The plate tectonics revolution in the earth sciences has provided a valuable new framework for understanding long-term landform development.
This innovative text provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject of global geomorphology, with the emphasis placed on large-scale processes and phenomena. Integrating global tectonics into the study of landforms and incorporating planetary geomorphology as a major component the author discusses the impact of climatic change and the role of catastrophic events on landform genesis and includes a comprehensive study of surface geomorphic processes.
Author(s): Michael A. Summerfield
Edition: Reprint of 1991 Edition by Pearson
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 537
City: NY
Preface ' xv
Acknowledgements xvii
Part I Introduction 1
1. Approaches to geomorphology 3
Part II Endogenic processes and landforms 31
2. Global morphology and tectonics 33
3. Landforms and tectonics of plate margins 57
4. Landforms and tectonics of plate interiors 85
5. Landforms associated with igneous activity 107
Part III Exogenic processes and landforms 127
6. Weathering and associated landforms 129
7. Slope processes and forms 163
8. Fluvial processes 191
9. Fluvial landforms 207
10. Aeolian processes and landforms 235
11. Glacial processes and landforms 261
12. Periglacial processes and landforms 293
13. Coastal processes and landforms 313
14. Climate, climatic change and landform development 345
Part IV Endogenic-exogenic interactions 369
15. Rates of uplift and denudation 371
16. Tectonics and drainage development 405
17. Sea-level change 433
18. Long-term landscape development 457
Part V Extraterrestrial landforms 481
19. Planetary geomorphology 483
Appendices 511
Index 525
