Rock Weathering and Landform Evolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rock Weathering and Landform Evolution write by David A. Robinson. This book was released on 1994-12-05. Rock Weathering and Landform Evolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rock Weathering and Landform Evolution brings together a series of important studies on rock weathering by leading researchers, and illustrates the diversity of approaches and techniques that are currently being used by geomorphologists to study weathering processes and responses. The book commences with a number of research studies and review chapters on weathering processes and weathered products. This is followed by several discussions of the weathering of cut or dressed rock in urban and coastal environments. Contributors then examine the application of weathering and weathering rates to the dating of deposits or rock surfaces. The final section of the book comprises studies of the relationship between weathering and landforms in a variety of climatic environments. The contributions included in this book cover a wide range of topics and demonstrate the many advances that are being made by researchers investigating rock weathering. Some of the studies deal with state-of-the-art technology, others the very traditional geomorphological skills of observation and deductive reasoning, backed up as necessary by statistical analysis. This volume is the first collection of papers on weathering published for many years, and provides a wealth of information not just to geomorphologists but also to geologists, engineers, architects and archaeologists.
Weathering and Landscape Evolution
Weathering and Landscape Evolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Weathering and Landscape Evolution write by A. Turkington. This book was released on 2005-08-04. Weathering and Landscape Evolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In recognition of the fundamental control exerted by weathering on landscape evolution and topographic development, the 35th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium was convened under the theme of Weathering and Landscape Evolution. The papers and posters presented at the conference imparted the state-of-the-art in weathering geomorphology, tackled the issue of scale linkage in geomorphic studies and offered a vehicle for interdisciplinary communication on research into weathering and landscape evolution. The papers included in this book are encapsulated here under the general themes of weathering mantles, weathering and relative dating, weathering and denudation, weathering processes and controls and the 'big picture'. * Contains 15 papers on the techniques and methodologies of research * Provides an up-to-date overview of various aspects of weathering and landscape evolution complemented by a number of excellent case studies * Contains a wealth of basic field data and relevant information
Principles of Soilscape and Landscape Evolution
Principles of Soilscape and Landscape Evolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Principles of Soilscape and Landscape Evolution write by Garry Willgoose. This book was released on 2018-03. Principles of Soilscape and Landscape Evolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides a holistic guide to the construction of numerical models to explain the co-evolution of landforms, soils, vegetation and tectonics. This volume demonstrates how physical processes interact to influence landform evolution, and explains the science behind the physical processes, as well as the mechanics of how to solve them.
Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling
Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling write by Russell S. Harmon. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Landscapes are characterized by a wide variation, both spatially and temporally, of tolerance and response to natural processes and anthropogenic stress. These tolerances and responses can be analyzed through individual landscape parameters, such as soils, vegetation, water, etc., or holistically through ecosystem or watershed studies. However, such approaches are both time consuming and costly. Soil erosion and landscape evolution modeling provide a simulation environment in which both the short- and long-term consequences of land-use activities and alternative land use strategies can be compared and evaluated. Such models provide the foundation for the development of land management decision support systems. Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling is a state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary volume addressing the broad theme of soil erosion and landscape evolution modeling from different philosophical and technical approaches, ranging from those developed from considerations of first-principle soil/water physics and mechanics to those developed empirically according to sets of behavioral or empirical rules deriving from field observations and measurements. The validation and calibration of models through field studies is also included. This volume will be essential reading for researchers in earth, environmental and ecosystem sciences, hydrology, civil engineering, forestry, soil science, agriculture and climate change studies. In addition, it will have direct relevance to the public and private land management communities.
Tectonics, Climate, and Landscape Evolution
Tectonics, Climate, and Landscape Evolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tectonics, Climate, and Landscape Evolution write by Sean D. Willett. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Tectonics, Climate, and Landscape Evolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Liwu River runs a short course; its channel head at the water divide in Taiwan's Central Range is a mere 35 km from its outflow into the Pacific Ocean. But in those short 35 km, the Liwu has carved one of the world's geographic wonders: the spectacular Taroko Gorge with marble and granite walls soaring nearly 1000 m above the river channel. Taroko Gorge was a fitting venue for a 2003 Penrose Conference that addressed the coupled processes of tectonics, climate, and landscape evolution. The young mountains, extreme weather, and dramatic landforms provided an appropriate backdrop to wide-ranging discussions of geomorphic processes, climate and meteorology, sediment generation and transport, the effects of erosion on tectonics, and new analytical and modeling tools used to address these processes and problems. This volume's papers extend that discussion, reaching across fields that have experienced rapid advances in the past decade."--Publisher's website.
