The earth's land surface: landforms and processes in geomorphology
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| adam_text | Titel: The earth s land surface
Autor: Gregory, Kenneth John
Jahr: 2010
CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
PART I VISUALIZING THE LAND SURFACE 1
1 Recognizing the land surface 3
1.1 What is the land surface? 3
1.2 Envisaging the land surface 8
1.3 Components of the land surface 11
2 Study of the land surface 17
2.1 Disciplines for the land surface 17
2.2 Methods for measurement and analysis 24
2.3 Conceptual ideas 29
2.4 Debates and paradigm shifts 33
PART II DYNAMICS OF THE LAND SURFACE 41
3 Controls affecting the land surface 43
3.1 Spheres, cycles and systems 43
3.2 Controls upon the land surface system 50
3.2.1 Lithosphere 50
3.2.2 Atmosphere 56
3.2.3 Biosphere 61
3.2.4 Hydrosphere 66
3.3 The noosphere 66
4 Processes and dynamics of the land surface 71
4.1 Controls on processes 71
4.2 Exogenetic processes 74
4.2.1 Weathering 74
4.2.2 Mass movement processes 77
4.2.3 Fluvial processes 85
VISUALIZING THE LAND SURFACE
4.2.4 Processes on coastal margins 92
4.2.5 Aeolian processes 99
4.2.6 Glacial processes 102
4.2.7 Periglacial/Nival and Cryonival processes 103
4.2.8 Subsidence 107
4.2.9 Soil processes and soil erosion 107
4.2.10 Ecosystem processes 109
4.3 Endogenetic processes 109
4.3.1 Earthquakes 110
4.3.2 Volcanic activity 114
4.4 Conclusion 118
PART III LANDFORM EVOLUTION 125
5 The changing surface - evolution of landscapes 127
5.1 Time scales and the land surface 128
5.2 Changes in controlling conditions 133
5.2.1 Glacial impacts 138
5.2.2 Loading effects 138
5.2.3 Sea level changes 141
5.2.4 Climate shifts 141
5.2.5 Rapidity of change 145
5.3 Modelling change: past, present and future 146
PART IV ENVIRONMENTS OF THE LAND SURFACE 153
6 World land surface landscapes 155
7 Polar regions: Arctic, Antarctic and high latitudes 165
7.1 Glacial landscapes 167
7.2 Proglacial landscapes 170
7.3 Periglacial landscapes 172
7.4 Paraglacial landscapes 177
7.5 High altitude cryosphere 178
7.6 Sensitivity and future change 180
8 Temperate and Mediterranean environments 185
8.1 The inherited palimpsest 187
8.1.1.Quaternary impacts 187
8.1.2 Human impact 191
8.1.3.Temperate zone features 195
8.2 Rain and rivers 198
8.3 Subdivisions of the temperate zone 203
8.3.1 Maritime zone 203
8.3.2. Continental zone 206
CONTENTS
8.3.3. Subdesert steppes and prairies 207
8.3.4 Mediterranean zone 208
8.3.5 Mountain areas 209
8.4 Conclusion 209
9 Arid environments 213
9.1 Sand deserts and sand seas 216
9.2 Rocky deserts and basin and range environments 221
9.3 Sensitivity and change 228
10 Humid and seasonally humid tropics 233
10.1 Deep weathering 234
10.2 Rainforest landscapes 239
10.3 Savanna landscapes 242
10.4 Monsoon environments 248
10.5 Evolving tropical landscapes 251
11 Urban landscapes 255
11.1 Perception of urban environments 256
11.2 Creation of urban land systems 257
11.3 Urban earth surface processes 259
11.3.1 Alterations of existing processes by impervious areas 260
11.3.2 Processes precluded by impervious areas 265
11.3.3 New processes introduced by impervious areas 266
11.4 Management of urban environments 266
PART V MANAGEMENT OF THE LAND SURFACE -
FUTURE PROSPECTS 279
12 Future land surfaces - management of change 281
12.1 The past - containing and constraining management 281
12.2 The present - management and planning approaches 286
12.2.1 The audit stage 286
12.2.2 Environmental impacts 288
12.2.3 Evaluation of environment and environmental processes 288
12.2.4 Prediction, design and policy-related issues 289
12.3 The future - sustainable solutions and future scenarios 294
12.3.1 What have we learnt? 297
12.3.2 Implications of global change and a high COz world 300
12.4 How firm is terra firma? 300
Glossary of key advances 303
Colour Plates 309
References 317
Index 344
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