Military Geosciences and Desert Warfare Past Lessons and Modern Challenges /

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...

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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
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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.