Geomorphology : a systematic analysis of late Cenozoic landforms
Analyzes landforms of the late Cenzoic Era that covers the constructional processes of tectonism and volcanism and the erosional processes of weathering, fluvial erosion, glaciers, winds, and waves. This book explains each set of processes and the resulting landforms. It is appropriate intermediate level courses in geomorphology.
Print Book, English, ©1998
Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J., ©1998
Matériel didactique
xi, 482 pages, [8] pages de planches : illustrations (certaines en couleur), cartes, graph. ; 29 cm
9780135054963, 0135054966
299847567
I. FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOMORPHOLOGY. 1. The Scope of Geomorphology. 2. Energy Flow in Geomorphic Systems. II. CENOZOIC TECTONISM AND CLIMATES: THE MODERN LANDSCAPE EVOLVES. 3. Cenozoic Tectonism. 4. Cenozoic Climate Change. III. CONSTRUCTIONAL PROCESSES AND CONSTRUCTIONAL LANDFORMS. 5. Tectonic Landforms. 6. Volcanoes. IV. SUBAERIAL DESTRUCTIONAL (EROSIONAL) PROCESSES AND EROSIONAL LANDFORMS. 7. Rock Weathering. 8. Karst and Speleology. 9. Mass Wasting and Hillslopes. 10. The Fluvial Geomorphic System. 11. Evolution of the Fluvial System. 12. Structural Control of Fluvial Erosion. 13. Arid and Savanna Landscapes; Eolian Processes and Landforms. 14. Periglacial Geomorphology. 15. Landscape Evolution. V. GLACIERS AND GLACIATION. 16. Glaciers as Landforms: Glaciology. 17. Glacial Geomorphology. 18. Late Quaternary Climatic Geomorphology. VI. COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY. 19. Shore-Zone Processes and Landforms. 20. Explanatory Description of Coasts. Author Index. Subject Index.