Overview
- A rare collection of scholarly contributions regarding the integration of geosciences and military history and operations
- Includes new geologic and geographic data for many historically important battles and campaigns
- Provides examples of modern scientific technology used to support military activities
- Provides examples of how modern scientific methods and technology are used to evaluate historic events and places
- Includes contributions from academic, government, and military experts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Military Geosciences (AMG)
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Table of contents (22 papers)
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Geoscience Technology in Support of Military Activities
Keywords
- Cultural Resources
- Desert Warfare
- Desert Warfare Training
- Environmental Military History
- Geology
- Geomorphology
- International Military History
- Military Geology
- Military History
- Military Testing Technology Applications
- Warfare Logistics
- Warfare Strategy
- historical geology
- water policy
- remote sensing/photogrammetry
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Military Geosciences and Desert Warfare
Book Subtitle: Past Lessons and Modern Challenges
Editors: Eric V. McDonald, Thomas Bullard
Series Title: Advances in Military Geosciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3429-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3427-0Published: 11 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8048-2Published: 31 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-3429-4Published: 10 February 2016
Series ISSN: 2522-8315
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8323
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 375
Number of Illustrations: 104 b/w illustrations
Topics: Historical Geology, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Paleontology, Nuclear Energy, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry