Desert Dust in the Global System

Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world's drylands, are a vital component of the environment. This is because of their role in biogeochemical cycling, their potential influence on climate, their role in sediment accumulation and their influence on human affairs. This book, which is exhaustively referenced, explores and summarises recent research on where dust storms originate, why dust storms are generated, where dust is transported and deposited, the nature of dust deposits and the changing frequency of dust storms over a range of time-scales.

List of contents

The Nature and Importance of Dust Storms.- Dust Entrainment, Transport and Deposition.- Environmental and Human Consequences.- The Global Picture.- The Regional Picture.- Dust Concentrations, Accumulation and Constituents.- Changing Frequencies of Dust Storm.- Dust Storm Control.- Quaternary Dust Loadings.- Loess.

Summary

Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world’s drylands, are a vital component of the environment. This is because of their role in biogeochemical cycling, their potential influence on climate, their role in sediment accumulation and their influence on human affairs. This book, which is exhaustively referenced, explores and summarises recent research on where dust storms originate, why dust storms are generated, where dust is transported and deposited, the nature of dust deposits and the changing frequency of dust storms over a range of time-scales.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Goudie, Andrew S Goudie, Andrew S. Goudie, Nicholas J Middleton, Nicholas J. Middleton
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2010
• EAN: 9783642068904
• ISBN: 978-3-642-06890-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 234 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Illustrations: X, 288 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; C, Geowissenschaften, Bodenkunde und Bodenmanagement, Biogeographie, Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie, Physische Geographie und Topographie, Earth and Environmental Science, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Earth Sciences, Earth System Sciences, Physical geography, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Geobiology, Biogeosciences, Environmental Sciences, Geoecology, Biogeography, Environmental geology, Soil conservation, Soil Science, Sedimentology & pedology, Soil Science & Conservation, Physical geography & topography, Atmospheric Sciences, Sedimentology