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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Goudie Klappentext First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung This review of techniques for studying the Earth's landforms has been thoroughly updated. Retaining the five-part structure of the first edition, the specialist contributors to Geomorphological Techniques have augmented their original, Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgements Contributors Part One: Introduction, M. Anderson & T. Burt Methods of Geomorphological Investigation Process Determination in Time and Space Part Two: Form, Edited by K.S. Richards Introduction to Morphometry, K. Richards General Problems in morphometry, K. Richards; General Geomorphometry, I. Evans Geomorphology and Geochronology, K. Richards Specific Geomorphometry, R. Jarvis & N. Clifford Drainage Basin Morphometry, V.Gardiner River Channel Form, K. Richards Hillslope Profiles, N. Cox Cartographic Techniques in Geomorphology, I. Evans Part Three: Material Properties, Edited by W. Whalley Introduction, W.B. Whalley Physical Properties Chemical Properties Strength of Materials Measuring and Recording Devices, W. Whalley Part Four: Process, Edited by J. Lewin Denudation and Weathering, A. Goudie Slope Processes, I. Statham Solutes, R. Cryer & S. Trudgill River Channels, J. Lewin Glacial Process, David Collins Aeolian Processes, P. Knot & A. Warren Coastal Processes, R. Dugdale Biological Aspects of Process Measurements, H. van Zon Neoectonic Processes, A. Goudie Part Five: Evolution, dited by P. Worsley Radiocarbon Dating: Principles, Application and Sample Collection, P. Worsley Uranium-Series Disequilibrium Dating Methods, D. Ford & H. Schwarcz Applications of Stable Isotopes in Waters, Sedimentary Deposits, and Fossil Plants and Animals, H. Schwarcz & D. Ford Additional Dating Methods, G. Miller Tree-Ring Dating (Dendrochronology), P. Worsley Lichenometry, P. Worsley Peats and Lake Sediments: Formation, Stratigraphy, Desciption and Nomenclature, F. Oldfield & N. Richardson Raised Shorelines, J. Rose Palaeosols, I. Fenwick References Bibliography Index...