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|a Pitty, Alistair F.
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|a Introduction to Geomorphology
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|a Milton :
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|a 1 online resource (545 p.).
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|a Routledge Library Editions: Geology Ser. ;
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|a Description based upon print version of record.
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|a Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- I Definitions, nature and basic postulates -- A. Definitions -- B. The Nature of Geomorphology -- 1. Description and interpretation -- 2. Process and form -- 3. Artistic and scientific elements -- 4. Qualitative and quantitative aspects -- 5. Laboratory and field work -- 6. The role of geomorphology -- C. Basic Postulates -- 1. Catastrophism and uniformitarianism -- 2. Stillstands and the mobility of earth structures -- 3. The Cycle of Erosion
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|a 4. Morphoclimatic zones -- 5. Structure, process and stage -- 6. The necessity for simplification of geomorphological complexity -- D. Some Conclusions about Geomorphology -- II Landforms and structure -- A. Geophysical Considerations -- 1. Earth movements and mountain building -- 2. Continental drift -- 3. Vulcanicity -- 4. Hydrothermal activity and meteorite craters -- B. Geological Considerations -- I. Resistance to erosion -- 2. Rock disposition -- 3. Distinctive lithologies -- 4. Variations within an individual rock -- III Physical, chemical and biological basis of geomorphological processes
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|a A. Regional Climate -- 1. Temperature -- B. Amounts and Motions of Water and Ice -- 1. Hydrological considerations -- 2. Hydraulic considerations -- 3. Waves and offshore currents -- 4. Ice and snow -- C. Mechanical and Frictional Forces -- D. Sediments and Mechanical Characteristics of Soils -- 1. Particle sizes -- 2. Particle shape -- 3. Surface appearance of particles -- 4. Disposition of particles -- 5. Soil fabrics -- 6. Soil hydrology -- 7. Mechanical properties of clays -- 8. Frozen soils -- E. Geochemical Considerations -- 1. Physicochemical factors -- 2. Weathering reactions
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|a 3. Physicochemical characteristics of weathering environments -- 4. Mineral solubilities -- F. Biological Activity -- 1. Acceleration of mechanical processes -- 2. Retardation of mechanical processes -- 3. Biochemical weathering -- 4. Acceleration of chemical weathering -- 5. Retardation of chemical weathering -- 6. Organisms as aids in landform study -- G. Human Activity -- IV Inter-relationships between processes and landforms -- A. Rock Breakdown -- 1. Erosion -- 2. Frost action -- 3. Other mechanical processes of rock breakdown -- 4. Chemical weathering -- 5. Weathering forms
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|a B. Transportation -- 1. Transportation of particles in a fluid -- 2. Amounts of sediment transport -- 3. Mass movement -- 4. Transportation of dissolved material -- C. Deposition -- 1. Depositional landforms on slopes -- 2. Depositional landforms in fluvial environments -- 3. Deltas -- 4. Estuaries -- 5. Depositional landforms along coasts -- 6. Depositional landforms in eolian environments -- 7. Landforms due to glacial deposition -- D. Inter-relationships between Rock Breakdown, Transport, and Deposition -- 1. Time-lags -- 2. Influence of source
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|a 3. Influence of transportation on rate of supply
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