and will it be so again? Did humans contribute to its desertification? What was the impact of extreme climatic episodes—such as prolonged droughts—upon the Sahara’s geology, ecology, and inhabitants? Williams also shows how plants, animals, and humans have adapted to the Sahara and what lessons we might learn for living in harmony with the harshest, driest conditions in an ever-changing global environment. A valuable look at how an iconic region has changed over millions of years, When the Sahara Was Green reveals the desert’s surprising past to reflect on its present, as well as its possible future.

Desert Sediments Past And Present

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Author : Kenneth William Glennie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984

Desert Sediments Past And Present written by Kenneth William Glennie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Desert soils categories.

Desert Communities Past And Present

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Author : Cindy Jenson-Elliott
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2014

Desert Communities Past And Present written by Cindy Jenson-Elliott and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

"Compares and contrasts the way people lived in a North American desert over the course of centuries"--