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Military Geosciences and Desert Warfare

Past Lessons and Modern Challenges

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Eric V. McDonald

    1. Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, USA

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  2. Thomas Bullard

    1. Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, USA

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  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Geoscience and Military History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Unfortunate Accident of Geography: Badlands and the ANZAC Sector, Gallipoli, April–December 1915

      • Peter Doyle
      Pages 3-18

    3. From Army Outpost to Military Training Installations for Worldwide Operations: How WWII Transformed the Military Presence in the Southwestern United States

      • Donald E. Sabol, Eric V. McDonald
      Pages 19-35

    4. Preparing for War in the Desert Southwest; From the California—Arizona Maneuver Area to the Yuma Test Branch (and Beyond)

      • William J. Heidner
      Pages 37-50

    5. The Influence of Physical Geography on the Battle of Kasserine Pass, Tunisia 1943

      • Daniel A. Gilewitch, Jay D. Pellerin
      Pages 51-65

    6. The Influence of Geology and Geography on the Indian Wars in Eastern Washington Territory

      • Stephen W. Henderson, Michael M. Hamilton
      Pages 67-82

    7. Teaching Military Geoscience in the Twenty-first Century Classroom: Virtual Field Explorations of the Gettysburg Battlefield

      • W. Lee Beatty, Candace L. Kairies-Beatty
      Pages 83-93

    8. Fort Fisher, NC Past and Present: A Geospatial Analysis using LiDAR and GIS

      • Michael J. Starek, Russell S. Harmon, Helena Mitasova
      Pages 95-103

  3. Military and Defense Interests and the Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. There’s Uranium in Them Hills: The Archaeology of Nevada’s Uranium Boom

      • Jonah S. Blustain
      Pages 107-121

    3. Military Development and Geographic Change on San Diego Bay

      • Andy Yatsko
      Pages 123-138

    4. High Density Metal Contaminant Transport in Arid Region Ephemeral Channels

      • Julianne J. Miller, David S. Shafer, Charalambos Papelis, Craig A. Refosco, Nathan A. Krzyaniak
      Pages 139-151

    5. Comparing Playa Inundation Estimates from Landsat and LiDAR Data to a Doppler Radar-Based Hydrologic Model

      • Mary E. Cablk, Julianne J. Miller, Steve A. Mizell
      Pages 153-167

    6. Environmental Security and Trans-Boundary Water Resources

      • Francis A. Galgano
      Pages 169-189

    7. Environmental Reporting in the South African Department of Defense and Military Veterans

      • H. A. P. Smit, T. J. Mokiri
      Pages 191-203

    8. Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and the Use of Forwarding Operating Bases (FOBs)

      • Eugene J. Palka
      Pages 205-219

    9. U.S. Army Agriculture Development Teams, Afghanistan: The Role of the Geoscientist

      • Alexander K. Stewart
      Pages 221-236

    10. Regional Distribution of Salt-Rich Dust Across Southwest Asia Based on Predictive Soil-Geomorphic Mapping Techniques

      • Steven N. Bacon, Eric V. McDonald
      Pages 237-256

  4. Geoscience Technology in Support of Military Activities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, USA

    Eric V. McDonald, Thomas Bullard

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.

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