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• ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: including landscape evolution and tectonics; interpreting quaternary
environments; environmental change; disturbance and responses in geomorphic systems
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Geomorphology
Edited by
Kenneth J. Gregory
and Andrew S. Goudie
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Introduction and Conclusion © Kenneth J. Gregory and Chapter 17 © David Robinson and Cherith A. Moses 2011
Andrew Goudie 2011 Chapter 18 © André G. Roy and Hélène Lamarre 2011
Editorial Arrangement © Kenneth J. Gregory 2011 Chapter 19 © Jeff Warburton 2011
Chapter 2 © Andrew Goudie 2011 Chapter 20 © David Petley 2011
Chapter 3 © Keith Richards and Nicholas J. Clifford 2011 Chapter 21 © Jim Pizzuto 2011
Chapter 4 © 2 Bruce L. Rhoads and Colin E.Thorn 2011 Chapter 22 © John Menzies 2011
Chapter 5 © Peter W. Downs and Derek B. Booth 2011 Chapter 23 © Hugh French 2011
Chapter 6 © G. Mathias Kondolf and Hervé Piégay 2011 Chapter 24 © Colin D. Woodroffe, Peter J. Cowell and
Chapter 7 © Michael Church 2011 Mark E. Dickson 2011
Chapter 8 © Mike J. Smith and Colin F. Pain 2011 Chapter 25 © Joanna E. Bullard 2011
Chapter 9 © Nicholas A. Odoni and Stuart N. Lane 2011 Chapter 26 © Michael Thomas and Vishwas Kale 2011
Chapter 10 © Richard Huggett 2011 Chapter 27 © D.C Ford and P.W. Williams 2011
Chapter 11 © Tony G. Brown 2011 Chapter 28 © Paul Bishop 2011
Chapter 12 © Tom G. Farr 2011 Chapter 29 © Anne Mather 2011
Chapter 13 © Takashi Oguchi and Thad A. Wasklewicz 2011 Chapter 30 © Martin Williams 2011
Chapter 14 © Heather Viles 2011 Chapter 31 © Jonathan D. Phillips 2011
Chapter 15 © Dénes Lóczy and László Süto˝ 2011 Chapter 32 © Mike Crozier, Paul Bierman,
Chapter 16 © Graham Taylor 2011 Andreas Lang and Victor R. Baker 2011
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
List of Contributors xi
List of Figures xxi
List of Tables xxxiii
1 Introduction to the Discipline of Geomorphology 1
Kenneth J. Gregory and Andrew Goudie
PART 1 FOUNDATION AND RELEVANCE 21
2 Geomorphology: Its Early History 23
Andrew Goudie
3 The Nature of Explanation in Geomorphology 36
Keith Richards and Nicholas J. Clifford
4 The Role and Character of Theory in Geomorphology 59
Bruce L. Rhoads and Colin E. Thorn
5 Geomorphology in Environmental Management 78
Peter W. Downs and Derek B. Booth
6 Geomorphology and Society 105
Mathias Kondolf and Hervé Piégay
PART 2 TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES 119
7 Observations and Experiments 121
Michael Church
8 Geomorphological Mapping 142
Mike J. Smith and Colin F. Pain
9 The Significance of Models in Geomorphology: From Concepts to Experiments 154
Nicholas A. Odoni and Stuart N. Lane
10 Process and Form 174
Richard Huggett
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11 Dating Surfaces and Sediments 192
Tony G. Brown
12 Remote Sensing in Geomorphology 210
Tom G. Farr
13 Geographic Information Systems in Geomorphology 227
Takashi Oguchi and Thad A. Wasklewicz
14 Biogeomorphology 246
Heather Viles
15 Human Activity and Geomorphology 260
Dénes Lóczy and László Süto˝
PART 3 PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENTS 279
16 The Evolution of Regolith 281
Graham Taylor
17 Rock Surface and Weathering: Process and Form 291
David A. Robinson and Cherith A. Moses
18 Fluids, Flows and Fluxes in Geomorphology 310
André G. Roy and Hélène Lamarre
19 Sediment Transport and Deposition 326
Jeff Warburton
20 Hillslopes 343
David Petley
21 Riverine Environments 359
Jim Pizzuto
22 Glacial Geomorphology 378
John Menzies
23 Periglacial Environments 393
Hugh French
24 Coastal Environments 412
Colin D. Woodroffe, Peter J. Cowell and Mark E. Dickson
25 Aeolian Environments 430
Joanna E. Bullard
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26 Tropical Environments 449
Michael Thomas and Vishwas Kale
27 Geomorphology Underground: The Study of Karst and Karst Processes 469
D. C. Ford and P. W. Williams
PART 4 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 487
28 Landscape Evolution and Tectonics 489
Paul Bishop
29 Interpreting Quaternary Environments 513
Anne Mather
30 Environmental Change 535
Martin Williams
31 Disturbance and Responses in Geomorphic Systems 555
Jonathan D. Phillips
PART 5 CONCLUSION 567
32 Challenges and Perspectives 569
Mike Crozier, P. Bierman, Andreas Lang and Victor R. Baker
33 Conclusion 577
Kenneth J. Gregory and Andrew Goudie
Colour Plates 587
Index 597
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Acknowledgements
This Handbook, initiated by members of the International Association of Geomorphologists
(IAG), has evolved considerably in content during the preparation of the chapters. Basil Gomez
assisted by André Roy and Vic Baker contributed to the establishment of the basis for the
volume during the early stages. I was brought in at a later stage and have been most grateful to
Andrew Goudie for the many excellent ways in which he has provided help and support to get
the Handbook to its final conclusion. Thanks are also expressed to the publishers especially
Robert Rojek for the initial discussions and to Sarah-Jayne Boyd who has fended my many
queries.
We are extremely grateful to all the contributors not only for preparing their chapters,
but for contributing royalties to the IAG, and for their patience in awaiting the culmination of
such an extensive project.
Kenneth J. Gregory
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