Fundamentals of Geomorphology av Richard (University of Manchester UK) Huggett, Emma Shuttleworth

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<P>This revised and updated edition continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the subject, exploring the world¿s landforms from a broad systems perspective. It covers the basics of Earth surface forms and processes, while reflecting on the latest developments in the field. <I>Fundamentals of Geomorphology</I> begins with a consideration of the nature of geomorphology, including its relation to society, process and form, history, and geomorphic systems, and moves on to discuss:</P><P>¿ Structure: structural landforms associated with plate tectonics and those associated with volcanoes, and folds, faults, and joints.</P><P>¿ Process and form: landforms resulting from, or influenced by, the exogenic agencies of weathering, running water, flowing ice and meltwater, ground ice and frost, the wind, and the sea; landforms developed on limestone; extraterrestrial landforms; and landscape evolution, a discussion of ancient landforms. </P><I><P>Fundamentals of Geomorphology</I> provide