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Earth Environments
地球環境の過去・現在・未来

Past, Present and Future

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Description

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the major topics within undergraduate study programmes in geosciences, environmental science, physical geography, natural hazards and ecology.
This text introduces students to the Earth's four key interdependent systems: the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere, focussing on their key components, interactions between them and environmental change.

Topics covered include: An earth systems model; components systems and processes: atmospheric systems; oceanography, endogenic geological systems and exogenic geological systems, biogeography and, aspects of the Earth's Record.

The impact of climate and environmental change is discussed in a final chapter which draws together Earth's systems and their evolution and looks ahead to future earth changes and environments and various time periods in the geological record.

Throughout the book geological case studies are used in addition to the modern processes.

Contents

Section One.

1 Introduction to Earth Systems.

Section Two.

2 Structure and Composition of the Atmosphere.

3 Energy in the Atmosphere and the Earth Heat Budget.

4 Moisture in the Atmosphere.

5 Atmospheric Motion.

6 Weather Systems.

7 World Climates.

8 Ocean Structure and Circulation Patterns.

9 Atmospheric Evolution and Climate Change.

10 Principles of Climate Change.

Section Three.

11 Earth Materials: Mineralogy, Rocks and the Rock Cycle.

12 The Internal Structure of the Earth.

13 Plate Tectonics and Volcanism: Processes, Products and Landforms.

14 Geotectonics: Processes, Structures and Landforms.

Section Four.

15 Weathering Processes and Products.

16 Slope Processes and Morphology.

17 Fluvial Processes and Landform-Sediment Assemblages.

18 Carbonate Sedimentary Environments and Karst Processes and Landforms.

19 Coastal Processes, Landforms and Sediments.

20 Glacial Processes and Landsystems.

21 Periglacial Processes and Landform-Sediment Assemblages.

22 Aeolian (Wind) Processes and Landform-Sediment Assemblages.

Section Five.

23 Principles of Ecology and Biogeography.

24 Soil-forming Processes and Products.

25 World Ecosystems.

Section Six.

26 The Earth as a Planet: Geological Evolution and Change.

27 Atmospheric Evolution and Climate Change.

28 Change in Ocean Circulation and the Hydrosphere.

29 Biosphere Evolution and Change in the Biosphere.

30 Environmental Change: Greenhouse and Icehouse Earth Phases and Climates Prior to Recent Changes.

31 Global Environmental Change in the Future.