How to Read the Landscape - A Crash Course in Interpreting the Great Outdoors

An easily accessible, highly illustrated guide to the geology, geography and geomorphology that form landscapes. Interest in the environment has never been greater and yet most of us have little knowledge of the 4 billion years of history that formed it. With this book, learn about the principles of geology, geography and geomorphology, and discover how a basic understanding of geological timescales, plate tectonics and landforms can help you ''read'' the great outdoors. This is a highly illustrated book with a very accessible text that beautifully illuminates the landscape around us.>

Product details

• Authors: Robert Yarham, Yarham Robert
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781912217274
• ISBN: 978-1-912217-27-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 164 mm x 20 mm
• Series: How to Read
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories; NATURE / General, GARDENING / Landscape, Landscape art & architecture, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, The countryside, country life: general interest, Landscape gardening, The countryside, country life, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Physical geography & topography, Landscape architecture and design, Physical geography and topography, Geology & The Lithosphere