Southern African geomorphology : recent trends and new directions / edited by Peter Holmes and Michael Meadows.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bloemfontein : Sun Media, Bloemfontein, [2012&#x5dCopyright date: �2012Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781920382360
  • 1920382364
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 551.410968 23
LOC classification:
  • GB439
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Macroscale geomorphic evolution -- 2. Lithological and structural controls on landforms -- 3. Granite landscapes -- 4. Weathering -- 5. Fluvial geomorphology -- 6. Aeolian systems -- 7. Terminal basins: lacustrine and pan systems -- 8. Duricrusts -- 9. Periglacial and glacial geomorphology -- 10. Coastal geomorphology -- 11. Soil erosion and land degradation -- 12. Landscapes and environmental change -- 13. Applied geomorphology -- 14. Landscape inventories and remote sensing -- South African geomorphology: the past and the future.
Summary: "Southern African geomorphology provides a unique account of the varied physical landscapes of the subcontinent and the landforms which comprise them. It describes these landscapes systematically, and explains their evolution and development against a backdrop of recent trends and new developments within geomorphology. It aims to fill a niche with regard to understanding Earth surface processes and their products in a southern African context. It is an academic text, yet one which will satisfy the lay reader who wishes to learn more about the southern African landscape, and the processes responsible for it."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Macroscale geomorphic evolution -- 2. Lithological and structural controls on landforms -- 3. Granite landscapes -- 4. Weathering -- 5. Fluvial geomorphology -- 6. Aeolian systems -- 7. Terminal basins: lacustrine and pan systems -- 8. Duricrusts -- 9. Periglacial and glacial geomorphology -- 10. Coastal geomorphology -- 11. Soil erosion and land degradation -- 12. Landscapes and environmental change -- 13. Applied geomorphology -- 14. Landscape inventories and remote sensing -- South African geomorphology: the past and the future.

"Southern African geomorphology provides a unique account of the varied physical landscapes of the subcontinent and the landforms which comprise them. It describes these landscapes systematically, and explains their evolution and development against a backdrop of recent trends and new developments within geomorphology. It aims to fill a niche with regard to understanding Earth surface processes and their products in a southern African context. It is an academic text, yet one which will satisfy the lay reader who wishes to learn more about the southern African landscape, and the processes responsible for it."--Back cover.

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