The morphology of Earth's surface reflects the interaction of climate, tectonics and denudational processes operating over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. These processes can be considered catastrophic or continuous; depending on the timescale of observation or interest. Recent research had required integration of historically distinct subjects such as geomorphology, sedimentology, climatology and tectonics. Together, these have provided new insights into absolute and relative rates of denudation, and the factors that control the many dynamic processes involved. Specific subject areas covered are sediment transport processes and the timescales of competing processes, the role of the geological record and landscapes in constraining different processes, the nature of landscape evolution at different spatial scales and in contrasting geological environments.Also available: Coastal and Shelf Sediment Transport - ISBN 186239217X Alluvial Fans: Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Dynamics - ISBN 1862391890 Submarine Slope Systems - ISBN 1862391777The Geological Society of LondonFounded in 1807, the Geological Society of London is the oldest geological society in the world, and one of the largest publishers in the Earth sciences.The Society publishes a wide range of high-quality peer-reviewed titles for academics and professionals working in the geosciences, and enjoys an enviable international reputation for the quality of its work.The many areas in which we publish in include:-Petroleum geology-Tectonics, structural geology and geodynamics-Stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology-Volcanology, magmatic studies and geochemistry-Remote sensing-History of geology-Regional geology guides
Author(s): K. Gallagher, S. J. Jones, J. Wainwright
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 208
Cover......Page 1
Front matter......Page 2
Contents......Page 7
The Earth’s dynamic surface: an overview......Page 8
Time scales of tectonic landscapes and their sediment routing systems......Page 13
Equilibrium in the balance? Implications for landscape evolution
from dryland environments......Page 35
Modelling cockpit karst landforms......Page 53
Debris flows as a factor of hillslope evolution controlled
by a continuous or a pulse process?......Page 69
Limits to resolving catastrophic events in the Quaternary
fluvial record: a case study from the Nene valley,
Northamptonshire, UK......Page 85
Fluvial solar signals......Page 111
Exploring the links between sediment character, bed material erosion
and landscape: implications from a laboratory study of gravels
and sand–gravel mixtures......Page 122
Inferring bedload transport from stratigraphic successions: examples
from Cenozoic and Pleistocene rivers, south central Pyrenees, Spain......Page 133
Planar landforms as markers of denudation chronology:
an inversion of East Pyrenean tectonics based on landscape
and sedimentary basin analysis......Page 150
South African pediments and interfluves......Page 170
Summary of progress in geomorphologic modelling of continental
slope canyons......Page 185
Index......Page 197
Back......Page 201
