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Mountain Regions
The high mountain ranges of the Earth are related to tectonic processes and many of them are found along former or recent plate boundaries. They are...
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The Makgadikgadi Basin
Visible from space, the MakgadikgadiMakgadikgadi pans are one of the most distinctive geomorphic features of southern Africa. Now seasonally dry,...
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The Glacial Geomorphology Around Inverness and the Great Glen
Superimposed on ancient landscape elements, the InvernessInverness region includes a palimpsest of subglacial landforms formed during successive Late...
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Dry Mid-Latitudes
In the Northern Hemisphere, the dry mid-latitudes, also called dry nemoral zone or dry cool-temperate zone, are situated in the continental centres...
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Structure, Age, and Formation Stages of the First River Terraces in the Selenga Drainage Basin
AbstractNew and generalized published data on the structure, age, and formation stages of deposits of the mantle and alluvial genetic complexes of...
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Part B: Ecological Basis (Synecology)
The climate of a site determines its vegetation. But the assumption often made that the distribution of plant species is directly caused by site...
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Climate-Related Diseases and Health Impacts of Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
Climate change is a leading public health concern of the twenty-first century and has implications for population health globally. In this chapter,...
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The Main Features of Mountain Vegetation and Its Altitudinal Organization. The Timberline
This chapter lays down the foundations for some of the important questions that will be raised about hydrological (Chap. 9...
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New Evidence on the Age and Formation Conditions of Pleistocene Deposits in the Eastern Part of the Tunka Depression
AbstractThis article presents the results of a comprehensive geochronological study of organic-rich sediments lying at the base of the sand suite in...
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Climate Change During the Late Quaternary in South Africa
Climate changes during the QuaternaryQuaternary (last ~2.6 million years) were extremely important in sha** the land surfaces, environments and...
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Paleoclimatic proxies from global closed basins and the possible beginning of Anthropocene
Global closed basins, occupying almost one fifth of the world’s land area, spatially coincide with arid and semiarid areas. Paleoclimatic proxies can...
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Boreal Zone (Taiga Zone)
The boreal zone, also called taiga zone or cold-temperate zone, forms a broad belt of conifer forests, which is the biggest continuous forest...
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Part K: ZB VIII—Zonobiome of the Taiga or of the Cold Temperate Boreal Climate
The boreal zone, the Zonobiome VIII, begins where the climate becomes too unfavourable for the hardwood-deciduous species, i.e. where the summers...
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Lake Khoton
Lake Khoton, a glacial lake, constitutes a valuable archive useful for reconstructing paleoglaciations in the Mongolian Altai Mountain Range during...
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Reconciling Cities with Urban Nature: Towards the Integration of Ecosystem Disservices in Inclusive Spatial Planning
Functions and properties of ecosystems delivering discomfort to citizens, also known as ecosystem disservices (EDS) (Döhren and Haase 2015; Lyytimäki...
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Landscape Dynamics in the Northwestern Mountains of the Iberian Peninsula: Case Study Ancares-Courel Mountain Range
The interaction between people and the environment plays a key role in the landscape, above all in those landscapes subject to human pressure in...
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Opposites Attract: Why a Bi-Polar, Hemispheric Perspective to the Peopling of the Americas is Needed
This chapter places the early archaeological record of Piedra Museo into a hemispheric perspective. I begin the discussion with a general call for...
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Dust from the Central Sahara: Environmental and Cultural Impacts
Dust exportDust export from the central Sahara region, and in particular from source region hotspots such as the Bodélé DepressionBodélé Depression,...
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An Example of Geosite Evaluation of Fossils: Zonguldak Coal Basin (Turkey)
Today thanks to having knowledge about the geology, it is necessary to protect the areas of geological heritage and geosite and inform the people...
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What Makes New Caledonia’s Flora So Outstanding?
This chapter explores the main characteristics of New Caledonian plant biodiversity, and provides a condensed picture of the major unique elements of...