Mega-geomorphology / edited for the British Geomorphological Research Group by Rita Gardner and Helen Scoging.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gardner, Rita, 1955-

Scoging, H. M.

British Geomorphological Research Group.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geomorphology--Congresses.

Geomorphology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1983.

Contents:

Introduction / R. Gardner

Large-scale tectonic denudation and climatic morphogenesis in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador / H.F. Garner

Antarctic ice sheet : aspects of current configuration and flow / D.J. Drewry

E pluribus unum : small landforms and the Arctic landscape / H.J. Walker

Aspects of sea levels, tectonics, and isostasy since the Cretaceous / J. Chappell

Sea levels / N.-A. Mörner

Rhythmic shoreline features and their origins / P.D. Komar

Tentative mega-morphological study of the Sahara / M. Mainguet

Climate on the desert fringe / F.K. Hare

The arid earth / A. Goudie

On the morphology, sediments, and origin of the Loess Plateau of central China / E. Derbyshire

Climatic change and fluvial response / L. Starkel

Large-scale land subsidence / D.R. Coates.

Notes:

"Twelve of the papers presented at a conference of the British Geomorphological Research Group held in London, 26-30 March 1981"--P. [v].

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0198232446 :

OCLC:

9281972