Landscapes and Landforms of India - Erstausgabe

EAN (ISBN-13): 9789401780292
ISBN (ISBN-10): 9401780293
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Herausgeber: Springer Netherland

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ISBN/EAN: 9789401780292

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Titel des Buches: landscapes landscapes

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Autor/in: Vishwas S. Kale
Titel: World Geomorphological Landscapes; Landscapes and Landforms of India
Verlag: Springer; Springer Netherland
271 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014-05-23
Dordrecht; NL
Sprache: Englisch
96,29 € (DE)
99,00 € (AT)
118,00 CHF (CH)
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XIII, 271 p. 209 illus., 186 illus. in color.

EA; E107; eBook; Nonbooks, PBS / Geowissenschaften/Geologie; Geomorphologie, geologische Oberflächenprozesse; Verstehen; Deccan Peninsula; Geomorphological Landscapes; Himalayas; India; Morpho-tectonic Regions of India; B; Geomorphology; Physical Geography; Ecology; Earth and Environmental Science; Physische Geographie und Topographie; Ökologie, Biosphäre; BB

Geological and Tectonic Framework of India: Providing Context to Geomorphologic Development.- Past and the Present Climate of India.- Geomorphic History and Landscapes of India.- Himalayan Landscapes of India.- Indus-Ganga-Brahmaputra Plains: The Alluvial Landscape.- The Indian Peninsula: Geomorphic Landscapes.- The Thar or the Great Indian Sand Desert.- The Indian Coastline: Processes and Landforms.- The Siachen Glacier: The Second Longest Glacier Outside the Polar Regions.- Ladakh – The High-altitude Indian Cold Desert.- The Vale of Kashmir – Landform Evolution and Processes.- Duns: Intermontane Basins in the Himalayan Frontal Zone.- The Chambal Badlands.- The Kosi Megafan: The Best-known Himalayan Megafan.- The Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya - Landforms, Evolutionary History and Present-day Processes.- The Brahmaputra River in Assam: The Outsized Braided Himalayan River.- The Meghalaya Plateau – Landscapes in the Abode of the Clouds.- The Sundarbans and Bengal Delta: the World’s Largest Tidal Mangrove and Delta System.- The Spectacular Belum and Borra Caves of Eastern India.- Granite Landforms of the Indian Cratons.- The Andaman Archipelago.- Teri Red Sands, Tamil Nadu.- The Laterite-Capped Panchgani Tableland, Deccan Traps.- The Lonar Crater- The Best Preserved Impact Crater in the Basaltic Terrain.- The Great Rann of Kachchh: The Largest Saline Marshland in India.- The Sambhar Lake: The Largest Saline Lake in Northwestern India.- Geomorphosites and Geoheritage Sites in India.
So far, there is no book or publication that provides information of the major landforms and landscapes in India The book will provide information about Indian landscapes and landforms in simple terms and will be supported by maps and colour photographs The proposed book will appeal to people in other fields such as geology, ecology, environmental sciences, tourism, archaeology etc Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras