McKnight's physical geography : a landscape appreciation
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Table of Contents
Machine-generated contents note: Introduction to Earth --
Geography and Science --
Studying the World Geographically --
The Process of Science --
Numbers and Measurement Systems --
Environmental Spheres and Earth Systems --
Earth's Environmental Spheres --
Earth Systems --
Earth and the Solar System --
The Solar System --
The Size and Shape of Earth --
The Geographic Grid -- Latitude and Longitude --
Latitude --
Longitude --
Locating Points on the Geographic Grid --
Earth-Sun Relations and the Seasons --
Earth Movements --
The Annual March of the Seasons --
Seasonal Transitions --
Significance of Seasonal Patterns --
Telling Time --
Standard Time --
International Date Line --
Daylight-Saving Time --
Portraying Earth --
Maps and Globes --
Maps --
Map Scale --
Scale Types --
Large and Small Map Scales --
Map Projections and Properties --
Map Projections --
Map Properties --
Families of Map Projections --
Cylindrical Projections --
Planar Projections --
Conic Projections --
Pseudocylindrical Projections --
Conveying Information on Maps --
Map Essentials --
Isolines --
Portraying the Three-Dimensional Landscape --
GPS -- The Global Positioning System --
Remote Sensing --
Aerial Photographs --
Visible Light and Infrared Sensing --
Focus Using Remote Sensing Images to Study a Landscape --
Thermal Infrared Sensing --
Multispectral Remote Sensing --
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) --
Tools of the Geographer --
Introduction to the Atmosphere --
Size and Composition of the Atmosphere --
Size of Earth's Atmosphere --
Development of Earth's Modern Atmosphere --
Composition of the Modern Atmosphere --
Permanent Gases --
Variable Gases --
Particulates (Aerosols) --
Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere --
Thermal Layers --
Pressure --
Composition --
Human-Induced Atmospheric Change --
Depletion of the Ozone Layer --
Air Pollution --
People and the Environment The UV Index --
Energy Production and the Environment --
Weather and Climate --
Energy for the 21st-Century Our Continuing Dependence on Fossil Fuels --
The Elements of Weather and Climate --
The Controls of Weather and Climate --
The Coriolis Effect --
Insolation and Temperature --
The Impact of Temperature on the Landscape --
Energy, Heat, and Temperature --
Energy --
Temperature and Heat --
Measuring Temperature --
Solar Energy --
Electromagnetic Radiation --
Energy for the 21st-Century Solar Power --
Insolation --
Basic Warming and Cooling Processes in the Atmosphere --
Radiation --
Absorption --
Reflection --
Scattering --
Transmission --
Conduction --
Convection --
Advection --
Adiabatic Cooling and Warming --
Latent Heat --
Earth's Solar Radiation Budget --
Long-Term Energy Balance --
Earth's Energy Budget --
Variations in Insolation by Latitude and Season --
Latitudinal and Seasonal Differences --
Focus Monitoring Earth's Radiation Budget --
Latitudinal Radiation Balance --
Land and Water Temperature Contrasts --
Warming of Land and Water --
Cooling of Land and Water --
Implications --
Mechanisms of Global Energy Transfer --
Atmospheric Circulation --
Oceanic Circulation --
Vertical Temperature Patterns --
Environmental Lapse Rate --
Average Lapse Rate --
Temperature Inversions --
Global Temperature Patterns --
Prominent Controls of Temperature --
Seasonal Patterns --
Annual Temperature Range --
Measuring Earth's Surface Temperature by Satellite --
Climate Change and "Global Warming" --
Temperature Change During Twentieth-Century --
Increasing Greenhouse Gas Concentrations --
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) --
Atmospheric Pressure and Wind --
The Impact of Pressure and Wind on the Landscape --
The Nature of Atmospheric Pressure --
Factors Influencing Atmospheric Pressure --
Mapping Pressure with Isobars --
The Nature of Wind --
Direction of Movement --
Wind Speed --
Cyclones and Anti-cyclones --
The General Circulation of the Atmosphere --
Energy for the 21st-Century Wind Power --
Idealized Circulation Patterns --
