(eBook PDF) Living Physical Geography by Bruce Gervais – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 1464106649
- ISBN-13 : 978-1464106644
- Author: Bruce Gervais
Offering a fresh new approach to the study of physical geography, Bruce Gervais’ textbook combines print and digital media to create a practical scientific guide written for all geographers. This title focuses on human physical geography interactions, using pedagogical features throughout the textbook and online to create a seamless structure of the science.
Split into four major parts, each one identified by energy flows within the Earth’s physical systems. Landscape analysis runs through the body of the text and step by step examples are used to illustrate how landforms and systems develop, evolve and change over time. Living Physical Geography is available with LaunchPad. LaunchPad combines an interactive ebook with high-quality multimedia content and ready-made assessment options, including LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. See `Instructor Resources’ and `Student Resources’ for further information.
Table contents:
Part I Atmospheric Systems: Weather and Climate
2. Portrait of the Atmosphere
3. Solar Energy and Seasons
4. Water in the Atmosphere
5. Atmospheric Circulation and Wind Systems
6. The Restless Sky: Severe Weather and Storm Systems
7. The Changing Climate
Part II The Biosphere and the Geography of Life
8. Patterns of Life: Biogeography
9. Climate and Life: Biomes
10. Ocean Ecosystems
11. Soil and Water Resources
Part III Tectonic Systems: Building the Lithosphere
12. Earth History, Earth Interior
13. Drifting Continents: Plate Tectonics
14. Building the Crust with Rocks
15. Geohazards: Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Part IV Erosion and Deposition: Sculpting the Earth’s Surface
16. Weathering and Mass Movement
17. Flowing Water: Fluvial Systems
18. The Work of Ice: The Cryosphere and Glacial Landforms
19. Water, Wind, and Time: Desert Landforms
20. The Work of Waves: Coastal Landforms
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