H. J. de Blij, Peter O. Muller, Richard S. Williams, Catherine T. Conrad and Peter Long
Preface
From the Publisher
Part One: A Global Perspective
1. Introducing Physical Geography
2. The Planet Earth
3. Mapping the Earth's Surface
Part Two: Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
4. Earth's Setting in Space
5. Composition and Structure of the
Atmosphere
6. Radiation and the Heat Balance of the Atmosphere
7. Atmospheric and Surface Temperature
8. Air Pressure and Winds
9. Circulation Patterns of the Atmosphere
10. Hydrosphere: Circulation of the World Ocean
11. Atmospheric Moisture and the Water Balance
12.
Precipitation, Air Masses, and Fronts
13. Weather Systems
14. Severe Weather
15. Weather Tracking and Forecasting
16. Climate Classification and Regionalization
17. Global Climates
18. Dynamics of Past and Present Climate Change
19. Human-Climate Interactions and
Impacts
Part Three: The Restless Crust
20. Planet Earth in Profile: The Layered Interior
21. Impact Cratering
22. Minerals and Igneous Rocks
23. Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks
24. Lithospheric Plates and Plate Movement
25. Volcanism and Its Landforms
26.
Earthquakes and Landscapes
27. Surface Expressions of Subsurface Structures
Part Four: Sculpting the Surface
28. The Formation of Landscapes and Landforms
29. Weathering Processes
30. Slope Processes
31. Water in the Lithosphere
32. Slopes and Streams
33.
Stream Erosion
34. Aggradational Landforms of Streams
35. Karst Processes and Landforms
36. Glacial Degradation and Aggradation
37. Landforms and Landscapes of Continental Ice Sheets and Mountain Glaciers
38. Fluvioglacial Processes, Deposits, and Landforms
39. Periglacial
Environments and Landscapes
40. Arid Environments and Wind as a Geomorphological Agent
41. Coastal Processes
42. Coastal Landforms and Landscapes
Part Five: The Biosphere
43. Climate, Soil, Plants, and Animals
44. Formation and Physical Properties of Soils
45.
Classification and Mapping of Soils
46. Biogeographic Processes
47. The Global Distribution of Plants
48. Zoogeography: Spatial Aspects of Animal Populations
Appendix A: SI and Customary Units and Their Conversions
Glossary of Terms
Credits
Index
Image Bank
PowerPoint Slides
Test Generator
Student CD with Animations
Student Study Guide
Lab Manual
Links to Other Units
H. J. de Blij is a John A. Hannah Professor at Michigan State University, where he also taught throughout the decade of the 1960s. In the interim, he chaired the Geography Department at the University of Miami and served as editor at the National Geographic Society. He specializes in
geopolitical and environmental issues, and has held named chairs at Georgetown University, Marshall University, and the Colorado School of Mines. Peter O. Muller has taught at the University of Miami since 1980 and chaired the Department from 1980 to 2000. He is an urban geographer with research
and teaching interests in the geography of suburbanization, urban structural transformation, and the management of international urban problems. He is currently Book Review Editor for the two journals published by the Association of American Geographers, The Annals of the AAG and The Professional
Geographer. Richard S. Williams, Jr. is a research geologist who uses airborne and satellite remote sensing to monitor changes in the Earth's glaciers (particularly sensitive indicators of global warming). He is author of more than 200 books, papers, and maps. He holds a doctorate in geology from
Penn State, is a fellow of the AAAS, the Geological Society of America, and a foreign fellow of the Icelandic Science Society. Two glaciers in Antarctica are named for him. Cathy T. Conrad is a specialist in environmental and watershed management. She teaches physical geography, oceans, and weather
and climate courses at Saint Mary's University where she is an Associate Professor, Program Advisor, and Departmental Chair. Peter Long is a geomorphologist who teaches introductory physical geography and all levels of geomorphology at York University where he is a full Professor. In addition, he is
the coordinator of the physical geography laboratory.
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