By William B. Bull
This publication explores how mountainous landscapes reply to tectonic deformation. It integrates formerly unpublished techniques and concepts with contemporary articles approximately hills and streams. Readers will examine which landforms switch fast according to uplift, which components of the panorama are slowest to regulate to tectonic perturbations, and which landform features are most respected for describing tectonically lively and inactive terrains.
Study components contain different landscapes and tectonic settings: seacoasts, soil-mantled hills, and lofty mountains. The humid Southern Alps of latest Zealand swap speedy due to swift uplift and erosion. The semiarid Panamint variety of southeastern California has such miniscule annual circulation energy that tectonic landforms persist for thousands of years.
Tectonically lively Landscapes addresses various key issues approximately tectonics and topography. it really is crucial interpreting for learn geologists and advance-level undergraduate and graduate scholars within the earth sciences.
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