Geomorphology of Desert Environments - Parsons, Anthony J.; Abrahams, A. D.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Geomorphology of Desert Environments -- Global Deserts and Their Geomorphological Diversity -- Desert Ecogeomorphology -- Weathering -- Weathering Processes and Forms -- Aridic Soils, Patterned Ground, and Desert Pavements -- Duricrusts -- Desert Rock Coatings -- Hillslopes -- Rock Slopes -- Rock-Mantled Slopes -- Badlands and Gullying -- Rivers -- Catchment and Channel Hydrology -- Dryland Rivers: Processes and Forms -- Piedmonts -- Pediments in Arid Environments -- Processes and Forms of Alluvial Fans -- Lake Basins -- Hemiarid Lake Basins: Hydrographic Patterns -- Hemiarid Lake Basins: Geomorphic Patterns -- Aeolian Surfaces -- Aeolian Sediment Transport -- Dune Morphology and Dynamics -- Landforms, Landscapes, and Processes of Aeolian Erosion -- Dust -- Climatic Change -- Rock Varnish and its Use to Study Climatic Change in Geomorphic Settings -- Hillslopes as Evidence of Climatic Change -- River Landforms and Sediments: Evidence of Climatic Change -- The Role of Climatic Change in Alluvial Fan Development -- Evidence for Climate Change From Desert Basin Palaeolakes -- Palaeoclimatic Interpretations From Desert Dunes and Sediments -- Early Humans in Dryland Environments: A Geoarchaeological Perspective -- Cenozoic Climates in Deserts.
Keywords: Geomorphology; Physical geography; Geoecology; Environmental geology; Hydrogeology; Geomorphology; Physical Geography; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Hydrogeology