Morphotectonics

About this book

Morphotectonics, the relation between geomorphology and neotectonics is fundamental to the understanding of landscape evolution. Stressing mainly the quantitative interpretation of field observations, this monograph compares the morphological structure of drainage systems, river courses, glacial forms, volcanic landscapes and mass movements with joint orientations.

Contents

Part 1: Landscape Development; Phenomenological Principles; System Theory; Orientation Studies; Tectonic Features; Planar Morphological Features; Significance of Correlations.- Part 2: Europe; Asia; North America; Laurasian Arctic and Subarctic Regions; Gondwanaland; Africa; Peninsular India; Australasia; South America; Antarctic and Subantarctic Regions; The Oceans.- Part 3: Local Valley Morphology; Basins; Shore/Coast Lines; Inselbergs; Volcanic Features; Mass Movements on Slopes.

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Biography

In the 1980s Prof. Scheidegger published several titles with Springer: - Scheidegger: Principles of Geodynamics - Scheidegger: Systematic Geomorphology - Scheidegger: Theoretical Geomorphology