Military geosciences and desert warfare : past lessons and modern challenges /: past lessons and modern challenges. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eric V. McDonald, Thomas Bullard, editors.
• Editors: McDonald, Eric V (Eric Von), 1958-; Bullard, Thomas
• Contents: Preface -- 'An Unfortunate Accident of Geography': Badlands and the ANZAC Sector, Gallipoli, April-December 1915 -- From Army Outpost to Global Military Installations: How WW2 Transformed the Military Presence in the Southwestern United States -- Preparing for War in the Desert Southwest; From the California -- Arizona Maneuver Area to the Yuma Test Branch (and beyond) -- The Influence of Physical Geography on the Battle Of Kasserine Pass, Tunisia 1943 -- The Influence of Geology And Geography on the Indian Wars in Eastern Washington Territory -- Teaching Military Geoscience in the 21st Century Classroom: Virtual Field Explorations of the Gettysburg Battlefield -- Fort Fisher North Carolina Past and Present: A Geospatial Analysis using LiDAR and GIS -- There's Uranium in Them Hills: The Archaeology of Nevada's Uranium Boom -- Military Development and Geographic Change on San Diego Bay -- High Density Metal Contaminant Transport in Arid Region Ephemeral Channels -- Comparing Playa Inundation Estimates From Landsat and LiDar Data to a Doppler Radar-Based Hydrologic Model -- Environmental Security and Trans-Boundary Water Resources -- Environmental Reporting in the South African Department of Defense and Military Veterans -- Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and the Use of Forwarding Operating Bases (FOBs) -- U.S. Army Agriculture Development Teams, Afghanistan: The Role of the Geoscientist -- Regional Distribution of Salt-Rich Dust Across Southwest Asia Based on Predictiv e Soil-Geomorphic Mapping Techniques -- Digital Elevation Models to Support Desert Warfare -- Military Test Site Characterization and Training Future Officers -- An Integrated Terrain Analysis Approach -- Use of Ground-Based LiDAR for Detection of IED Command Wires on Typical Desert Surfaces -- Parent Material Mapping of Geologic Surfaces Using Aster in Support of Integrated Terrain Forecasting for Military Operations -- Analysis of Recurring Sinking Events of Armored Tracked Vehicles in the Israeli Agricultural Periphery of the Gaza Strip -- Integrated Terrain Forecasting for Military Operations In Deserts.
• Publisher Details: New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 355.47; Earth sciences; Military geography; Military geology; Desert warfare; HISTORY -- Military -- Other; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science; Desert warfare; Military geography; Military geology; Earth Sciences; Historical Geology; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Paleontology; Nuclear Energy; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Science -- Paleontology; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- Nuclear; Science -- Environmental Science; Technology & Engineering -- Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems; Economic geology; Palaeontology; Nuclear power & engineering; Environmental management; Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing; Geology; Paleontology ; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Historical geology; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493934294; 1493934295; 1493934279; 9781493934270
• Related ISBNs: 9781493934270
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 16, 2016).
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