This book will open up a large body of data previously inaccessible or unknown to non-francophone geomorphologists, geologists and geographers. It provides an insight into the regional geomorphology of basement terrains in France and elsewhere which do not belong to the list of benchmark case studies, recurringly explained in mainstream textbooks. The essay style of the nine chapters, the permanent and holistic reference to landscapes of the real world, and the constant shuttle between field and laboratory studies help to remind students that the analysis of the geomorphic landscape is a humbling process of interpretation, requiring the collation of many strands of evidence. This is not always apparent in more linear textbooks on process geomorphology, where topics are dealt with in more detail but also more theoretically.
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The basement regions constitute more than two-thirds of outcropping bedrock material across our planet's continents. During the past 30 years French geomorphologists have contributed greatly to the characterization of some of the laws and patterns of landform evolution in shields and crystaliine areas with changing bioclimatic environments. This volume reflects the search for a better understanding of landscapes and landforms in igneous and metamorphic terrains at different latitudes. Furthermore, it covers a wide field of investigation gathered on four continents and addresses the issue at a wide range of spatial and timescales. It is an ideal volume not only for post-graduate geomorphology students but also for geoscience scholars concerned with igneous petrology, quaternary geology, physical geography, soil science and land use planning.
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The design of geomorphology textbooks and edited volumes on geomorphology in the second half of the 20th century has largely kept to well-trodden avenues: structural geomorphology, historical geomorphology, process geomorphology, and climatic geomorphology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Massif Central, South Africa, French Pyrenees, South India, Lofoten Islands, Armorican Massif, Liverpool Land, Scottish Highlands, West Africa, British Isles, Torngat Mountains, Mourne Mountains, Late Cretaceous, Western Ghats, Kabylie de Collo, Scoresby Sund, North Atlantic, Bodmin Moor, Bohemian Massif, Paris Basin, Sillon de Bretagne, Burkina Faso, Fenoarivo Tampoketsa, Loire Estuary, Massif de Carion New!
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The design of geomorphology textbooks and edited volumes on geomorphology in the second half of the 20th century has largely kept to well-trodden avenues: structural geomorphology, historical geomorphology, process geomorphology, and climatic geomorphology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Massif Central, South Africa, French Pyrenees, South India, Lofoten Islands, Armorican Massif, Liverpool Land, Scottish Highlands, West Africa, British Isles, Torngat Mountains, Mourne Mountains, Late Cretaceous, Western Ghats, Kabylie de Collo, Scoresby Sund, North Atlantic, Bodmin Moor, Bohemian Massif, Paris Basin, Sillon de Bretagne, Burkina Faso, Fenoarivo Tampoketsa, Loire Estuary, Massif de Carion New!
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- Palaeoweathering, Palaeosurfaces and Related Continental Deposits: Special Publication 27 of the IAS (International Association Of Sedimentologists Series) by Medard Thiry in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Process Geomorphology by Dale F Ritter in Back Matter
- Environmental Change and Tropical Geomorphology by Ian Douglas in Back Matter
- Theories of Landform Development (Binghamton Symposia in Geomorphology) by Wilton N. Melhorn in Back Matter
- Mountain Geomorphology (Arnold Publication) by Philip N. Owens in Back Matter
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- Granite Landscapes of the World (Geomorphological Landscapes of the World) by Piotr Migon in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Fundamentals of Geomorphology: synch test (Routledge Fundamentals of Physicalgeography) by Richard Huggett on page 83, and Back Matter
- Fundamentals of Geomorphology: synch test (Routledge Fundamentals of Physicalgeography) by Richard Huggett on page 83, and Back Matter
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