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| 020 | _a9781446251621 | ||
| 040 | _cDepartment of Geography | ||
| 100 | _aKenneth J Gregory | ||
| 245 | 4 | _aThe Earth's Land Surface: Landforms and Processes in Geomorphology/ | |
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_aNew York: _bSAGE, _c2012. |
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| 505 | _aPart I: Visualizing the Land Surface Chapter 1: Recognizing the Land Surface 1.1 What is the Land Surface? 1.2 Envisaging the Land Surface 1.3 Components of the Land Surface Chapter 2: Study of the Land Surface 2.1 Disciplines for the Land Surface 2.2 Methods for Measurement and Analysis 2.3 Conceptual Ideas 2.4 Debates and Paradigm Shifts Part II: Dynamics of the Land Surface Chapter 3: Controls Affecting the Land Surface 3.1 Spheres, Cycles and Systems 3.2 Controls upon the Land Surface System 3.2.1 Lithosphere 3.2.2 Atmosphere 3.2.3 Biosphere 3.2.4 Hydrosphere 3.3 The Noosphere Chapter 4: Processes and Dynamics of the Land Surface 4.1 Controls on Processes 4.2 Exogenetic Processes 4.2.1 Weathering 4.2.2 Mass Movement Processes 4.2.3 Fluvial Processes 4.2.4 Processes on Coastal Margins 4.2.5 Aeolian Processes 4.2.6 Glacial Processes 4.2.7 Periglacial/Nival and Cryonival Processes 4.2.8 Subsidence 4.2.9 Soil Processes and Soil Erosion 4.2.10 Ecosystem Processes 4.3 Endogenetic Processes 4.3.1 Earthquakes 4.3.2 Volcanic Activity 4.4 Conclusion Part III: Landform Evolution Chapter 5: The Changing Surface - Evolution of Landscapes 5.1 Time Scales and the Land Surface 5.2 Changes in Controlling Conditions 5.2.1 Glacial Impacts 5.2.2 Loading Effects 5.2.3 Sea Level Changes 5.2.4 Climate Shifts 5.2.5 Rapidity of Change 5.3 Modelling Change: Past, Present and Future Part IV: Environments of the Land Surface Chapter 6: World Land Surface Landscapes Chapter 7: Polar Regions: Arctic, Antarctic and High Latitudes 7.1 Glacial Landscapes 7.2 Proglacial Landscapes 7.3 Periglacial Landscapes 7.4 Paraglacial Landscapes 7.5 High Altitude Cryosphere 7.6 Sensitivity and Future Change Chapter 8: Temperate and Mediterranean Environments 8.1 The Inherited Palimpsest 8.1.1. Quaternary Impacts 8.1.2 Human Impact 8.1.3. Temperate Zone Features 8.2 Rain and Rivers 8.3 Subdivisions of the Temperate Zone 8.3.1 Maritime Zone 8.3.2. Continental Zone 8.3.3. Subdesert Steppes and Prairies 8.3.4 Mediterranean Zone 8.3.5 Mountain Areas 8.4 Conclusion Chapter 9: Arid Environments 9.1 Sand Deserts and Sand Seas 9.2 Rocky Deserts and Basin and Range Environments 9.3 Sensitivity and Change Chapter 10: Humid and Seasonally Humid Tropics 10.1 Deep Weathering 10.2 Rainforest Landscapes 10.3 Savanna Landscapes 10.4 Monsoon Environments 10.5 Evolving Tropical Landscapes Chapter 11: Urban Landscapes 11.1 Perception of Urban Environments 11.2 Creation of Urban Land Systems 11.3 Urban Earth Surface Processes 11.3.1 Alterations of Existing Processes by Impervious Areas 11.3.2 Processes Precluded by Impervious Areas 11.3.3 New Processes Introduced by Impervious Areas 11.4 Management of Urban Environments Part V: Management of the Land Surface - Future Prospects Chapter 12: Future Land Surfaces - Management of Change 12.1 The Past - Containing and Constraining Management 12.2 The Present - Management and Planning Approaches 12.2.1 The Audit Stage 12.2.2 Environmental Impacts 12.2.3 Evaluation of Environment and Environmental Processes 12.2.4 Prediction, Design and Policy-Related Issues 12.3 The Future - Sustainable Solutions and Future Scenarios 12.3.1 What have we Learnt? 12.3.2 Implications of Global Change and a high CO2 World 12.4 How Firm is Terra Firma? | ||
| 856 | _uhttp://sk.sagepub.com/books/the-earths-land-surface | ||
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