Synopses & Reviews
Geosystems, 7/e fully defines physical geography by offering the latest science in an Earth systems organization. With its detailed remote sensing imagery, excellent cartography, and photography along side a student-friendly technology package, the book offers a one-of-a-kind study of Physical Geography. Using the latest in satellite imagery and current statistical information, this book covers such topics as: the energy-atmosphere system; the water, weather, and climate systems; the earth-atmosphere interface; and soils, ecosystems, and biomes.
About the Author
'Robert W. Christopherson is Professor Emeritus of Geography, American River College, and is the author of the leading physical geography texts in the US and Canada: Geosystems, 7/E, Elemental Geosystems, 5/E, Geosystems Canadian Edition, 2/E, and Applied Physical Geography, 7/E, all published by Pearson Prentice Hall. He attended Cal State University-Chico, and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. His first textbook was published in 1992. He has spoken across the US and Canada to hundreds of colleges, groups, and at professional meetings. He and his nature photographer wife have completed 10 polar expeditions since September 2003 to gather information and photos for his textbooks. Robert was appointed recently to the Editorial Board of Goode's World Atlas, 22nd Edition, published by Rand McNally. '
Table of Contents
1 Essentials of Geography
PART I
The Energy-Atmosphere System
2 Solar Energy to Earth and the Seasons
3 Earth’s Modern Atmosphere
4 Atmosphere and Surface Energy Balances
5 Global Temperatures
6 Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations
PART II
The Water, Weather, and Climate Systems
7 Water and Atmospheric Moisture
8 Weather
9 Water Resources
10 Global Climate Systems
PART III
The Earth-Atmosphere Interface
11 The Dynamic Planet
12 Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanism
13 Weathering, Karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement
14 River Systems and Landforms
15 Eolian Processes and Arid Landscapes
16 The Oceans, Coastal Processes, and Landforms
17 Glacial and Periglacial Processes and Landforms
PART IV
Soils, Ecosystems, and Biomes
18 The Geography of Soils
19 Ecosystem Essentials
20 Terrestrial Biomes
21 Earth and the Human Denominator