Surface Processes and Landforms
This book includes both basic material for students without a great deal of background in geology as well as more advanced topics. With coverage that reaches beyond the study of surface processes, it contains discussions on the evolution of landforms and interpretation of their origin. The Second Edition reflects the increasing relevance of geomorphology to environmental concerns and the additional emphasis this has placed on more applied aspects of the field. Also considered is the...
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This book includes both basic material for students without a great deal of background in geology as well as more advanced topics. With coverage that reaches beyond the study of surface processes, it contains discussions on the evolution of landforms and interpretation of their origin. The Second Edition reflects the increasing relevance of geomorphology to environmental concerns and the additional emphasis this has placed on more applied aspects of the field. Also considered is the revolution of the discipline brought on by many rapidly-evolving tools, such as computers, sophisticated electronic measuring devices, lasers, mass spectrometers, new methods of dating landforms and deposits, and others. Booknews An undergraduate textbook on geomorphology that includes basic information for students with no background in geology and who perhaps intend to use the knowledge in another field such as ecology or waste management, and more advanced material for students at the senior level who have already dug themselves into the discipline. Explains such aspects as weathering, fluvial processes, the topographic expression of folded strata, quaternary climatic changes and the ice ages, and dating geomorphic features. Includes a glossary without pronunciation. First published in 1993. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Ch. 1Introduction1Ch. 2Basic Concepts6Ch. 3Weathering13Ch. 4Mass Wasting58Ch. 5Fluvial Processes93Ch. 6Fluvial Landforms137Ch. 7Ground Water185Ch. 8Tectonic Landforms216Ch. 9Topographic Expression of Folded Strata226Ch. 10Topographic Expression of Joints and Faults248Ch. 11Landforms Developed on Igneous Rocks273Ch. 12Glacial Processes306Ch. 13Glacial Landforms333Ch. 14Pleistocene Climatic Changes and the Ice Ages378Ch. 15Shorelines411Ch. 16Eolian Processes and Landforms451Ch. 17Dating Geomorphic Features473
\ BooknewsAn undergraduate textbook on geomorphology that includes basic information for students with no background in geology and who perhaps intend to use the knowledge in another field such as ecology or waste management, and more advanced material for students at the senior level who have already dug themselves into the discipline. Explains such aspects as weathering, fluvial processes, the topographic expression of folded strata, quaternary climatic changes and the ice ages, and dating geomorphic features. Includes a glossary without pronunciation. First published in 1993. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
