Landscapes and Landforms of the Central Sahara
This book describes the Central Sahara region, bringing together an unprecedented combination of diverse and often historic research published in different languages in order to describe its varied landscapes and landforms. The Central Sahara region consists of Libya, Algeria, Mali, Niger and Chad,...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2023.
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. 2023. |
| Schriftenreihe: | World Geomorphological Landscapes,
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| Online-Zugang: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47160-5 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Part I. Background
- Geology, climate and landscape evolution
- Quaternary and holocene palaeoclimates of the Sahara
- Plant and animal life in the Sahara
- Human exploitation of the Central Sahara
- Field investigation, remote sensing and geomorphological mapping
- Part II. Landforms and landscapes
- Evidence for past glaciations
- Volcanoes and igneous landforms
- Sandstone massifs
- Solutional landforms and karstic weathering
- Alluvial fans, escarpments, and pediments
- Hamada, serir, and desert pavement
- Sand seas – North
- Sand seas – South and west. .