{"product_id":"hillslope-form-and-process-paperback-9780521109116","title":"Hillslope Form and Process (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521109116","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHillslope Form and Process\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book looks at hillslopes and studies process mechanisms and rates that have become sufficiently numerous to allow a systematic study of them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eM. A. Carson (Author), M. J. Kirkby (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521109116, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e484 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.86 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHillslopes occupy most the landscape. Studies of process mechanisms and rates have become sufficiently numerous to allow a systematic study of slopes. Only by making a synthesis of quantitative process studies and relating them to the development of slope forms can the shape of the landscape be understood and the separate effects of lithology and climate assessed. In the introductory part of this book, the choice of appropriate system and scale is discussed, and models for uplift and erosion evaluated. Attention is thus focused on the dynamic equilibrium of the slope profile and its erosional development over time. Part I then examines the forces encouraging hillslope movement and the resistances opposing movement. Part 2 considers processes of rock instability, soil instability, wash, solution and soil creep. Each is discussed in terms of its mechanism and rate of operation, and the slope provides it produces. Part 3 outlines how this systematic approach may be applied to areas of different climate and the extent to which there is an assemblage of processes characteristic of each area. In part 4, the process evidence and models are combined into theoretical sequences of slope profile development, and the effect of contour curvature in modifying these profiles on spurts and in hollows is examined.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Geomorphic systems and models\u003cbr\u003e 2. Starting points: systems of reference\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Force and Resistance: 3. Force: sources of energy for debris transport\u003cbr\u003e 4. Resistance\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Process: The Interaction of Force and Resistance: 5. Process: introduction\u003cbr\u003e 6. Instability processes in rock masses\u003cbr\u003e 7. Instability in soil masses\u003cbr\u003e 8. Surface water erosion\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sub-surface water erosion\u003cbr\u003e 10. Soil creep\u003cbr\u003e part III. Form: comparison of Real Forms with Process-Response Models: 11. Humid temperate areas\u003cbr\u003e 12. The periglacial landscape\u003cbr\u003e 13. Semi-arid and arid landscapes\u003cbr\u003e 14. Tropical landforms\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Synthesis: 15. Slope profiles\u003cbr\u003e 16. Slopes in drainage basins\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physical geography \u0026amp; topography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physical geography \u0026amp; topography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physical%20geography%20\u0026amp;%20topography%20%5BRGB%5D%22\"\u003eRGB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005122760984,"sku":"9780521109116","price":41.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521109116i.jpg?v=1694976227","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hillslope-form-and-process-paperback-9780521109116","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}