Geomorphology and Soils (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Richards, K. S.; Ellis, S.; Arnett, R. R.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book, first published in 1985, has been arranged to provide wide temporal and spatial coverage, with studies ranging from historic to geologic time scales and micro- to macro-spatial scales. Its interdisciplinary nature is reflected in contributions from soil scientists, engineering geologists, hydrologists and geomorphologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000046304
• Artikelnr.: 59425785

Autorenporträt

K.S. Richards, R.R. Arnett and S. Ellis

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction K.S. Richards, R.R. Arnett and S. Ellis. Part 1. Soils and
Landforms 1. Soil Properties, Slope Hydrology and Spatial Patterns of
Chemical Denudation T.P. Burt and S.T. Trudgill 2. Duricrusts and Landforms
A.S. Goudie 3. Pre-Quaternary Weathering Residues, Sediments and Landform
Development: Examples from Southern Britain C.P. Green 4. Soil Erosion and
Landscape Stability in Southern Iceland: a Tephrochronological Approach
A.J. Gerrard Part 2. Soil Properties and Slope Processes 5. Aggregate
Stability, Runoff Generation and Interrill Erosion J. De Ploey and J.
Poesen 6. Soil Properties and Subsurface Hydrology M. McCaig 7. Soil Creep:
a Formidable Fossil of Misconception B.L. Finlayson 8. Soil Mechanics and
Natural Slope Stability C. Rouse and A. Reading Part 3. Soil Properties and
Process Reconstruction 9. Scanning Electron Microscopy and the
Sedimentological Characterisation of Soils W.B. Whalley 10. Soil Particle
Size Distribution and Minerology as Indicators of Pedogenic and Geomorphic
History: Examples from the Loessial Soils of England and Wales J.A. Catt
11. Geomorphological Applications of Soil Micromorphology with Particular
Reference to Periglacial Sediments and Processes C. Harris 12. The
Minerology and Weathering History of Scottish Soils M.J. Wilson 13.
Geomorphological Linkages between Soils and Sediments: the Role of Magnetic
Measurements J.A. Dearing, B.A. Maher and F. Oldfield Part 4. Soils and
Dating 15. Soil Chronosequences on Neoglacial Moraine Ridges,
Jostedalsbreen and Jotunheimen, Southern Norway: a Quantitative Pedogenic
Approach A. Mellor 16. A Late Pleistocene-Holocene Soil Chronosequence in
the Ventura Basin, Southern California, USA T.K. Rockwell, D.L. Johnson,
E.A. Keller and G.R. Dembroff 17. Pedogenic and Geotechnical Aspects of
Late Flandrian Slope Instability in Ulvadalen, West-Central Norway S. Ellis
and K.S. Richards 18. Palaeosols and the Interpretation of the British
Quaternary Stratigraphy J. Rose, J. Boardman, R.A. Kemp and C.A. Whiteman
Part 5. Soil-Geomorphic Applications 19. Soil Degradation and Erosion as a
Result of Agricultural Practice R.P.C. Morgan 20. Forecasting the
Trafficability of Soils M.G. Anderson 21. Geotechnical Characteristics of
Weathering Profiles in British Overconsolidated Clays (Carboniferous to
Pleistocene) D.J. Russell and N. Eyles