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Climate, Earth Processes and Earth History
Climate Earth Processes and Earth History Author:Richard J. Huggett This book aims to provide an overview of the relations between climate, surface processes, and Earth history is given. It is unique in giving an up-to-date synthesis of the role of climate in the development of Earth surface systems. After introducing the concept of world climate, the book explores the chief components of the biosphere - air, wa... more »ter and ice, sediments, landforms and soils, animals and plants, biomes and zonobiomes - in relation to climate factors. The reader will find a new view of the interplay between astronomical variables, the Earth's atmosphere, and biotic and abiotic systems at the surface of the Earth.« less