Geomorphological landscapes of the world
Physical landscapes are one of the most fascinating facets of our Planet, which tell stories about the evolution of the surface of the Earth. This book provides up-to-date information about the geomorphology of the selected 'classic' sites from around the world and shows the variety of geomorphological landscapes as moulded by different sets of processes acting over different timescales, from millions of years to days. The volume is written by nearly fifty geomorphologists from more than twenty countries who for many years have researched some of the unique sceneries on the planet. The thirty
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Mackenzie Delta: An Archetypal Permafrost Landscape
South Nahanni: High-Latitude Limestone Landscapes
Channeled Scablands: A Megaflood Landscape
Badlands of the Northern Great Plains: Hell with the Fires Out
Canyonlands and Arches: Windows on Landscapes in the American Southwest
Grand Canyon: The Puzzle of the Colorado River
Parícutin Volcano: To the Other Side
Cockpit Country of Jamaica: An Island Within an Island
Gran Sabana: The World's Finest Quartzite Karst?
Rio de Janeiro: A Metropolis Between Granite-Gneiss Massifs
Iguazu Falls: A History of Differential Fluvial Incision
Southern Patagonian Andes: The Largest Mountain Ice Cap of the Southern Hemisphere
Dry Valleys: An Ancient and Cold Desert in Antarctica
Drakensberg Escarpment: Mountains of Geomorphic Diversity
Victoria Falls: Mosi-oa-Tunya
The Smoke That Thunders
Spitzkoppe: The World of Granite Landforms
Namib Sand Sea: Large Dunes in an Ancient Desert
North-Eastern Niger: Sandstone Landscape of the Sahara
Afar Triangle: Rift Valleys and Volcanoes over Plate Divergence
Dolomites: The Spectacular Landscape of the Pale Mountains
Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland: Sandstone Rock Cities and Fascination in a Romantic Landscape
Dorset and East Devon Coast: England's Geomorphological World Heritage Site
Fjords of Norway: Complex Origin of a Scenic Landscape
Iceland: Glaciers and Volcanoes in the North Atlantic
Dead Sea Graben: Geomorphology of the Lowest Spot on Earth
Western Ghat: The Great Escarpment of India
Pokhara Valley: A Product of a Natural Catastrophe
Loess Plateau of China: Aeolian Sedimentation and Fluvial Erosion, Both with Superlative Rates
Sanqingshan: The Incredible Granite Peaks of Eastern China
Guangxi Karst: The Fenglin and Fengcong Karst of Guilin and Yangshuo
Mt. Fuji: The Beauty of a Symmetric Stratovolcano
Mulu: The World's Most Spectacular Tropical Karst
Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas): Inselbergs of Central Australia
Bungle Bungle: Tower Karst in Sandstone
Wellington's Tectonic Landscape: Astride a Plate Boundary
Pacific Atolls: A World Apart
World Heritage and Geomorphology
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