Introducing Geomorphology: A Guide to Landforms and Processes (Introducing Earth and Environmental Sciences) - Softcover

Harvey, Adrian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780461038 ISBN 13: 9781780461038

Publisher: Dunedin Academic Press, 2021

Synopsis

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. This is a well-established and popular introduction to geomorphology appealing to adult amateurs as well as students of the science. 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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About the Author

Adrian Harvey is a retired Professor of Geomorphology from the University of Liverpool. He was editor of the leading scientific periodical on the subject 'Geomorphology' which provides him the breadth of knowledge to write across the whole subject.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dunedin Academic Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780461038
• ISBN 13: 9781780461038
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 160