Process and Form in Geomorphology

Zusatztext '...there is much of interest to be enjoyed, and I hope above all that Dick Chorley enjoys the volume and its reflection it has had...' TIBG 1998, Vol 3 Informationen zum Autor David Stoddart Klappentext With the possible exception of molecular biology, no subject has been so transformed during the past forty years as that of the study of the landforms of the Earth. Central to that endeavour throughout that revolution has been Richard J. Chorley, whose achievement this volume honours. This book is not only about geomorphology: it is about how scientific change is effected and about how crucial people at critical times change the way we see the world. The book is in two parts: The first presents state-of-the-art reports on fluvial, tectonic and climatic geomorphology by leading experts in their fields, all Chorley's colleagues and students. The second brings revisionary views to many aspects of the history of the discipline, on which Chorley is the world authority. Together they present not only new views on the landforms of the world but also incisive insights into how we have made sense of the environment around us from the early eighteenth century to the present day. Zusammenfassung Process and Form in Geomorphology marks a turning point in geomorphological research. Stoddart has brought together a team of the leading international experts to offer important new studies into the processes, theory and history of landforms, and to present a framework for taking research forward into the new millenium. Illustrated throughout, Process and Form in Geomorphology takes up the challenges of the research agenda set by Richard Chorley and offers fresh insights into his unique contribution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1: Richard J. Chorley reformer with a cause; I: On Landforms; 2: Drainage Density; 3: The Underfit Meander Problem; 4: The Trouble with Valleys; 5: Subsurface Flow and Subsurface Erosion; 6: Tectonics in Geomorphological Models; 7: Process and Form in the Erosion of Glaciated Mountains; 8: Land-Use Changes and Tropical Stream Hydrology; 9: Palaeoclimatology, Climate System Processes and the Geomorphic Record; 10: On the Landform History of Chorley's West Somerset; II: On Theory and History; 11: James Keill (1708) and the Morphometry of the Microcosm; 12: Theory, Measurement and Testing in 'Real' Geomorphology and Physical Geograph; 13: Open Systems Closed Systems; 14: Chance and Necessity in Geomorphology; 15: A Pluralist, Problem - Focused Geomorphology; 16: Carl Sauer; III: Epilogue; 17: Richard J. Chorley and Modern Geomorphology...

Autorentext
David Stoddart

Klappentext
With the possible exception of molecular biology, no subject has been so transformed during the past forty years as that of the study of the landforms of the Earth. Central to that endeavour throughout that revolution has been Richard J. Chorley, whose achievement this volume honours. This book is not only about geomorphology: it is about how scientific change is effected and about how crucial people at critical times change the way we see the world. The book is in two parts: The first presents state-of-the-art reports on fluvial, tectonic and climatic geomorphology by leading experts in their fields, all Chorley's colleagues and students. The second brings revisionary views to many aspects of the history of the discipline, on which Chorley is the world authority. Together they present not only new views on the landforms of the world but also incisive insights into how we have made sense of the environment around us from the early eighteenth century to the present day.

Zusammenfassung
Process and Form in Geomorphology marks a turning point in geomorphological research. Stoddart has brought together a team of the leading international experts to offer important new studies into the processes, theory and history of landforms, and to present a framework for taking research forward into the new millenium. Illustrated throughout, Process and Form in Geomorphology takes up the challenges of the research agenda set by Richard Chorley and offers fresh insights into his unique contribution.

Inhalt
Introduction; 1: Richard J. Chorley reformer with a cause; I: On Landforms; 2: Drainage Density; 3: The Underfit Meander Problem; 4: The Trouble with Valleys; 5: Subsurface Flow and Subsurface Erosion; 6: Tectonics in Geomorphological Models; 7: Process and Form in the Erosion of Glaciated Mountains; 8: Land-Use Changes and Tropical Stream Hydrology; 9: Palaeoclimatology, Climate System Processes and the Geomorphic Record; 10: On the Landform History of Chorley's West Somerset; II: On Theory and History; 11: James Keill (1708) and the Morphometry of the Microcosm; 12: Theory, Measurement and Testing in 'Real' Geomorphology and Physical Geograph; 13: Open Systems Closed Systems; 14: Chance and Necessity in Geomorphology; 15: A Pluralist, Problem - Focused Geomorphology; 16: Carl Sauer; III: Epilogue; 17: Richard J. Chorley and Modern Geomorphology

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