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Geosystems : An Introduction to Physical Geography / Robert W. Christopherson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Edition: Seventh edition; International editionDescription: xxi, 687, 12, 15, 14 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • computer disc
ISBN:
  • 9780137154968 (pbk.)
  • 0137154968 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910.02 23 C.R.G.
Contents:
1. Essentials of Geography - PART I The Energy-Atmosphere System -- 2. Solar Energy to Earth and the Seasons - 3. Earth's Modern Atmosphere -- 4. Atmosphere and Surface Energy Balances -- 5. Global Temperatures -- 6. Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations -- PART II: The Water, Weather, and Climate Systems -- 7. Water and Atmospheric Moisture -- 8. Weather -- 9. Water Resources -- 10. Global Climate Systems -- PART III: The Earth-Atmosphere Interface -- 11. The Dynamic Planet -- 12. Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanism -- 13. Weathering, Karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement -- 14.. River Systems and Landforms -- 15. Eolian Processes and Arid Landscapes -- 16. The Oceans, Coastal Processes, and Landforms -- 17. Glacial and Periglacial Processes and Landforms -- PART IV: Soils, Ecosystems, and Biomes -- 18. The Geography of Soils -- 19. Ecosystem Essentials -- 20. Terrestrial Biomes -- 21. Earth and the Human Denominator.
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Includes index.

"Pearson international edition" -- Cover.

1. Essentials of Geography - PART I The Energy-Atmosphere System -- 2. Solar Energy to Earth and the Seasons - 3. Earth's Modern Atmosphere -- 4. Atmosphere and Surface Energy Balances -- 5. Global Temperatures -- 6. Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations -- PART II: The Water, Weather, and Climate Systems -- 7. Water and Atmospheric Moisture -- 8. Weather -- 9. Water Resources -- 10. Global Climate Systems -- PART III: The Earth-Atmosphere Interface -- 11. The Dynamic Planet -- 12. Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanism -- 13. Weathering, Karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement -- 14.. River Systems and Landforms -- 15. Eolian Processes and Arid Landscapes -- 16. The Oceans, Coastal Processes, and Landforms -- 17. Glacial and Periglacial Processes and Landforms -- PART IV: Soils, Ecosystems, and Biomes -- 18. The Geography of Soils -- 19. Ecosystem Essentials -- 20. Terrestrial Biomes -- 21. Earth and the Human Denominator.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows: 233 MHz Intel Pentium processor; Windows 98/ME/2000 NT4-sp3/XP; 32 MB or more available RAM.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Macintosh: PowerPC G3 233 MHz processor; 32 MB or more of available RAM; Operating system OSX.

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