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This book provides a holistic guide to the construction of numerical models to explain the co-evolution of landforms, soils, vegetation and tectonics.
List of contents
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Constructing a landscape evolution model - basic concepts; 3. A brief hydrology and geomorphology primer; 4. Erosion and other water driven processes; 5. Soils: constructing a soilscape evolution model - basic concepts; 6. Soils: soil depth; 7. Soils: physical weathering and soil particle fragmentation; 8. Soils: chemical weathering; 9. Soils: slow soil flow and creep; 10. Soils: colloids and soil organic carbon; 11. Soils: constructing a soilscape evolution model - details and examples; 12. Tectonics and geology; 13. High slope gravity processes; 14. Vegetation and wildfire; 15. Constructing a landscape evolution model - details; 16. Examples of landscape evolution modelling and final thoughts; References; Index.
About the author
Garry Willgoose is a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales. His research focuses on understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of drivers of hydrology and erosion including landforms, soils, vegetation, soil moisture and fire. He developed the internationally utilised SIBERIA landscape evolution model, for which he was awarded the Lorenz Straub Award. He later customised SIBERIA to examine the long-term sustainability of rehabilitated mine sites, and developed further models for co-evolving hydrology, vegetation and soil for these sites.
Summary
This book provides a holistic guide to the construction of numerical models to explain the co-evolution of landforms, soils, vegetation and tectonics. This volume demonstrates how physical processes interact to influence landform evolution, and explains the science behind the physical processes, as well as the mechanics of how to solve them.
