Geomorphology Of The Tropics

Author : Avijit Gupta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139498703
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Geomorphology written by Avijit Gupta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although similar geomorphic processes take place in other regions, in the tropics these processes operate at different rates and with varying intensities. Tropical geomorphology therefore provides many new discoveries regarding geomorphic processes. This textbook describes both the humid and arid tropics. It provides thoroughly up-to-date concepts and relevant case studies, and emphasises the importance of geomorphology in the management and sustainable development of the tropical environment, including climate change scenarios. The text is supported by a large number of illustrations, including satellite images. Student exercises accompany each chapter. Tropical Geomorphology is an ideal textbook for any course on tropical geomorphology or the tropical environment, and is also invaluable as a reference text for researchers and environmental managers in the tropics.

Author : Michael F. Thomas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geomorphology in the Tropics written by Michael F. Thomas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1994-07-19 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many advances have been made in our understanding of tropical geomorphology in recent decades, but the field remains relatively neglected. With current widespread concern about the damage to tropical ecosystems, it is time for a new study of geomorphology in the tropics. The author endeavours to provide a tropical perspective on geomorphology, rather than a compartmentalised "tropical" geomorphology. The importance of weathering and the materials of the weathered mantle in determining the outcome of erosional processes is emphasised. The impact of Quaternary climate changes in creating superficial forms and deposits is stressed as being fundamental in the tropics as in other parts of the world. Nevertheless, the tropical landscape exhibits forms and deposits that have evolved over long time-periods in the absence of frost and ice, justifying an evolutionary approach to the long-term development of landscape. The book is important to a broad spectrum of earth science interests including geotechnical and engineering studies, and soil science, as well as to students of geomorphology. People working in the tropics will encounter the processes and products of tropical denudation systems, and the fragile nature of many of the surface materials discussed in this volume demands a deeper understanding of their behaviour. No other book currently attempts this task and this study fills a serious gap in the literature of geomorphology.

Author : Ian Douglas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429558112
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Change and Tropical Geomorphology written by Ian Douglas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tropics provide the key to understanding much biological and Earth science. This is particularly true for the study of landforms, which in higher latitudes suffer great seasonal contrasts in process intensity and type, and which often in the past underwent the dramatic changes of glaciation and periglaciation. Yet studies in the tropics have shown that the legacy of past climate changes is much more dramatic than was formerly believed. This book, first published in 1985, brings together the variety of evidence about such environmental changes, over a variety of timescales, and sets it against the current knowledge of the nature of geomorphic processes in the tropics.

Author : Alfred Wirthmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662118343
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geomorphology of the Tropics written by Alfred Wirthmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geomorphological research in the humid to seasonal tropics has primarily concentrated on the most characteristic landform assemblage of this zone, namely that of stepped, largely undissected etchplains, often dotted with inselbergs and cutting across ancient basement rocks. Although the author discusses extensively this subject, he puts particular emphasis on the differences of chemical weathering and land-forming processes on rocks of various lithology and structure. This contrast becomes most evident, when comparing the highly resistant quartzitic sediments often covering the basement rocks with the easily weathered volcanics, e.g. the Deccan traps of India. The book was first published in German in 1987. However, the present version is much more than a translation, encompassing a range of new ideas and findings in the field of tropical geomorphology. The number of maps and illustrations has also been increased.

Author : A. Faniran
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Humid Tropical Geomorphology written by A. Faniran and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1983 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : P. R. Sharma
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Applied Geomorphology in the Tropics written by P. R. Sharma and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles by geographers, geologists, and geomorphologists on applied geomorphology in honour of Prof. N.K.P. Sinha.

Author : Kim H. Tan
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420069101
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soils in the Humid Tropics and Monsoon Region of Indonesia written by Kim H. Tan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-05-28 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighting the vast differences in tropical climate, from hot and humid to cool and arctic, Soils in the Humid Tropics and Monsoon Region of Indonesia explores the climate, soil zones, and altitudinal variation in soil formation. The author explores the changes in geomorphology, especially in climate and vegetation above sea level, that ha

Author : Olav Slaymaker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521878128
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geomorphology and Global Environmental Change written by Olav Slaymaker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-02 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A statement from the world's leading geomorphologists on the state of, and potential changes to, the environment.

Author : M. Gutierrez Elorza
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780444521286
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climatic Geomorphology written by M. Gutierrez Elorza and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-12-29 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past few decades climatic geomorphology has been substantially enlarged in knowledge, thanks to numerous detailed investigations, the application of a large number of techniques, and the acquisition of abundant absolute dates. The challenge of predicting the effects of the prophesied future global warming on morphogenetic processes and landforms has encouraged geomorphologists to study the Late Pleistocene and Holocene climatic changes from the geomorphological and geological record. The advances achieved in the field of climatic geomorphology during the past years are reflected by the publication of several specific monographs about the different morphoclimatic zones. The aim of this book is to provide an up-to-date general view of this branch of geomorphology. It includes a chapter on applied geomorphology for each morphoclimatic zone providing an approximation of the main environmental problems. Geoscientists, geomorphologists

Author : Michael Frederic Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Geomorphology written by Michael Frederic Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geomorphic processes in the tropics; The character and development of tropical terrain; Bibliography; Index.