Seven Components of the General Circulation --
Sub-tropical Highs --
Trade Winds --
Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) --
The Westerlies --
Polar Highs --
Polar Easterlies --
Polar Front --
Vertical Patterns of the General Circulation --
Modifications of the General Circulation --
Seasonal Variations in Location --
Monsoons --
Localized Wind Systems --
Sea and Land Breezes --
Valley and Mountain Breezes --
Katabatic Winds --
Foehn and Chinook Winds --
Santa Ana Winds --
El Nino-Southern Oscillation --
Effects of El Nino --
Normal Pattern --
El Nino Pattern --
La Nina --
Causes of ENSO --
Teleconnections --
People and the Environment Forecasting El Nino --
Other Multiyear Atmospheric and Oceanic Cycles --
Pacific Decadal Oscillation --
The North Atlantic Oscillation and the Arctic Oscillation --
Atmospheric Moisture --
The Impact of Atmospheric Moisture on the Landscape --
The Nature of Water: Commonplace but Unique --
The Hydrologic Cycle --
The Water Molecule --
Important Properties of Water --
Phase Changes of Water --
Latent Heat --
Importance of Latent Heat in the Atmosphere --
Water Vapour and Evaporation --
Evaporation and Rates of Evaporation --
Evapotranspiration --
Measures of Humidity --
Actual Water Vapour Content --
Relative Humidity --
Related Humidity Concepts --
Condensation --
The Condensation Process --
Adiabatic Processes --
Dry and Saturated Adiabatic Rates --
Significance of Adiabatic Temperature Changes --
Clouds --
Classifying Clouds --
Fog --
Dew --
Clouds and Climate Change --
Atmospheric Stability --
Buoyancy --
The Stability of Air --
People and the Environment Global Dimming --
Determining Atmospheric Stability --
Precipitation --
The Processes --
Forms of Precipitation --
Atmospheric Lifting and Precipitation --
Convective Lifting --
Focus: Goes Weather Satellites --
Orographic Lifting --
Frontal Lifting --
Convergent Lifting --
Global Distribution of Precipitation --
Regions of High Annual Precipitation --
Regions of Low Annual Precipitation --
Seasonal Precipitation Patterns --
Precipitation Variability --
Acid Rain --
Sources of Acid Precipitation --
Atmospheric Disturbances --
The Impact of Storms on the Landscape --
Air Masses --
Characteristics --
Origin --
Classification --
Movement and Modification --
North American Air Masses --
Fronts --
Cold Fronts --
Warm Fronts --
Stationary Fronts --
Occluded Fronts --
Air Masses, Fronts, and Major Atmospheric Disturbances --
Mid-latitude Cyclones --
Characteristics --
Movements --
Life Cycle --
Weather Changes with the Passing of a Mid-latitude Cyclone --
Focus Conveyor Belt Model of Mid-latitude Cyclones --
Occurrence and Distribution --
Mid-latitude Anti-cyclones --
Characteristics --
Relationships of Cyclones and Anti-cyclones --
Easterly Waves --
Characteristics --
Origin --
Tropical Cyclones: Hurricanes --
Categories of Tropical Disturbances --
Characteristics --
Origin --
Movement --
Damage and Destruction --
Hurricanes and Climate Change --
People and the Environment Lessons of Hurricane Katrina --
Localized Severe Weather --
Thunderstorms --
Tornadoes --
People and the Environment The Devastating Tornadoes of 2011 --
Waterspouts --
Severe Storm Watches and Warnings --
Focus Wather Radar --
Climate and Climate Change --
Climate Classification --
Early Classification Schemes --
The Koppen Climate Classification System --
Climographs --
World Distribution of Major Climate Types --
Tropical Humid Climates (Group A) --
Tropical Wet Climate (AF) --
Tropical Savanna Climate (Aw) --
Tropical Monsoon Climate (Am) --
Dry Climates (Group B) --
Sub-tropical Desert Climate (BWh) --
Mid-latitude Desert Climate (BWk) --
Mild Mid-latitude Climates (Group C) --
Mediterranean Climate (Csa, Csb) --
Humid Sub-tropical Climate (Cfa, Cwa, Cwb) --
Marine West Coast Climate (Cfb, Cfc) --
Severe Mid-latitude Climates (Group D) --
Humid Continental Climate (Dfa, Dfb, Dwa, Dwb) --
Subarctic Climate (Dfc, Dfd, Dwc, Dwd) --
Polar and Highland Climates (Groups E and H) --
Tundra Climate (ET) --
Focus Signs of Climate Change in the Arctic --
Ice Cap Climate (EF) --
Highland Climate (Group H) --
