6 CONTINENTAL DESERTS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 6
3. Introduction 8
4. 1 WHAT IS A DESERT? 22
5. 2 WHY ARE THERE DESERTS ON EARTH? 46
6. 3 MAPPING DESERTS 64
7. 4 DESERTS ON THE MOVE 100
8. 5 SUBTROPICAL DESERTS 138
9. 6 CONTINENTAL DESERTS 192
10. 7 RAIN SHADOW DESERTS 242
11. 8 OCEAN-MARGIN DESERTS 268
12. 9 HUMAN INFLUENCE 302
13. 10 GLOBAL WARMING AND DESERT FUTURES 356
14. Appendices 384