Sandstone Landforms

Informationen zum Autor Robert W. Young received a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney in 1975, and has been based for over twenty years at the Earth and Environmental Sciences department at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Robert A. L. Wray received a Ph.D. from the University of Wollongong in 1996, and is an Honorary Fellow at the Earth and Environmental Sciences department there. Ann R. M. Young received a Ph.D. from the University of Wollongong in 1983 and has been based for twenty years at the Earth and Environmental Sciences department at the same university. Klappentext Describes the wide variety of landforms found in sandstone for researchers and graduate students. Zusammenfassung This book describes the wide variety of landforms that are found in sandstone! and discusses the role of lithological variation! chemical weathering and erosional processes in creating these features! with examples drawn from around the world. It is written for researchers and graduate students in geography! geomorphology! sedimentology and geomechanics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Variations within sandstones; 3. Cliffs; 4. Curved slopes; 5. Chemical weathering; 6. Solutional landforms; 7. Erosional forms; 8. Climatic zonation of sandstone terrain; 9. Tectonic constraints on landforms; Conclusions; References; Indexes.

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• Authors: Robert A L Wray, Robert A. Wray, Robert A. L. Wray, Robert A. L. (University of Wollongong Wray, Ann R M Young, Ann R. M. Young, Ann R. M. (University of Wollongong Young, Ann Young Young, Robert W Young, Robert W. Young, Robert W. (University of Wollongong Young, Robert W. Wray Young, Young Ann R. M., Young Robert W.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521877336
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87733-6
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Geological surface processes (geomorphology), Geomorphology and geological surface processes