Global Patterns Idealized --
Global Climate Change --
Determining Climates of the Past --
Dendrochronology --
Oxygen Isotope
Analysis --
Ice Cores --
Pollen Analysis --
Urban Heat Islands --
Causes of Long-Term Climate Change --
Atmospheric Aerosols --
Fluctuations in Solar Output --
Variations in Earth-Sun Relations --
Greenhouse Gases Concentration --
Feedback Mechanisms --
The Roles of the Ocean --
Anthropogenic Climate Change --
Evidence of Current Climate Change --
Natural or Anthropogenic Climate Change? --
Using Models to Predict Future Climate --
Projections of Future Climate --
Addressing Climate Change --
Mitigating and Adapting --
Energy for the 21st-Century Strategies for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions --
The Hydrosphere --
The Hydrologic Cycle --
Surface-to-Air Water Movement --
Air-to-Surface Water Movement --
Movement On and Beneath Earth's Surface --
Residence Times --
Energy Transfer in the Hydrologic Cycle --
The Oceans --
How Many Oceans? --
Characteristics of Ocean Waters --
Movement of Ocean Waters --
Tides --
Ocean Currents --
Waves --
People and the Environment The Great Pacific Garbage Patch --
Permanent Ice -- The Cryosphere --
Permafrost --
Surface Waters --
Lakes --
Wetlands --
Rivers and Streams --
Groundwater
Note continued: Movement and Storage of Underground Water --
Zone of Aeration --
Zone of Saturation --
Zone of Confined Water --
Waterless Zone --
Groundwater Mining --
Focus Monitoring Groundwater Resources from Space --
Cycles and Patterns in the Biosphere --
The Impact of Plants and Animals on the Landscape --
The Geographic Approach to the Study of Organisms --
Biogeography --
The Search for a Meaningful Classification Scheme --
Biogeochemical Cycles --
The Flow of Energy --
Energy for the 21st-Century Biofuels --
The Hydrologic Cycle --
The Carbon Cycle --
The Oxygen Cycle --
The Nitrogen Cycle --
Mineral Cycles --
Food Chains --
Food Pyramids --
Pollutants in the Food Chain --
Biological Factors and Natural Distributions --
Evolutionary Development --
People and the Environment The 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill --
Migration and Dispersal --
Reproductive Success --
Population Die-off and Extinction --
Plant Succession --
Environmental Factors --
The Influence of Climate --
Focus: Bark Beetle Killing Forests in Western North America --
Edaphic Influences --
Topographic Influences --
Wildfire --
Environmental Correlations: The Example of Selva --
Terrestrial Flora and Fauna --
Ecosystems and Biomes --
Ecosystem: A Concept for All Scales --
Biome: A Scale for All Biogeographers --
Terrestrial Flora --
Characteristics of Plants --
Floristic Terminology --
Environmental Adaptations --
Competition and the Inevitability of Change --
Spatial Associations of Plants --
Vertical Zonation --
Local Variations --
Terrestrial Fauna --
Characteristics of Animals --
Kinds of Animals --
Environmental Adaptations --
Focus: Changing Climate Affects Bird Populations --
Competition among Animals --
Cooperation among Animals --
Zoogeographic Regions --
The Major Biomes --
Tropical Rainforest --
Tropical Deciduous Forest --
Tropical Scrub --
Tropical Savanna --
Desert --
Mediterranean Woodland and Shrub --
Mid-latitude Grassland --
Mid-latitude Deciduous Forest --
Boreal Forest --
Tundra --
Human Modification of Natural Distribution Patterns --
Physical Removal of Organisms --
Habitat Modification --
People and the Environment Rainforest Loss in Brazil --
Introduction of Exotic Species --
Soils --
Soil and Regolith --
From Regolith to Soil --
Soil as a Component of the Landscape --
Soil-Forming Factors --
The Geologic Factor --
The Climatic Factor --
The Topographic Factor --
The Biological Factor --
The Time Factor --
Soil Components --
Inorganic Materials --
Organic Matter --
Soil Air --
Soil Water --
Soil Properties --
Colour --
Texture --
Structure --
Soil Chemistry --
Colloids --
Cation Exchange --
Acidity/Alkalinity --
Soil Profiles --
Soil Horizons --
Pedogenic Regimes --
Laterization --
Podzolization --
Gleization --
Calcification --
Salinization --
Climate and Pedogenic Regimes --
