Surface Processes and Landforms

Name: Surface Processes and Landforms
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ISBN: 9780138609580

ISBN-10: 0138609586

ISBN-13: 9780138609580

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Don J. Easterbrook

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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. TheSecond 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…

Book details

List price: $183.20
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 10/20/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 546
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.080
Language: English




Introduction



Basic Concepts



Weathering



Mass Wasting



Fluvial Processes



Fluvial Landforms



Groundwater



Tectonic Landforms



Topographic Expression of Folded Strata



Topographic Expression of Joints and Faults



Landforms Developed on Igneous Rocks



Glacial Processes



Glacial Landforms



Quaternary Climatic Changes and the Ice Ages



Periglacial Processes and Landforms



Shorelines



Eolian Processes and Landforms



Dating Geomorphic Features


Glossary


Index