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Landscapes and Landforms of England and Wales

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ISBN-13:
9783030389574
Veröffentl:
2020
Seiten:
612
Autor:
Andrew Goudie
Serie:
World Geomorphological Landscapes
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
1 - PDF Watermark
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:

This book presents the geomorphological diversity of England and Wales. These regions are characterised by an extraordinary range of landforms and landscapes, reflecting both the occurrence of many different rock types and drastic climatic changes over the last few million years, including ice sheet expansion and decay.
Preface.- Foreword.- Author biographies.- Dedication to Denys Brunsden.- 2 Geological history and long-term landscape evolution. - 3 Rocks and Relief.- 4 The Quaternary .- 5 Human Impact.- 6 The Weald.- 7 Sandstone tors and escarpments of the Weald. - 8 Sussex coast .- 9 Isle of Wight - landslides and structural morphology .- 10 The Eastern Jurassic Coast.- 11 Isle of Portland .- 12 The landslides of East Devon and West Dorset .- 13 Rocky coast of South Devon coast and the history of disappearing Hallsands .- 14 Dartmoor - tors and periglacial legacy .- 15 Bodmin Moor.- 16 Land's End.- granite geomorphology.- 17 Karst of Mendip Hills.- 18 The Cotswolds.- 19 Geomorphology of London.- terraces of the Thames.- 20 Periglacial heritage of East Anglia.- 21 The soft coast of Norfolk.- 22 The Fens.- 23 Peak District.- 24 Mam Tor and other landslides of the Dark Peak.- 25 Lake District.- 26 Limestone pavements and other karst features of the Yorkshire Dales.- 27 Brimham Rocks.- 28 The Whin Sill, Dolerite dykes and Hadrian's Wall.- 29 Gower Peninsula.- 30 Brecon Beacons.- 31 Glacial landforms of Snowdonia.- 32 Geomorphological conservation and management.- Index.

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