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The changing earth : rates of geomorphological processes
- Title
- The changing earth : rates of geomorphological processes / Andrew Goudie.
- Author
- Goudie, Andrew.
- Publication
- Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GB401.5 .G68 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxv, 302 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- The natural environment
- Uniform Title
- Natural environment
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Ideas and problems. Some early quantifiers. Developments in the twentieth century. The problems -- 2. Weathering and the dissolved loads of rivers. Techniques to estimate rates of weathering. Duricrust formation. The formation of rock varnish and rinds. Rates of tufa development. The speed of formation of some other weathering phenomena. Rates of weathering determined from laboratory studies. Biological weathering rates. Accelerated weathering in cities. Estimation of chemical denudation rates from river water analyses. Dissolved load of rivers. Rates of karst denudation. Current rates of solutional denudation in Britain. Rates of non-karstic chemical denudation in the UK -- 3. The fluvial environment. Techniques for determining rates of fluvial denudation. Lake and reservoir sedimentation. Gross denudation techniques. Global patterns of sediment yield: the climatic impact. Some regional patterns of denudation. Sediment load of British Rivers. Relief and denudation rates.
- ISBN
- 0631194681
- 9780631194682
- 063119469X
- 9780631194699
- LCCN
- 94025818
- OCLC
- ocm30544881
- 30544881
- SCSB-8806975
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library