Soil Geomorphology / Edition 1

by Raymond B. Daniels, Richard D. Hammer

Overview

Provides readers with the fundamentals necessary for a basic understanding of the soil landscape. Divided into three major sections, it covers stratigraphy, geomorphology, hydrology, and the ways in which these geologic processes shape the landscape. Early chapters cover the textural characteristics of soil materials, fluvial systems, hillslope sediments and transitional environments. Later chapters explore volcanics, saprolite, the evolutionary process of landscapes, rates of denudation, streams, hillslope processes and mass movement. Included at the end of the chapters are lists of references, figures, tables and additional reading sources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471511533
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/04/1992
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.74(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Raymond B. Daniels and Richard D. Hammer are the authors of Soil Geomorphology, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Stratigraphy.

Textural Characteristics of Soil Materials.

Fluvial Systems.

Hillslope Sediments.

Transitional Environments and Terrigenous Marine ShelfSediments.

Volcanic Materials.

Saprolite.

Geomorphology.

How Landscapes Evolve.

Rates of Denudation.

Streams.

Hillslope Processes and Mass Movement.

Time and Soil Formation.

Hydrology.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

In sections on stratigraphy, geomorphology, and hydrology, outlines the three major geological processes that shape the landscape, and suggests how to see the basic similarities through the welter of variation that the planet's surface presents. The chapters are fairly independent, allowing scientists or students to read on topics of particular interest. The information is gleaned mostly from textbooks, rather than from technical journals, both because they tend to summarize large bodies of information, and because they are more easily obtained. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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