{"product_id":"our-dynamic-earth-a-primer-9783030903503","title":"Our Dynamic Earth: A Primer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents taking undergraduate degrees in geography, ecology, earth science, and environmental science frequently take an introductory unit in Physical Geography.  Some will have not done any geography since their early teens, while others have more recent knowledge. This range of backgrounds can be challenging for both the instructor and the student, this primer aims to help. A primer is a readable introduction to a subject, more technical than a piece of popular science, but less detailed than a specialist textbook. It aims to give the reader a platform in a subject with which they may be unfamiliar, so that they can proceed simultaneously, or sequentially, to more advanced texts and information. Ideally the primer should have something for those without any knowledge, while also challenge and entertaining those who do. Not quite bedtime reading, but a step in that direction. Our Dynamic Earth introduces students to the Earth's origins, to plate tectonics, atmospheric and oceanographic circulation, as well as to a range of Earth surface processes. Idea to get you started in your studies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface .................................................................................................................................................. 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrologue: Why Physical Geography? ........................................................................................... 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Earth history and climate ................................................................................................... 10\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Geological time ............................................................................................................ 10\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntropy ............................................................................................................................................ 10\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo sight of a beginning, no sight of an end .......................................................................... 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarth’s origin story ...................................................................................................................... 14\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther reading ............................................................................................................................. 16\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Earth’s internal heat engine ...................................................................................... 18\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eParadigms and shifting science ............................................................................................... 18\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlate tectonics ............................................................................................................................... 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsostasy ........................................................................................................................................... 22\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSupercontinents again ................................................................................................................ 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther reading ............................................................................................................................. 24\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Volcanoes ...................................................................................................................... 26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDistribution in space and time .................................................................................................. 26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll in the eruption ......................................................................................................................... 28\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther reading ............................................................................................................................. 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Earth’s external heat engine ..................................................................................... 32\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSource, receptor, and filter ........................................................................................................ 32\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarth’s heat engine ...................................................................................................................... 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarth’s air conditioning systems ............................................................................................. 42\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther reading ............................................................................................................................. 42\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Climate change is normal .......................................................................................... 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eClimate and earth history ........................................................................................................... 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvidence for Climate Change .................................................................................................... 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMechanisms of climate change ................................................................................................ 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLandscape and land-sea distribution (1) ................................................................................ 50\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOcean basins (2) ........................................................................................................................... 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSolar input (3) ................................................................................................................................ 52\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtmospheric content (4) ............................................................................................................. 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlanetary-scale feedbacks ......................................................................................................... 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCenozoic climate change ........................................................................................................... 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummary ......................................................................................................................................... 62\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther reading ............................................................................................................................. 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Shaping the landscape ...................................................................................................... 66\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: The landscape beneath our feet .............................................................................. 66\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRocks and minerals ..................................................................................................................... 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatural decay ................................................................................................................................. 68\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoils ................................................................................................................................................. 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther reading ............................................................................................................................. 76\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Gravity and slopes ...................................................................................................... 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForces on a clast(s), or rock slope .......................................................................................... 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMass movement ............................................................................................................................ 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther reading ............................................................................................................................. 82\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Flowing water ............................................................................................................... 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll about rain ................................................................................................................................. 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWater on hillslopes ...................................................................................................................... 88\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurface hydrology ........................................................................................................................ 92\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChannel flow .................................................................................................................................. 94\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummary ....................................................................................................................................... 100\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther reading ........................................................................................................................... 100\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: Flowing Ice .................................................................................................................. 102\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhysics of glaciers ..................................................................................................................... 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlacial erosion ............................................................................................................................ 106\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlacier transport ......................................................................................................................... 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDepositional landsystems ........................................................................................................ 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther reading ........................................................................................................................... 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: Coastal processes ................................................................................................... 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImportance of tides .................................................................................................................... 116\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaking waves .............................................................................................................................. 117\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDancing beaches ........................................................................................................................ 120\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCliffs, Shore Platforms and Erosion ...................................................................................... 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummary ....................................................................................................................................... 126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther reading ........................................................................................................................... 126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11: Landscapes around us .......................................................................................... 128\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBritish Landscapes .................................................................................................................... 128\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmazonia ...................................................................................................................................... 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummary ....................................................................................................................................... 136\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFigure Sources ................................................................................................................................ 138\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53516325192023,"sku":"9783030903503","price":52.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/our-dynamic-earth-a-primer-9783030903503","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}