Natural systems and human responses:
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Walton-on-Thames u.a.
Nelson
1992
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| Series: | Nelson A-level geography
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| Physical Description: | 249 S. zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 0174440693 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
SECTION ONE: THE LITHOSPHERE AT WORK 1-72
CHAPTER 1 Plate tectonics theory and the impacts of vulcanicity
and earthquakes 1
Introduction 1
Case study 1.1 Finding out about volcanoes ^ 2
Case study 1.2 Volcanic hazards of the USA 4
Case study 1.3 Mount St. Helens, Washington State, USA 6
Case study 1.4 The response — managing the mountain 9
Case study 1.5 Details of a major eruptive episode — El Chichon, Mexico 1982 14
Case study 1.6 Would you really like to live in California? 16
Case study 1.7 World faces growing quake threat 18
Case study 1.8 Oblique movements of plates, hot spots 19
CHAPTER 2 Rocks, weathering and landforms 21
Introduction 21
Case study 2.1 Relationships between rock type, structure and landforms 23
Case study 2.2 Localisation of weathering — the example of shakeholes 29
Case study 2.3 Karst landscapes of the Muiu National Park, Sarawak 32
Case study 2.4 The influence of lithology and structure — the Idanre Hills of
Western Nigeria 36
Case study 2.5 Slope development in the tropics — the Rupununi—Kanuku
Mountains, Guyana 38
Case study 2.6 Gully networks and slope development — an example from
Aix-en-Provence, Southern France 40
Case study 2.7 Mass movement and slope forms — Bredon Hill 43
Case study 2.8 Relationships between rock character and freeze-thaw activity 46
CHAPTER 3 Coastal processes and management 49
Introduction 49
Case study 3*1 Rocks, rollers and real estate in Santa Cruz county, California,
USA 51
Case study 3.2 Using the littoral cell to study and manage coastlines 56
Case study 3.3 Coastal management — or mismanagement? Abidjan, West
Africa 62
Case study 3.4 Coastal barriers of the USA 63
Case study 3.5 Environmental impacts of using tidal power— the Severn Estuary 69
SECTION TWO: THE HYDROSPHERE AT WORK 73-150
CHAPTER 4 Water on the land — rivers at work 73
Introduction 73
Case study 4.1 Rivers at work — the River Melinau, Sarawak 75
Case study 4.2 The Colorado River — a controlled system — or is it? 79
Case study 4.3 River regime, rocks and rainfall — the River Coin at Bibury 87
Case study 4.4 Clogging the system — how the river channel deals with an
input of sediment 90
Case study 4.5 Changes in a hydrological system — the case of Lake Biwa,
Japan 100
CHAPTER 5 The work of ice and associated meltwaters 103
Introduction 103
Case study 5.1 Changing ice budgets in Alaska 105
Case study 5.2 Ice budgets and climatic change 108
Case study 5.3 Relationships between ice, water, debris and landforms 116
Case study 5.4 Do glaciers really erode? The moraines of the Glacier de
Tsidjiore Nouve, Switzerland 121
Case study 5.5 Subglacial origins of meltwater channels - the Appleby district,
Cumbria 123
Case study 5.6 Order and chaos in glaciated mountains - the Karakorum 128
CHAPTER 6 Water in arid environments 130
Introduction 130
Case study 6.1 A desert water basin at work - the Ocotillo Basin, Southern
California 132
Case study 6.2 Relationships between water and people in an arid
environment — the Gila River Basin, Arizona, USA 139
Case study 6.3 Soviet arid lands: is the precious water resource being
mismanaged? 146
SECTION THREE: THE ATMOSPHERE AT WORK 151-189
CHAPTER 7 The world atmospheric system — the atmosphere
at work 151
Introduction 151
Case study 7.1 That was the year that was! 152
CHAPTER 8 Tropical climate and weather 159
Introduction 159
Case study 8.1 Energy and moisture in the tropics 160
Case study 8.2 Hurricane Gilbert, September 1988 162
Case study 8.3 Seasonal rainfall rhythms and water budgets - Sri Lanka 165
Case study 8.4 Variability within seasons - the Indian subcontinent 167
Case study 8.5 Diurnal rhythms of precipitation — Guatemala,
Fiji, Venezuela and Thailand 170
Case study 8.6 Rainfall pulsations within individual storms — Babinda District,
North East Queensland, Australia 174
CHAPTER 9 The British Isles: ‘We don t have climate, we just
have weather’ 177
Introduction 177
Case study 9.1 Exploring variability 179
Case study 9.2 Assessing the air mass battle - an example of a measure 181
Case study 9.3 Learning from figures — an example from the Isle of Skye,
Scotland 184
Case study 9.4 Local weather — a field experiment in micrometeorology 185
Case study 9.5 Localised weather — the example of two London thunderstorms 188
SECTION FOUR: THE BIOSPHERE AT WORK 190-246
CHAPTER 10 The complex world of the soil 190
Introduction 190
Case study 10.1 Finding a natural soil profile in Britain — the Abernethy forest,
Scotland 191
Case study 10.2 Soils, location and time — the Isar Valley, South Germany 193
Case study 10.3 A soil catena from the seasonally humid tropics — northern
Tanzania 196
Case study 10.4 Laterite — a tough crust to crack - the Share District, Ilorin,
Nigeria 198
Case study 10.3 Combatting soil erosion — are trees always the answer? 201
CHAPTER 11 Ecosystems at work 204
Introduction 204
Case study 11.1 Changes in an English deciduous woodland 206
Case study 11.2 Can tropical rainforests withstand logging activities? 210
Case study 11.3 Shifting agriculture and tropical rainforest ecosystems - the
Bismarck Range, Papua New Guinea 217
Case study 11.4 Survival and response in desert ecosystems — the Namib
Desert, Namibia 220
CHAPTER 12 Use, abuse and conservation 225
Introduction 225
Case study 12.1 Valuing mangroves and coral reefs — Australia 227
Case study 12.2 Carbon dioxide and the global system 236
Case study 12.3 Options for conservation 242
Index
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