
Introducing Geomorphology: A Guide to Landforms and Processes, 2nd edition
Product code: MPIGM2
Print publication date: 25/11/2021
Earth Structure Processes and Tectonics, Dunedin, Dunedin Academic Press titles
Type: Book (Paperback)
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781780461038
Author/Edited by: By Adrian Harvey
Weight: 0.41kg
Number of pages: 144
£17.00
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Product Code: MPIGM2
By Adrian Harvey
Published by Dunedin Academic Press.
Geomorphology is the study of the earth’s landforms and the processes that made the landscape look the way it does today. What we see when we look at a scenic view is the result of the interplay of the forces that shape the earth’s surface. These operate on many different timescales and involve geological as well as climatic forces.
Adrian Harvey introduces the varying geomorphological forces and differing timescales which thus combine: from the global, which shape continents and mountain ranges; through the regional, producing hills and river basins; to the local, forming beaches, glaciers and slopes; to those micro scale forces which weather rock faces and produce sediment. Finally, he considers the effect that humans have had on the world’s topography.
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1. Introduction to geomorphology;
2. Global-scale geomorphology;
3. Regional-scale geomorphology;
4. Local-scale geomorphology: Process systems and landforms;
5. Timescales and landform evolution;
6. Geomorphology and interactions with society.
Further reading.
Glossary.