History of Study of Landforms: Volume 1 Geomorphology Before Davis - Or the Development of Geomorphology

Informationen zum Autor Richard J. Chorley, Antony J. Dunn, Robert P. Beckinsale Zusammenfassung Analyses the development of the study of landforms, from both the geographical and geological point of view, with an emphasis upon fluvial geomorphology. This title treats the subject up to the first important statement of the cycle of erosion by W M Davis in 1889, and attempts to identify significant currents of geomorphic thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: 'Worlds Without End' Part 2: The Age of Lyell: 1820-1845 Part 3: Marine Versus Subaerial Erosionists: 1846-1875 Part 4: The Western Explorations

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• Authors: Robert P. Beckinsale, Richard Chorley, Richard J. Chorley, Richard J. Dunn Chorley, CHORLEY RICHARD J DUNN ANTONY J, Antony J. Dunn, Richard J. Chorley
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2009
• EAN: 9780415552783
• ISBN: 978-0-415-55278-3
• No. of pages: 698
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals: The History of the Study of Landforms; Routledge Revivals: The History of the Study of Landforms
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Geological surface processes (geomorphology), Geomorphology and geological surface processes