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.

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 S Goudie, Nicholas J Middleton, Andrew Goudie, Nicholas J. Middleton, Andrew S. Goudie
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 13.10.2010
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9783642068904
• ISBN: 978-3-642-06890-4
• Pages: 288
• Illustrations: X, 288 p.
• Dimensions (packing): 15.6 x 23.5 x 23.4 cm
• Weight (packing): 458 g
• Subjects: 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