Landscape evolution in the United States : an introduction to the geography, geology, and natural history / Joseph A. DiPietro, Department of Geology and Physics, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DiPietro, Joseph A., 1957-

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscapes--United States--History.

Landscapes.

Landscape changes--United States--History.

Landscape changes.

Landscape assessment--United States--History.

Landscape assessment.

United States--Geography.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 463 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color)

Place of Publication:

Waltham, MA : Elsevier, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Landscape Evolution in the United States is an accessible text that balances interdisciplinary theory and application within the physical geography, geology, geomorphology, and climatology of the United States. Landscape evolution refers to the changing terrain of any given area of the Earth's crust over time. Common causes of evolution (or geomorphology-land morphing into a different size or shape over time) are glacial erosion and deposition, volcanism, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, sediment transport into rivers, landslides, climate change, and other surface processes. The boo

Contents:

pt. 1. Keys to understanding landscape evolution

pt. 2. Structural provinces

pt. 3. Mountain building.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781283933179

1283933179

9780123978066

0123978068

OCLC:

838125562