Geomorphology was written for students who have taken at least one introductory course in geology or physical geography. Appropriate intermediate level courses in geomorphology, process geomorphology, or landforms, offered in geoscience, geography, or environmental science departments.
A systematic analysis of landforms of the late Cenzoic Era that fully covers the constructional processes of tectonism and volcanism and the erosional processes of weathering, fluvial erosion, glaciers, winds, and waves. It explains each set of processes and the resulting landforms in a separate chapter to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject.
I. FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOMORPHOLOGY.
1. The Scope of Geomorphology.
2. Energy Flow in Geomorphic Systems.
II. CENOZOIC TECTONISM AND CLIMATES: THE MODERN LANDSCAPE EVOLVES.
3. Cenozoic Tectonism.
4. Cenozoic Climate Change.
III. CONSTRUCTIONAL PROCESSES AND CONSTRUCTIONAL LANDFORMS.
5. Tectonic Landforms.
6. Volcanoes.
IV. SUBAERIAL DESTRUCTIONAL (EROSIONAL) PROCESSES AND EROSIONAL LANDFORMS.
7. Rock Weathering.
8. Karst and Speleology.
9. Mass Wasting and Hillslopes.
10. The Fluvial Geomorphic System.
11. Evolution of the Fluvial System.
12. Structural Control of Fluvial Erosion.
13. Arid and Savanna Landscapes; Eolian Processes and Landforms.
14. Periglacial Geomorphology.
15. Landscape Evolution.
V. GLACIERS AND GLACIATION.
16. Glaciers as Landforms: Glaciology.
17. Glacial Geomorphology.
18. Late Quaternary Climatic Geomorphology.
VI. COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY.
19. Shore-Zone Processes and Landforms.
20. Explanatory Description of Coasts.
Author Index.
Subject Index.