Climate change in deserts : past, present and future /
Williams, M. A. J.,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Climate change in deserts : an introduction -- Present-day desert environments -- Cenozoic evolution of deserts -- Adaptations to life in deserts -- Evolution of desert research -- Dating desert landforms and sediments -- Stable isotope analysis and trace element geochemistry -- Desert dunes -- Desert dust -- Desert rivers -- Desert lakes -- The pluvial debate -- Desert glaciations -- Speleothems and tufas in arid areas -- Desert soils, paleosols and duricrusts -- Plant and animal fossils in deserts -- Prehistoric occupation of deserts -- African and Arabian deserts -- Asian deserts -- North American deserts -- South American deserts -- Australian deserts -- Historic floods and droughts -- Desertification : causes, consequences and solutions -- Current climatic trends and possible future changes -- Towards sustainable use of deserts.
Paleoclimatology.
Arid regions climate.
Climatic changes
Deserts