Encyclopedia Of Geomorphology

Description:
Geomorphology, the discipline which analyzes the history and nature of the earth's surface, deals with the landforms produced by erosion, weathering, deposition, transport and tectonic processes. In recent decades there have been major developments in the discipline and these are reflected in this major encyclopedia, the first such reference work in the field to be published for thirty-five years. Encyclopedia of Geomorphology has been produced in association with the International Association of Geomorphologists and has a truly international perspective. The entries have been written by an international editorial team of contributors, drawn from over thirty countries, who are all among the leading experts in the discipline. In two volumes the Encyclopedia contains over 640 alphabetically organized entries to provide a comprehensive guide both to specific landforms and to the major types of geomorphological processes that create them. Encyclopedia also demonstrates the major developments that have taken place in recent years in our knowledge of tectonic and climatic changes and in the use of new techniques such as modelling, remote sensing and process measurement. Older concepts, however, are not forgotten and provide an historical perspective on the development of ideas. Both accessible and authoritative, Encyclopedia of Geomorphology is destined to become the definitive resource for students, researchers, and applied practitioners in the field of geomorphology and the cognate disciplines of geography, earth science, sedimentology and environmental science. The Editor-in-Chief, Andrew Goudie, is Professor of Geography in the University of Oxford, and a former Chairman of the British Geomorphological Research Group. He is the Vice-President of the International Association of Geomorphologists. Editor-in-Chief A.S. Goudie, University of Oxford, UK Assistant Editor Jan Burke Consultant Editors Richard Dikau, University of Bonn, Germany Basil G

Table of Contents:
Abrasion; Accretion; Active and capable fault; Active layer; Active margins; Actualism; Adhesion; Aeolation; Aeolian geomorphology; Aeolian processes; Aeolian sand transport; Aeolianite; Aggradation; Alas; Aligned drainage; Allometry; Alluvial fans; Alluvium; Amphitheatres; Anabranching and anastomosing rivers; Anthropogeomorphology; Antidune; Applied geomorphology; Arches, natural; Arete; Armoured mud balls; Armouring; Arroyo; Aspect and geomorphology; Astroblemes; Asymmetric valleys; Atoll; Avalanche boulder tongue; Avalanches, snow; Avulsion; Badlands; Bajada; Bank erosion; Bankfull discharge; Bar, coastal; Bar, river; Barchan; Barriers and barrier islands; Base level; Beach; Beach cusp; Beach nourishment; Beach ridge; Beach rock; Beach sediment transport; Beach-dune interactions; Bedforms; Bedload; Bedrock channels; Beheaded valley; Bergschrund; Biogeomorphology; Biokarst; Blind valley; Blockfields and blockstreams; Blowholes; Blue holes; Bolson; Boring organisms; Bornhardt; Boulder pavements; Boundary layer; Bounding surfaces; Bowen's reaction series; Box valley; Braided rivers; Brousse tigree; Bruun rule; Bubnoff unit; Buried valley; Butte; Calanque; Calcrete; Caldera; Caliche (sodium nitrate); Calving glaciers; Cambering and valley bulging; Canyon; Cap-rock; Case-hardening; Cataclasis; Cataclinal; Catastrophism; Catena; Cavernous weathering; Caves; Cavitation; Cays; Cenote; Channelization; Channels, alluvial; Chaos theory; Chelation and cheluviation; Chemical denudation; Chemical weathering; Chenier ridge; Chronosequence; Cirques, glacial; Clay-with-flints; Cliffs, coastal; Climatic geomorphology; Climato-genetic geomorphology; Coastal classification; Coastal dunes; Coastal geomorphology; Cohesion; Colluvium; Comminution; Compaction of soils; Complex response; Complexity in geomorphology; Computational fluid dynamics; Conchoidal fracture; Confluence, channel & river junctions; Continental shelf; Contributing areas; Coral reef; Corniches; Corrosion; Cosmogenic dating; Coulee; Coversand; Crater; Craton; Cross-profile, valley; Crustal deformation; Crusting of soils; Cryoplanation; Cryostatic pressure; Cryptokarst; Cryptovolcano; Cuesta; Currents; Cuspate foreland; Cut-and-fill; Cycle of erosion; Cyclic time; Cymatogeny; Dambo; Dams; Dating methods; Daya; Debris flow; Debris torrents; Decollement; Deep weathering; Deep-seated gravitational slope deformations; Deflation; Deglaciation and deglacierization; Dells; Demoiselle; Dendrochronology and dendrogeomorphology; Denudation; Denudation chronology; Desert geomorphology; Desert varnish; Desertification; Desiccation cracks and polygons; Dewpond; Diagenesis; Diamictite; Diapir; Diastrophism; Diatreme; Digital elevation model; Diluvialism; Dissolution; Divergent erosion; Doline; Donga; Downstream fining; Draa; Drainage basins; Drainage density; Drainage patterns; Drapes, silt and mud; Drumlin; Dry valley; Dune mobility; Dunes - snow; Dunes, aeolian; Duricrust; Dust storm; Dye tracing; Dyke (dike)