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Earth surface processes

Title
Earth surface processes / Philip A. Allen.
Author
Allen, P. A.
Publication
Oxford [England] ; Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Science, 1997.

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Description
xi, 404 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 25 cm
Subject
  • Earth sciences
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Sedimentation and deposition
  • Oceanography
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Oceanography
  • earth sciences
  • oceanography
  • Dynamische Geomorphologie
  • Erdoberfläche
  • Strömungsmechanik
  • Sedimentation
  • Aardoppervlak
  • Sedimentatie
  • Reologie
  • Oceanografie
  • Gletsjers
  • Geologia historica
  • Sedimentologia
  • Earth (Planet)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface -- pt. 1. Thinking globally: the global Earth surface system -- 1. Fundamentals of the Earth surface system -- 2. Environmental change: past, present and future -- 3. Liberation and flux of sediment -- pt. 2. Acting locally: fluid and sediment dynamics -- 4. Some fluid mechanics -- 5. Sediment transport -- 6. Hyperconcentrated and mass flows -- 7. Jets, plumes and mixing at the coast -- 8. Tides and waves -- 9. Ocean currents and storms -- 10. Wind -- 11. Glaciers -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0632035072
  • 9780632035076
LCCN
96039095
OCLC
  • ocm35688087
  • 35688087
  • SCSB-101996
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library