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Part I Fundamentals of Geomorphology |
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1 | (34) |
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The Scope of Geomorphology |
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3 | (16) |
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The Systematic Study of Landscapes |
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3 | (2) |
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The Scales of Landscape Analysis |
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5 | (2) |
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Size of Terrestrial Relief Features |
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7 | (4) |
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The Landform as the Unit of Systematic Analysis |
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11 | (1) |
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Further Considerations of Structure, Process, and Time |
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12 | (4) |
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16 | (3) |
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Energy Flow in Geomorphic Systems |
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19 | (16) |
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The Systems Concept in Geomorphology |
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19 | (3) |
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The Power Available for Geomorphic Change |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (4) |
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Rotational Energy of the Earth-Moon System |
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27 | (2) |
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29 | (1) |
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The Relative Energy of Surface Processes |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (4) |
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Part II Cenozoic Tectonism and Climates: The Modern Landscape Evolves |
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35 | (30) |
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37 | (12) |
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Cenozoic Plate Motions, Continental Relief, and Climate |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (5) |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (16) |
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49 | (3) |
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Ocean Circulation and Climate |
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52 | (4) |
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The Orbital Pacemaker of Late Cenozoic Climate Change |
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56 | (2) |
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Geomorphology from the Greenhouse to the Icehouse |
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58 | (4) |
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62 | (3) |
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Part III Constructional Processes and Constructional Landforms |
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65 | (52) |
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67 | (25) |
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67 | (8) |
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Fault Valleys and Fault-Block Mountains |
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75 | (8) |
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Landforms Made by Folding |
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83 | (4) |
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87 | (5) |
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92 | (25) |
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Geologic and Geographic Significance of Volcanoes |
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93 | (2) |
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Volcanic Activity and Products |
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95 | (8) |
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103 | (9) |
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112 | (5) |
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Part IV Subaerial Destructional (Erosional) Processes and Erosional Landforms |
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117 | (236) |
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119 | (28) |
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Mechanical Weathering Processes |
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120 | (7) |
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127 | (5) |
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132 | (2) |
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Rock Weathering and Soil Formation |
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134 | (5) |
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Structure, Process, and Time in Rock Weathering |
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139 | (4) |
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143 | (4) |
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147 | (22) |
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Definitions and Historical Concepts |
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147 | (1) |
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Karst Processes and Hydrogeology |
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148 | (6) |
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154 | (9) |
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Limestone Caverns and Speleology |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (4) |
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Mass Wasting and Hillslopes |
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169 | (29) |
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Mass Wasting, Gravity, and Friction |
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169 | (3) |
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Descriptive Classification of Mass Wasting |
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172 | (16) |
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Hillslope Development and Evolution |
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188 | (6) |
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194 | (4) |
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The Fluvial Geomorphic System |
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198 | (33) |
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199 | (3) |
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Channeled Flow: Channel Processes and Geometry |
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202 | (9) |
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211 | (3) |
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Sediment Erosion and Transport in Channels |
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214 | (9) |
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The Concept of Grade in Fluvial Systems |
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223 | (3) |
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226 | (5) |
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Evolution of the Fluvial System |
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231 | (26) |
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231 | (6) |
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Sediment in Evolving Fluvial Systems |
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237 | (6) |
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Aggradation in the Fluvial System |
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243 | (4) |
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247 | (6) |
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253 | (4) |
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Structural Control of Fluvial Erosion |
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257 | (20) |
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257 | (1) |
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Fractures as Structural Controls |
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258 | (2) |
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Differential Fluvial Erosion on Layered Rocks |
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260 | (7) |
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Structurally Controlled Drainage Patterns |
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267 | (7) |
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274 | (3) |
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Arid and Savanna Landscapes; Eolian Processes and Landforms |
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277 | (32) |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (6) |
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285 | (3) |
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Eolian Processes and Landforms |
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288 | (16) |
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304 | (5) |
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Periglacial Geomorphology |
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309 | (18) |
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The Periglacial Environment |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (6) |
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316 | (6) |
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322 | (5) |
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327 | (26) |
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327 | (1) |
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Proofs that Landscapes Evolve Sequentially |
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328 | (3) |
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Rates of Landscape Evolution |
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331 | (10) |
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Sequential Development of Fluvial Landscapes |
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341 | (4) |
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Peneplains and other Deduced Endforms of Erosion |
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345 | (5) |
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350 | (3) |
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Part V Glaciers and Glaciation |
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353 | (64) |
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Glaciers as Landforms: Glaciology |
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355 | (18) |
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Geomorphology of Glacier Surfaces |
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355 | (6) |
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361 | (5) |
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366 | (4) |
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370 | (3) |
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373 | (22) |
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Glacial Erosion and Sediment Transport |
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373 | (9) |
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382 | (6) |
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Indirect Geomorphic Effects of Glaciation |
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388 | (2) |
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390 | (5) |
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Late Quaternary Climatic Geomorphology |
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395 | (22) |
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395 | (9) |
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Late Quaternary Geomorphology |
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404 | (9) |
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413 | (1) |
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413 | (4) |
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Part VI Coastal Geomorphology |
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417 | (44) |
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Shore-Zone Processes and Landforms |
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419 | (26) |
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Energetics of Shore-Zone Processes |
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419 | (6) |
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Erosional Shore-Zone Landforms |
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425 | (7) |
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Constructional Shore-Zone Landforms |
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432 | (8) |
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440 | (5) |
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Explanatory Description of Coasts |
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445 | (16) |
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Structional Factors of Coastal Description |
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445 | (7) |
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Process Factors in Coastal Description |
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452 | (4) |
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Time as a Factor in Coastal Geomorphology |
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456 | (2) |
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458 | (3) |
| Author Index |
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461 | (12) |
| Subject Index |
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