Desert Dust in the Global System
By: Goudie, Andrew S [author.].
Contributor(s): Middleton, Nicholas J [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.Description: X, 288 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540323556.Subject(s): Earth sciences | Sedimentology | Geobiology | Atmospheric sciences | Physical geography | Geoecology | Environmental geology | Soil science | Soil conservation | Earth Sciences | Atmospheric Sciences | Biogeosciences | Geoecology/Natural Processes | Physical Geography | Sedimentology | Soil Science & ConservationDDC classification: 551.5 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK4760 |
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.
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.
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