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020 $a9783540897248 (hbk.)
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn751750871
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050 00 $aGB631$b.L67 2014
082 04 $a551.375$222
100 1 $aLorenz, Ralph,$d1969-,$eauthor.
245 10 $aDune worlds :$bhow windblown sand shapes planetary landscapes /$cRalph D. Lorenz, James R. Zimbelman.
264 1 $aBerlin ;$aNew York ;$aLondon :$bSpringer ;$aChichester, UK :$bPublished in association with Praxis Publishing,$c[2014]
264 4 $c©2014
300 $axxi, 308 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c29 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$bsti$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aSpringer Praxis books. Geophysical sciences,$x1615-9748
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-301) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Sand -- Winds and atmospheres -- Mechanics of sand transport -- Deposits of sand : ripples versus dunes -- Basic types of dunes -- Other dunes and other sand deposits -- Dune fields, sand seas and transport pathways -- Rates of geomorphic change -- Booming or singing dunes -- Earth dunes -- Mars dunes -- Titan dunes -- Venus dunes -- Other dune worlds. Triton ; Io -- Field studies -- Laboratory studies -- Remote sensing -- Numerical models -- Dunes as physical systems -- Dunes and climate -- Moving on sand -- Dunes and people -- Fictional dune worlds. Arrakis ; Tatooine -- Conclusions.
650 0 $aSand dunes.
651 0 $aEarth (Planet)$xSurface.
651 0 $aMars (Planet)$xSurface.
651 0 $aTitan (Satellite)
651 0 $aVenus (Planet)$xSurface.
651 0 $aTriton (Satellite)
651 0 $aIo (Satellite)$xSurface.
650 0 $aWind erosion.
650 0 $aPlanetary meteorology.
650 0 $aPlanets$xSurfaces.
651 0 $aSolar system.
700 1 $aZimbelman, James R.,$ejoint author.
830 0 $aSpringer-Praxis books in geophysical sciences.