|
|
|
|
| LEADER |
03356nmm a2200277 u 4500 |
| 001 |
EB001087655 |
| 003 |
EBX01000000000000000847019 |
| 005 |
00000000000000.0 |
| 007 |
cr||||||||||||||||||||| |
| 008 |
160104 ||| eng |
| 020 |
|
|
|a 9783319254456
|
| 100 |
1 |
|
|a Williams, Martin
|
| 245 |
0 |
0 |
|a Nile Waters, Saharan Sands
|h Elektronische Ressource
|b Adventures of a Geomorphologist at Large
|c by Martin Williams
|
| 250 |
|
|
|a 1st ed. 2016
|
| 260 |
|
|
|a Cham
|b Springer International Publishing
|c 2016, 2016
|
| 300 |
|
|
|a XIX, 210 p. 141 illus., 32 illus. in color
|b online resource
|
| 505 |
0 |
|
|a 1. Early days -- 2. Boyhood in France (1950-1953) -- 3. Sheffield, the Pennines and Cambridge (1953-1962).- 4. Expeditions to the Libyan Desert (1962-1963).- 5. Blue and White Nile valleys, Sudan (1962-1964).- 6. Northern Territory, Canberra and Sydney, Australia (1964-1984).- 7. Adrar Bous, Central Sahara (1970) .- 8. Ethiopian Highlands and Rift Valley (1971-1978).- 9. Back to the Sudan: the White Nile valley and Jebel Marra volcano (1973-1983).- 10. Wadi Azaouak, Niger (1973-1974).- 11. Petra and Wadi Rum, Jordan (1975).- 12. Algeria and Tunisia (1979).- 13. Son and Belan Valleys, India (1980, 1982, 2005).- 14. Afar Hominids, Ethiopia (1981).- 15. Rajasthan, India (1983).- 16. Somalia (1988).- 17. Inner Mongolia, China (1999).- 18. Flinders Ranges, South Australia: Solving the Puzzle (1993-2007).- 19. Kenya (1999-2003).- 20. Mauritania, France, Argentina (2004-2014).- 21. Back to the Nile (2005-2012).- 22. Epilogue
|
| 653 |
|
|
|a Geography
|
| 653 |
|
|
|a Regional Geography
|
| 041 |
0 |
7 |
|a eng
|2 ISO 639-2
|
| 989 |
|
|
|b Springer
|a Springer eBooks 2005-
|
| 490 |
0 |
|
|a Springer Biographies
|
| 028 |
5 |
0 |
|a 10.1007/978-3-319-25445-6
|
| 856 |
4 |
0 |
|u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25445-6?nosfx=y
|x Verlag
|3 Volltext
|
| 082 |
0 |
|
|a 910,021
|
| 520 |
|
|
|a In this book, the author describes in simple, non-technical terms the adventures he has experienced during his work as an earth scientist in some of the remote parts of the arid and semi-arid world. His aim in writing this concise account of some of the work he has been involved in over the past fifty years is to try to convey to the non-specialist some of the excitement and fun involved in fieldwork in the drier regions of the world. His studies of the soils, landforms and the recent geological history of arid and semi-arid regions have taken Martin Williams to some remarkable places in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. Not only are the landscapes themselves often stunningly beautiful, but the contact with people from quite different backgrounds and cultures has been an enriching experience. His work has taken him to places far off the beaten track, whether it be the rugged mountains of Ethiopia and northern China, the sandy deserts of the Sahara and Rajasthan, or the greatriver valleys of Somalia, central India and the Nile. The chapters that follow are not intended to form a coherent chronological narrative, although they do appear in rough chronological order. They should rather be viewed as vignettes or brief evocative descriptions, much as in the discursive tradition of the wandering Irish storytellers. Acting on the principle that it is not necessary to be solemn to be serious, the author aims to entertain as well as to instruct
|