Research Catalog

Title

Steepland geomorphology / edited by Olav Slaymaker.

Publication

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, ©1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Slaymaker, Olav, 1939-
• International Conference on Geomorphology (3rd : 1993 : McMaster University)

Description

viii, 283 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Publication / International Association of Geomorphologists ; no. 3

Uniform Title

Publication (International Association of Geomorphologists) ; no. 3.

Subject

• Slopes (Physical geography) > Congresses
• Slopes (Physical geography)
• Gebergten
• Hellingen
• Pentes et versants > Congrès
• Géomorphologie > Congrès

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• "The Third International Geomorphological Conference was held at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, in August of 1993"--Ser. pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction / Olav Slaymaker -- Ch. 2. On Appraising Classical Models of Landscape Evolution for Passive Continental Margins / Alan R. Gilchrist -- Ch. 3. Debris Transfer and Sedimentary Environments: Alpine Glaciated Areas / Peter G. Johnson -- Ch. 4. Slope Erosion Processes in the Alps / Michael Becht -- Ch. 5. Volcano-glacier Interactions: Field Survey, Remote Sensing and Modelling -- a Case Study (Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia) / J.C. Thouret, J. Vandemeulebrouck, J.C. Komorowski and F. Valla -- Ch. 6. Near-surface Spring Temperatures in an Arctic Coastal Rock Cliff: Possible Implications for Rock Breakdown / R.S. Odegard, B. Etzelmuller, G. Vatne and J.L. Sollid -- Ch. 7. Postglacial Microweathering of Granite Roches Moutonnees in Northern Scandinavia (Riksgransen area, 68[degree]) / Marie-Francoise Andre -- Ch. 8. The Dynamics of Rock Glaciers: Data From Trollaskagi, North Iceland / W. Brian Whalley, Samantha J. Hamilton, Cheryl F. Palmer, John E. Gordon and H. Elizabeth Martin -- Ch. 9. Stratified Slope Deposits: the Stone-Banked Sheets and Lobes Model / P. Bertran, B. Francou and J.P. Texier -- Ch. 10. Catastrophic Mass-movements and Morphogenesis in the Peri-Tibetan Ranges: Examples from West Kunlun, East Pamir and Ladakh / Monique Fort and Jean-Pierre Peulvast -- Ch. 11. Neotectonics and Large-scale Gravitational Phenomena in the Umbria-Marche Apennines, Italy / F. Dramis, P. Farabollini, B. Gentili and G. Pambianchi -- Ch. 12. Surface Erosional Environment and Pond Sediment Information / Kenji Kashiwaya, Takashi Okimura, Tsuyoshi Kawatani, Toru Aoki and Yasuhito Isozumi -- Ch. 13. Estimating Long-term Rockfall Accretion Rates by Lichenometry / B.H. Luckman and C.J. Fiske -- Ch. 14. Bedded Slope Deposits with respect to the Late Quaternary Glacial Sequence in the High Andes of Ecuador and Bolivia / Klaus Heine.

ISBN

• 0471957526
• 9780471957522

LCCN

95005284

OCLC

• ocm31970673
• 31970673
• SCSB-2075411

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library