Overview
- Covers all the most important landscapes of Maltese geomorphology
- Provides easily accessible and up-to-date information on Maltese geomorphology, which can’t be found in any other book, making it a useful tool for students, researchers and non-experts alike
- Will appeal to a general audience, thanks to its clear and straightforward language style and wealth of illustrations (e.g. color maps, aerial photos, photos)
Part of the book series: World Geomorphological Landscapes (WGLC)
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Background
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Selected Geomorphological Landscapes
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
John A Schembri is a Professor at the Department of Geography of the University of Malta. He read Contemporary Mediterranean Studies and History as an undergraduate at the University of Malta. This was followed by post-graduate studies at Durham University from where he obtained a M.A. in the Geography of the Middle East and the Mediterranean and later a Ph.D. through the Department of Geography at Durham. In 2016 he was conferred D. Educ. (Honoris Causa) by Liverpool Hope University, UK, for his contribution to Geography. John lectures in Geography at the University of Malta and his publications range from coastal land use, historical geography to cartography. John is a Chartered Geographer and a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society (with IGB). He contributes regularly to lectures at the International Ocean Institute.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Landscapes and Landforms of the Maltese Islands
Editors: Ritienne Gauci, John A. Schembri
Series Title: World Geomorphological Landscapes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15456-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15454-7Published: 21 August 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15456-1Published: 04 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2213-2090
Series E-ISSN: 2213-2104
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 385
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 210 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geomorphology