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Tropical Geomorphology.
Textbook explaining modern concepts of geomorphology in the humid and arid tropics, for advanced students and researchers/environmental managers.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Tropical Geomorphology; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART I THE TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Geomorphology in the tropics; 1.2 Traditional tropical geomorphology; 1.3 Modernisation of tropical geomorphology; 1.4 Structure of tropical geomorphology; 1.5 Structure of the book; 2 Geological framework of the tropical lands; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A brief introduction to plate tectonics; 2.2.1 Divergent boundary; 2.2.2 Convergent boundary; 2.2.3 Transform fault boundary; 2.2.4 Plate tectonics and landforms; 2.3 Major landforms across the tropics. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2.4 Interrelationships: plate tectonics, landforms, erosion and sediment productionQuestions; 3 Tropical hydrology; 3.1 The tropical climate: a brief review; 3.2 Temperature; 3.3 Wind circulation; 3.4 Precipitation; 3.5 Tropical disturbances; 3.6 Miscellaneous factors; 3.7 Water balance; 3.8 Climate and geomorphology in the tropics; Questions; 4 Erosion and land cover in the tropics; 4.1 Erosion from tropical rainfall; 4.2 Distribution of natural vegetation in the tropics; 4.3 Tropical rain forests; 4.3.1 Passage of rainwater through tropical rain forest. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 4.4 Tropical deciduous forests, grasslands and deserts4.5 Anthropogenic alteration of the tropical vegetation; Questions; PART II PROCESS GEOMORPHOLOGY IN THE TROPICS; 5 Weathering in the tropics; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Sub-processes of weathering: a brief review; 5.2.1 Physical weathering; 5.2.2 Chemical weathering with special reference to the humid tropics; 5.3 Products of weathering; 5.3.1 Weathering of common extrusive igneous rocks; 5.3.2 Weathering of common intrusive igneous rocks; 5.3.3 Weathering of sedimentary rocks; 5.3.4 Weathering of metamorphic rocks. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 5.4. Weathering and vertical zonation5.5 Pans and crusts; 5.6 Effects of weathering; 5.7 Tropics and weathering; Questions; 6 Slopes: forms and processes; 6.1 Properties of a slope; 6.2 Mass movement on hillslopes; 6.2.1 Falls; 6.2.2 Slides; 6.2.3 Flows; 6.2.4 Creep; 6.3 Running water on hillslopes; 6.4 Storage and transfer of surficial material on tropical slopes; 6.4.1 Tropical rain forest slopes; 6.4.2 Steep slopes of hills and low mountains; 6.5 A general description of tropical slopes; Questions; 7 Rivers in the tropics; 7.1 Components of a river system; 7.2 Water in river channels. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 7.3 Sediment in river channels7.4 Channel geometry; 7.4.1 Slope of the river; 7.4.2 Size of the river channel; 7.4.3 Shape of river channels; 7.4.4 Channel pattern; 7.5 Channel network and nodes; 7.6 River systems of the humid tropics; Questions; 8 Alluvial valleys; 8.1 Fluvial depositional environment; 8.2 The alluvial valley; 8.3 The channel alluvium; 8.4 Bars; 8.5 Floodplain; 8.6 Terrace; 8.7 Valley margins; 8.8 Sediment transfer along the valley axis; Questions; 9 Large rivers in the tropics; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Characteristics of a large river; 9.3 The Amazon. | |
| 500 | |a 9.3.1 The physical setting. | ||
| 520 | |a Textbook explaining modern concepts of geomorphology in the humid and arid tropics, for advanced students and researchers/environmental managers. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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