| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 637 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover; Geomorphology; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Goals; Novelties; Arrangement of the book; How to use the book; Student and teacher support; What we do not cover; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Dedication; CHAPTER 1 Introduction to the study of surface processes; In this Chapter; The global context; Overview of geomorphology; Guiding principles; Conservation; Transport rules; Event size and frequency; Establishing timing: rates of processes and ages of landscapes; What drives geomorphic processes?; The surface temperature of the Earth; The climate context; Summary; Further reading |
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CHAPTER 2 Whole Earth morphologyIn this chapter; Why an oblate spheroid?; Topographic statistics: Earth's hypsometry; CHAPTER 3 Large-scale topography; In this chapter; Ocean basins: the marriage of conduction and isostasy; Plate tectonics overview; The motion of plates; Plate speeds; Large-scale mountain ranges: orogens; Effects of thickening the crust; Effects of erosion on the isostatic balance; Mantle response times: geomorphology as a probe of mantle rheology; Ice sheet and ocean loading and the response of the Earth surface to it; Mantle flow and its influence on topography |
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Dynamic topographyTopographic oozing of the Tibetan Plateau margin; Gooshing of mantle across the continental edge; Problems; Problems; CHAPTER 4 Tectonic geomorphology; In this chapter; Deformation associated with individual faults; Fault scaling and fault interaction; Coulomb stress changes; Stress triggering of earthquakes; Linkage of faults; Determination of offsets from modern earthquakes; Paleoseismology; Strike-slip faults; Normal faults; Megathrust faults; Long-term deformation: cumulative displacement deduced from offsets of geomorphic markers; Marine platforms; River profiles |
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The special case of coralsFlexure; Unloading; Generation of mountain ranges by repeated earthquakes; CHAPTER 5 Atmospheric processes and geomorphology; In this chapter; The Sun; Climate and weather processes; Why is Earth the ""water planet""?; The spatial pattern of radiation; Vertical structure of the atmosphere; Wind and atmospheric circulation; Hadley cells; Monsoons; Sea breezes; Katabatic winds; Orographic effects; CHAPTER 6 Dating methods, and establishing timing in the landscape; In this chapter; Relative dating methods; Absolute dating methods; Paleomagnetic dating |
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Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL)Amino acid racemization; Oxygen isotopes and the marine isotope stages; Radiometric dating methods; Non-steady production; The reservoir effect; Cosmogenic radionuclides; In situ production profiles within rock; Variations in production rate in space and time; Theoretical backdrop; How are the measurements made: processing and AMS measurement; Dating bedrock surfaces; Dating depositional surfaces; Exhumation rates; Basin-averaged erosion rates; Burial ages; Use to date stratigraphy; Shallow geothermometry: establishing long-term rates of exhumation |
| Summary |
Modern, quantitative, process-oriented approach to geomorphology and the role of Earth surface processes in shaping landforms, starting from basic principles |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 600-634) and index |
| Notes |
Fission tracks |
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Print version record |
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Geomorphology.
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geomorphology.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Science.
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Geomorphologie
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Geomorphologie -- 0 Gesamtdarstellung.
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Geomorphology.
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Geomorphologie.
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Geomorphology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Anderson, Suzanne P.
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| LC no. |
2010004400 |
| ISBN |
9781139778862 |
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1139778862 |
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9781139775823 |
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1139775820 |
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1139781855 |
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9781139781855 |
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9780511794827 |
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0511794827 |
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9781139793247 |
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1139793241 |
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