Military Geosciences and Desert Warfare Past Lessons and Modern Challenges /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: McDonald, Eric V. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bullard, Thomas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: Advances in Military Geosciences
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Nuclear energy.; Environmental management.; Historical geology.; Paleontology.; Geotechnical engineering.; Remote sensing.; Earth Sciences.; Historical Geology.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Nuclear Energy.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.

This book is a collection of papers presented at the 9th International Conference of Military Geoscience that was held in 2011. The conference included discussion on a diverse range of geosciences, including military history, military geology, teaching geology from a military prospective, geological...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.