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[Bonnie.A.B.Blackwell at williams.edu]

From:  Jamie Woodward 

The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean

This book may be of interest to the Geomorphology, Quaternary Science,
Geoarchaeology and related communities. It also contains some of the last
work produced by Professor John Thornes who died in the summer of 2008. The
table of contents is given below along with the web link to OUP:

The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean
Edited by Jamie Woodward (The University of Manchester, UK)
Published by Oxford University Press (2009)

http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199268030.do

PART 1: THE PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
Jamie Woodward: Editorial Introduction

1: Anne Mather: Tectonic setting and landscape development
2: Eelco Rohling, Ramadan Abu-Zied, James Casford, Angela Hayes and Babette
Hoogakker: The marine environment: present and past
3: Andrew Harding, Jean Palutikof, and Tom Holt: The climate system
4: Chronis Tzedakis: Cenozoic climate and vegetation change
5: Jacques Blondel: The nature and origin of the vertebrate fauna

PART 2: PROCESS AND CHANGE IN SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS
Jamie Woodward: Editorial Introduction

6: John Wainwright: Weathering, soils and slope processes
7: Harriet Allen: Vegetation and ecosystem dynamics
8: John Thornes, Francisco Lopez-Bermudez and Jamie Woodward: Hydrology,
river regimes and sediment yield
9: Neil Roberts and Jane Reed: Lakes, wetlands and Holocene environmental
change
10: John Lewin and Jamie Woodward: Karst geomorphology
11: Mark Macklin and Jamie Woodward: River systems and environmental change
12: Philip Hughes and Jamie Woodward: Glacial and periglacial environments
13: Iain Stewart and Christophe Morhange: Coastal geomorphology and
sea-level change
14: Andrew Goudie: Aeolian processes and landforms

PART 3: HAZARDS
Jamie Woodward: Editorial Introduction

15: Clive Oppenheimer and David Pyle: Volcanoes
16: Stathis Stiros: Earthquakes
17: Gerassimos Papadopoulos: Tsunamis
18: Maria-Carmen Llasat: Storms and floods
19: Francisco Lloret, Josep Pinol and Marc Castellnou: Wildfires

PART 4: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Jamie Woodward: Editorial Introduction

20: John Thornes: Land degradation
21: Jean Margat: Water resources
22: Jos Lelieveld: Air pollution and climate
23: Jacques Blondel and Frederic Medail: Biodiversity and conservation




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Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Ph.D., F.G.A.C., F.G.S.A.
Director, RFK Science Research Institute,
Research Scientist, Williams College
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