Introduction to Deserts -- Introduction to Google Earth -- Dunes -- Other aeolian phenomena -- Weathering phenomena -- Structural Landforms -- Hydrological features -- Climatic change -- Human impacts -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
This book presents an introduction to desert landscapesprimarily landforms that are natural and man-made. It is based around the presentation of a series of beautiful and informative annotated Google Earth images. These are accompanied by text that describes the feature(s) concerned, their location, and their origin. There are also, in some cases, ground images taken by the author