Soil Classification --
The Soil Taxonomy --
The Mapping Question --
Global Distribution of Major Soils --
Entisols (Very Little Profile Development) --
Focus Using Soil Properties to Decipher Past Environmental Changes --
Inceptisols (Few Diagnostic Features) --
Andisols (Volcanic Ash Soils) --
Gelisols (Cold Soils with Permafrost) --
Histosols (Organic Soils on Very Wet Sites) --
Aridisols (Soils of Dry Climates) --
Vertisols (Swelling and Cracking Clays) --
Mollisols (Dark, Soft Soils of Grasslands) --
Alfisols (Clay-Rich B Horizons, High-Base Status) --
Ultisols (Clay-Rich B Horizons, Low-Base Status) --
Spodosols (Soils of Cool, Forested Zones) --
Oxisols (Highly-Weathered and Leached) --
Distribution of Soils in the United States --
Introduction to Landform Study --
The Structure of Earth --
Earth's Hot Interior --
The Crust --
The Mantle --
The Inner and Outer Cores --
Plate Tectonics and the Structure of Earth --
The Composition of Earth --
Minerals --
Rocks --
Igneous Rocks --
Sedimentary Rocks --
Metamorphic Rocks --
Energy for the 21st-Century Fracking for Natural Gas --
The Rock Cycle --
Continental and Ocean Floor Rocks --
Isostasy --
The Study of Landforms --
Some Critical Concepts --
Internal and External Geomorphic Processes --
Uniformitarianism --
Geologic Time --
Scale and Pattern --
An Example of Scale --
Pattern and Process in Geomorphology --
The Internal Processes --
The Impact of Internal Processes on the Landscape --
From Rigid Earth to Plate Tectonics --
Wegener's Continental Drift --
The Theory of Plate Tectonics --
The Evidence --
Seafloor-Spreading --
Plate Tectonic Theory --
Plate Boundaries --
Divergent Boundaries --
Convergent Boundaries --
Transform Boundaries --
Plate Boundaries Over Geologic Time --
The Pacific Ring of Fire --
Additions to Plate Tectonic Theory --
Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes --
Accreted Terranes --
Remaining Questions --
Volcanism --
Volcano Distribution --
Magma Chemistry and Styles of Eruption --
Lava Flows --
Volcanic Peaks --
Volcanic Hazards --
Volcanic Gases --
Lava Flows --
Eruption Column and Ash Fall --
Pyroclastic Flows --
Volcanic Mudflows (Lahars) --
Monitoring Volcanoes --
Intrusive Igneous Features --
Plutons --
Folding --
The Process of Folding --
Types of Folds --
Topographic Features Associated with Folding --
Faulting --
Types of Faults --
People and the Environment The 2010 Haiti Earthquake --
Landforms Associated with Normal Faulting --
Landforms Associated with Strike-Slip Faulting --
Earthquakes --
Seismic Waves --
Earthquake Magnitude --
Shaking Intensity --
Earthquake Hazards --
Complexities of the Internal Processes -- Example of the Northern Rockies --
Focus Earthquake Prediction --
Preliminaries to Erosion: Weathering and Mass Wasting --
Denudation --
The Impact of Weathering and Mass Wasting on the Landscape --
Weathering and Rock Openings --
Types of Rock Openings --
The Importance of Jointing --
Weathering Agents --
Mechanical Weathering --
Chemical Weathering --
Biological Weathering --
Differential Weathering --
Climate and Weathering --
Mass Wasting --
Factors Influencing Mass Wasting --
Fall --
Slide --
Flow --
Creep --
People and the Environment The La Conchita Landslides --
Fluvial Processes --
The Impact of Fluvial Processes on the Landscape --
Streams and Stream Systems --
Streamflow and Overland Flow --
Valleys and Interfluves --
Drainage Basins --
Stream Orders --
Energy for the 21st-Century Hydropower --
Fluvial Erosion and Deposition --
Erosion by Overland Flow --
Erosion by Streamflow --
Transportation --
Deposition --
Perennial and Intermittent Streams --
Floods as Agents of Erosion and Deposition --
Stream Channels --
Channel Flow --
Stream Channel Patterns --
Structural Relationships --
Consequent and Subsequent Streams --
Stream Drainage Patterns --
The Shaping and Reshaping of Valleys --
Valley-Deepening --
Valley-Widening --
Valley-Lengthening --
Deposition in Valleys --
Floodplains --
Floodplain Landforms --
Modifying Rivers for Flood Control --
Flood Control on the Mississippi River --
People and the Environment: The Changing Mississippi River Delta --
