Mega-geomorphology
By: edited for the British Geomorphological Research Group by Rita Gardner and Helen Scoging.
Contributors: Gardner, Rita, 1955-; Scoging, H. M.; British Geomorphological Research Group.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Oxford [Oxfordshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Geomorphology -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
"Twelve of the papers presented at a conference of the British Geomorphological Research Group held in London, 26-30 March 1981"--P. [v].
Table of contents: title: Introduction / R. Gardner; title: Large-scale tectonic denudation and climatic morphogenesis in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador / H.F. Garner; title: Antarctic ice sheet : aspects of current configuration and flow / D.J. Drewry; title: E pluribus unum : small landforms and the Arctic landscape / H.J. Walker; title: Aspects of sea levels, tectonics, and isostasy since the Cretaceous / J. Chappell; title: Sea levels / N.-A. Mörner; title: Rhythmic shoreline features and their origins / P.D. Komar; title: Tentative mega-morphological study of the Sahara / M. Mainguet; title: Climate on the desert fringe / F.K. Hare; title: The arid earth / A. Goudie; title: On the morphology, sediments, and origin of the Loess Plateau of central China / E. Derbyshire; title: Climatic change and fluvial response / L. Starkel; title: Large-scale land subsidence / D.R. Coates.