Desert Landscapes of the World with Google Earth

This book presents an introduction to desert landscapes-primarily landforms that are natural and man-made. It is based around the presentation of a series of beautiful and informative annotated Google Earth images. These are accompanied by text that describes the feature(s) concerned, their location, and their origin. There are also, in some cases, ground images taken by the author.

List of contents

Introduction to Deserts.- Introduction to Google Earth.- Dunes.- Other aeolian phenomena.- Weathering phenomena.- Structural Landforms.- Hydrological features.- Climatic change.- Human impacts.- Bibliography.- Index.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Goudie
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.01.2023
• EAN: 9783031151781
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3115178-1
• No. of pages: 271
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 16 mm x 279 mm
• Illustrations: XI, 271 p. 243 illus., 237 illus. in color.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography