Huddart, David creator author. Stott, Tim author. text bibliography nju 2020 Second edition. monographic eng

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xxxii, 974 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cm "This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the major topics within undergraduate study programmes in geosciences, environmental science, physical geography, natural hazards and ecology. The text introduces students to the Earth's four key interdependent systems: the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere, focussing on their key components, interactions between them and environmental change. Topics covered include: An earth systems model; components systems and processes: atmospheric systems; oceanography, endogenic geological systems and exogenic geological systems, biogeography and, aspects of the Earth's Record. The impact of climate and environmental change is discussed in a final chapter which draws together Earth's systems and their evolution and looks ahead to future earth changes and environments and various time periods in the geological record. Throughout the book geological case studies are used in addition to the modern processes"-- David Huddart (Liverpool John Moores University, UK), Tim A. Stott (Liverpool John Moores University). Includes bibliographical references and index. Earth sciences Textbooks QE28 .H84 2020 550 H883 Huddart, David, Hoboken : Wiley, 2019. Second edition. (DLC) 2019023888 9781119413257 2019023887 DLC 190613 20251027205744.0 21016963 eng