Global geomorphology : an introduction to the study of landforms

Global geomorphology : an introduction to the study of landforms Michael A Summerfield - London Routledge 1991 , Reprint 2022

Approaches to geomorphology
Global morphology and tectonics
Landforms and tectonics of plate margins
Landforms and tectonics of plate interiors
Landforms associated with igneous activity
Weathering and associated landforms
Slope processes and forms
Fluvial processes
Fluvial landforms
Aeolian processes and landforms
Glacial processes and landforms
Periglacial processes and landforms
Coastal processes and landforms
Climate, climatic change and landform development
Rates of uplift and denudation
Tectonics and drainage development
Sea-level change
Long-term landscape development
Planetary geomorphology


Global geomorphology is the subject of this book, working from the perspective that an adequate appreciation of landform genesis must encompass a knowledge of the large-scale framework of landscapes as well as an understanding of the smaller-scale processes which create individual landforms.


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551.41 / SUM.G