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 desert environmental 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.
Author(s): Eric V. McDonald, Thomas Bullard (eds.)
Series: Advances in Military Geosciences
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: XV, 375
Tags: Historical Geology; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Paleontology; Nuclear Energy; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Unfortunate Accident of Geography: Badlands and the ANZAC Sector, Gallipoli, April–December 1915....Pages 3-18
From Army Outpost to Military Training Installations for Worldwide Operations: How WWII Transformed the Military Presence in the Southwestern United States....Pages 19-35
Preparing for War in the Desert Southwest; From the California—Arizona Maneuver Area to the Yuma Test Branch (and Beyond)....Pages 37-50
The Influence of Physical Geography on the Battle of Kasserine Pass, Tunisia 1943....Pages 51-65
The Influence of Geology and Geography on the Indian Wars in Eastern Washington Territory....Pages 67-82
Teaching Military Geoscience in the Twenty-first Century Classroom: Virtual Field Explorations of the Gettysburg Battlefield....Pages 83-93
Fort Fisher, NC Past and Present: A Geospatial Analysis using LiDAR and GIS....Pages 95-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
There’s Uranium in Them Hills: The Archaeology of Nevada’s Uranium Boom....Pages 107-121
Military Development and Geographic Change on San Diego Bay....Pages 123-138
High Density Metal Contaminant Transport in Arid Region Ephemeral Channels....Pages 139-151
Comparing Playa Inundation Estimates from Landsat and LiDAR Data to a Doppler Radar-Based Hydrologic Model....Pages 153-167
Environmental Security and Trans-Boundary Water Resources....Pages 169-189
Environmental Reporting in the South African Department of Defense and Military Veterans....Pages 191-203
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and the Use of Forwarding Operating Bases (FOBs)....Pages 205-219
U.S. Army Agriculture Development Teams, Afghanistan: The Role of the Geoscientist....Pages 221-236
Regional Distribution of Salt-Rich Dust Across Southwest Asia Based on Predictive Soil-Geomorphic Mapping Techniques....Pages 237-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Digital Elevation Models to Support Desert Warfare....Pages 259-272
Military Test Site Characterization and Training Future Officers—An Integrated Terrain Analysis Approach....Pages 273-295
Use of Ground-Based LiDAR for Detection of IED Command Wires on Typical Desert Surfaces....Pages 297-309
Parent Material Mapping of Geologic Surfaces Using ASTER in Support of Integrated Terrain Forecasting for Military Operations....Pages 311-337
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Analysis of Recurring Sinking Events of Armored Tracked Vehicles in the Israeli Agricultural Periphery of the Gaza Strip....Pages 339-352
Integrated Terrain Forecasting for Military Operations in Deserts: Geologic Basis for Rapid Predictive Mapping of Soils and Terrain Features....Pages 353-375