Stream Rejuvenation --
Theories of Landform Development --
Davis's Geomorphic Cycle --
Penck's Theory of Crustal Change and Slope Development --
Equilibrium Theory --
Karst and Hydrothermal Processes --
The Impact of Solution Processes on the Landscape --
Solution and Precipitation --
Caverns and Related Features --
Speleothems --
Karst Topography --
Karst Landforms --
Hydrothermal Features --
Hot Springs --
Geysers --
Fumaroles --
Hydrothermal Features in Yellowstone --
Energy for the 21st-Century Geothermal Energy --
The Topography of Arid Lands --
A Specialized Environment --
Special Conditions in Deserts --
Running Water in Waterless Regions --
Surface Water in the Desert --
Fluvial Erosion in Arid Lands --
Fluvial Deposition in Arid Lands --
Climate Change and Deserts --
The Work of the Wind --
Aeolian Erosion --
People and the Environment Desertification --
Aeolian Transportation --
Aeolian Deposition --
Aeolian Processes in Non-desert Regions --
Characteristic Desert Landscape Surfaces --
Common Desert Surfaces --
Erg-A Sea of Sand --
Reg-Stony Deserts --
Hamada-Barren Bedrock --
Two Representative Desert Landform Assemblages --
Basin-and-Range Landforms --
The Ranges --
The Piedmont Zone --
The Basins --
Death Valley: A
Remarkable Example of Basin-and-Range Terrain --
Mesa-and-Scarp Terrain --
Structure of Mesa-and-Scarp Landforms --
Erosion of Escarpment Edge --
Arches and Natural Bridges --
Badlands --
Glacial Modification of Terrain --
The Impact of Glaciers on the Landscape --
Types of Glaciers --
Mountain Glaciers --
Continental Ice Sheets --
Glaciations Past and Present --
Pleistocene Glaciation --
Indirect Effects of Pleistocene Glaciations --
Contemporary Glaciation --
Glacier Formation and Movement --
Changing Snow to Ice --
Glacier Movement --
People and the Environment Disintegration of Antarctic Ice Shelves --
Glacier Flow versus Glacier Advance --
The Effects of Glaciers --
Erosion by Glaciers --
Transportation by Glaciers --
Deposition by Glaciers --
Continental Ice Sheets --
Development and Flow --
Erosion by Ice Sheets --
Deposition by Ice Sheets --
Glaciofluvial Features --
Focus Shrinking Glaciers --
Mountain Glaciers --
Development and Flow of Mountain Glaciers --
Erosion by Mountain Glaciers --
Deposition by Mountain Glaciers --
The Periglacial Environment --
Patterned Ground --
Proglacial Lakes
Note continued: Causes of the Pleistocene Glaciations --
Climate Factors and the Pleistocene --
Are We Still in an Ice Age? --
Coastal Processes and Terrain --
The Impact of Waves and Currents on the Landscape --
Coastal Processes --
The Role of Wind in Coastal Processes --
Coastlines of Oceans and Lakes --
Waves --
Wave Motion --
Wave Refraction --
Tsunami --
Important Shoreline-Shaping Processes --
Tides --
Changes in Sea Level and Lake Level --
People and the Environment The 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami --
Energy for the 21st-Century Tidal Power --
Ice Push --
Organic Secretions --
Stream Outflow --
Coastal Sediment Transport --
Coastal Depositional Landforms --
Sediment Budget of Depositional Landforms --
Beaches --
Spits --
Barrier Islands --
Human Alteration of Coastal Sediment Budgets --
Shorelines of Submergence and Emergence --
Coastal Submergence --
Coastal Emergence --
Coral Reef Coasts --
Coral Polyps --
Coral Reefs --
Focus: Imperilled Coral Reefs.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hess, D., & McKnight, T. L. 1. (2013). McKnight's physical geography: a landscape appreciation (Eleventh ed.). Pearson Prentice Hall.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hess, Darrel and Tom L. 1928-2004. McKnight. 2013. McKnight's Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hess, Darrel and Tom L. 1928-2004. McKnight. McKnight's Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation Pearson Prentice Hall, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hess, Darrel., and Tom L. 1928-2004 McKnight. McKnight's Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation Eleventh ed., Pearson Prentice Hall, 2013.
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