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The scientific nature of geomorphology : proceedings of the 27th Binghamton Symposium in Geomorphology, held 27-29 September, 1996

Title
The scientific nature of geomorphology : proceedings of the 27th Binghamton Symposium in Geomorphology, held 27-29 September, 1996 / edited by Bruce L. Rhoads and Colin E. Thorn.
Author
Binghamton Symposium in Geomorphology (27th : 1996)
Publication
Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Rhoads, Bruce L.
  • Thorn, Colin E.
Description
xi, 481 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Geomorphology > Congresses
  • Geomorphology
  • Geomorphologie
  • Geomorfologie
  • GEOMORPHOLOGY
  • GEOLOGY
  • MORPHOLOGY
  • CONFERENCES
  • Binghamton <NY, 1996>
Genre/Form
  • Congress
  • proceedings (reports)
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • Congresses.
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Actes de congrès.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Philosophical Issues -- 1. The Methodological Roles of Theory in Science / Harold I. Brown -- 2. Observation in Geomorphology / Bruce L. Rhoads and Colin E. Thorn -- 3. Hypotheses and Geomorphological Reasoning / Victor R. Baker -- 4. Fashion in Geomorphology / Douglas J. Sherman -- 5. Toward a Philosophy of Geomorphology / Bruce L. Rhoads and Colin E. Thorn -- Methodological Issues -- 6. Space, Time and the Mountain -- How Do We Order What We See? / Michael Church -- 7. Samples and Cases: Generalisation and Explanation in Geomorphology / Keith Richards -- 8. Climatic Hypotheses of Alluvial-fan Evolution in Death Valley Are Not Testable / Ronald I. Dorn -- 9. Physical Modelling in Fluvial Geomorphology: Principles, Applications and Unresolved Issues / Jeff Peakall, Philip J. Ashworth and James L. Best -- Modeling: Prospects and Problems -- 10. A Role for Theoretical Models in Geomorphology? / Michael J. Kirkby -- 11. Physically Based Modelling and the Analysis of Landscape Development / Deborah S. L. Lawrence -- 12. Equifinality and Uncertainty in Geomorphological Modelling / Keith Beven -- 13. Deterministic Complexity, Explanation, and Predictability in Geomorphic Systems / Jonathan Phillips -- 14. Limitations on Predictive Modeling in Geomorphology / Peter K. Haff -- Interdisciplinary and Intradisciplinary Contexts -- 15. Derivation and Innovation in Improper Geology, aka Geomorphology / C. Rowland Twidale -- 16. Geomorphology, Geography, and Science / Bernard O. Bauer -- 17. The Evolution of Geomorphology, Ecology, and Other Composite Sciences / Waite R. Osterkamp and Cliff R. Hupp -- 18. Geomorphology and Policy for Restoration of Impounded American Rivers: What is 'Natural?' / William L. Graf.
ISBN
  • 0471968110
  • 9780471968115
LCCN
96014602
OCLC
  • ocm34474590
  • 34474590
  • SCSB-8806905
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library