Process and Form in Geomorphology

Process and Form in Geomorphology marks a turning point in geomorphological research. Stoddart has brought together a team of the leading international experts to offer important new studies into the processes, theory and history of landforms, and to present a framework for taking research forward into the new millenium. Illustrated throughout, Process and Form in Geomorphology takes up the challenges of the research agenda set by Richard Chorley and offers fresh insights into his unique contribution.

List of contents

Introduction; 1: Richard J. Chorley reformer with a cause; I: On Landforms; 2: Drainage Density; 3: The Underfit Meander Problem; 4: The Trouble with Valleys; 5: Subsurface Flow and Subsurface Erosion; 6: Tectonics in Geomorphological Models; 7: Process and Form in the Erosion of Glaciated Mountains; 8: Land-Use Changes and Tropical Stream Hydrology; 9: Palaeoclimatology, Climate System Processes and the Geomorphic Record; 10: On the Landform History of Chorley's West Somerset; II: On Theory and History; 11: James Keill (1708) and the Morphometry of the Microcosm; 12: Theory, Measurement and Testing in ‘Real' Geomorphology and Physical Geograph; 13: Open Systems – Closed Systems; 14: Chance and Necessity in Geomorphology; 15: A Pluralist, Problem - Focused Geomorphology; 16: Carl Sauer; III: Epilogue; 17: Richard J. Chorley and Modern Geomorphology

About the author

David Stoddart

Product details

• Authors: David Stoddart
• Assisted by: David Stoddart (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138983830
• ISBN: 978-1-138-98383-0
• No. of pages: 432
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Geological surface processes (geomorphology), Science / Environmental Science, Geomorphology and geological surface processes