Military Geosciences and Desert Warfare

Past Lessons and Modern Challenges
Herausgegeben:McDonald, Eric V.; Bullard, Thomas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 influence on the battlefield, and environmental and cultural issues related to management of military lands. Geology and geography have played a significant role in military history, from providing the stone for primitive tools and weapons, to the utilization of terrain in offensive and defensive strategies. Specific to this volume, deserts comprise nearly a third of the Earth's surface and have been the site of numerous battles where the dust, heat, and a lack of food and water have provided challenges to military leaders and warriors. This book examines the role of deserts in past and modern warfare, the problems and challenges in managing military lands in desert regions, and how desertenvironmental conditions can impact military equipment and personnel. This proceedings volume should be of interest to scholars, professionals, and those interested in military history, warfare, geology, geography, cultural resources, general science, and military operations.

Produktdetails

• Advances in Military Geosciences
• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4939-8048-2
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9781493980482
• ISBN-10: 1493980483
• Artikelnr.: 52424105

Autorenporträt

Dr. Eric V. McDonald is a research professor specializing in Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at the Desert Research Institute. His Research Areas of Interest and Expertise include Climate change, Environmental restoration and site characterization, Geochemical and hydrological analysis of soils and sediments, Landscape evolution, Quaternary geology, Soil landscape relations, Surface process geomorphology, Soil stratigraphy, Soil and surface water hydrology, and Vegetation and landscape dynamics. Dr. Thomas F. Bullard has more than 35 years of academic and professional experience in basic and applied research in geology and geomorphology related to landscape evolution, fluvial system behavior, landscape restoration, geologic hazards and hazardous waste disposal that includes: soils-geomorphic applications to landscape evolution in arid, semi-arid, alpine, and tropical regions; fluvial geomorphology; applied tectonic geomorphology research on blind thrust faults for earthquakehazard assessment; landslide investigations; geoarchaeology and cultural resources management.  Research field areas include the southeast, southwest and western United States, Alaska, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Suriname, and Philippines.

Inhaltsangabe

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.- MilitaryTest Site Characterization and Training Future Officers - An Integrated TerrainAnalysis Approach.- Use of Ground-Based LiDAR for Detection of IED CommandWires on Typical Desert Surfaces.- Parent Material Mapping of Geologic SurfacesUsing Aster in Support of Integrated Terrain Forecasting for MilitaryOperations.- Analysis of Recurring Sinking Events of Armored Tracked Vehiclesin the Israeli Agricultural Periphery of the Gaza Strip.- Integrated TerrainForecasting for Military Operations In Deserts.