An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment

Preface to the fourth edition  List of contributors  Editor\'s acknowledgements  Part I: The role of physical geography  Chapter 1. Approaching physical geography  Part II: Continent and oceans  Chapter 2. Earth geology and tectonics  Chapter 3. Oceans  Part III: Past, present and future climate and weather  Chapter 4. The Pleistocene  Chapter 5. The Holocene  Chapter 6. Atmospheric processes  Chapter 7. Contemporary climate change  Chapter 8. Global climate and weather  Chapter 9. Regional and local climates  Part IV: Biogeography and ecology  Chapter 10. The biosphere  Chapter 11. Ecosystem processes  Chapter 12. Freshwater ecosystems  Chapter 13. Vegetation and climate change  Part V: Geomorphology and hydrology  Chapter 14. Weathering  Chapter 15. Slope processes and landform evolution  Chapter 16. Sediments and sedimentation  Chapter 17. Soils  Chapter 18. Catchment hydrology  Chapter 19. Fluvial geomorphology and river management  Chapter 20. Solutes and water quality  Chapter 21. Drylands  Chapter 22. Coasts  Chapter 23. Glaciers and ice sheets  Chapter 24. Permafrost and periglaciation  Part VI: Monitoring and management  Chapter 25. Monitoring environmental change  Chapter 26. Dealing with hazards and environmental change