Dunes: Dynamics, Morphology, History

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Dunes: Dynamics, Morphology, History Author: Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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Pages: 236 Language: English ISBN: 9781444339697 Categories: ,

Dunes is the first book in over a decade to incorporate the latest research in this active and fast-developing field. It discusses the shapes, sizes, patterns, distribution, history and care of wind-blown dunes, and covers all aspects of dunes, terrestrial and in the Solar System. * The only book to cover all dunes, terrestrial and in the Solar System, in deserts, on coasts, and in the past * Represents the most current update on the research of dunes for over a decade * Incorporates the latest research to come out of China where the field is most rapidly expanding * Discusses the most recent range of skills and technology now focused on the study of dunes * Brings up-to-date a rapidly expanding field

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 “This is a terrific read for both specialists and nonspecialists.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.”  (Choice, 1 February 2014)

Author Biography

Andrew Warren is Emeritus Professor of Geography, University College London where he has taught since 1964. He previously worked as soil surveyor in Pakistan with Hunting Technical Services limited, and in 2000, he was awarded the King Carl XVI Gustaf's Professorship in Environmental Science at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, University of Lund.