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Landscape Evolution in the United States
An Introduction to the Geography, Geology, and Natural History
An accessible, cross-disciplinary reference that balances theory and application within the physical geography, geology, geomorphology, and climatology of the United States
Joseph A. DiPietro (Author)
9780123977991, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 27 February 2013
480 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 2.9 cm, 1.6 kg
"This text is written for first-semester university students and for general readers curious about the landscapes they live in or travel through in the United States." --Reference and Research Book News, August 2013
Landscape Evolution in the United States is an accessible text that balances interdisciplinary theory and application within the physical geography, geology, geomorphology, and climatology of the United States. Landscape evolution refers to the changing terrain of any given area of the Earth's crust over time. Common causes of evolution (or geomorphology—land morphing into a different size or shape over time) are glacial erosion and deposition, volcanism, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, sediment transport into rivers, landslides, climate change, and other surface processes. The book is divided into three main parts covering landscape components and how they are affected by climactic, tectonic and ocean systems; varying structural provinces including the Cascadia Volcanic Arc and California Transpressional System; and the formation and collapse of mountain systems. The vast diversity of terrain and landscapes across the United States makes this an ideal tool for geoscientists worldwide who are researching the country’s geological evolution over the past several billion years.
Part I – Keys to Understanding Landscape Evolution 1. The Tortoise and the Hare 2. Component: The Rock/Sediment Type 3. Component: The Structural Form 4. Mechanisms That Impart Change to Landscape 5. Forcing Variable: The Tectonic System 6. Forcing Variable: The Climatic System 7. Forcing Variables: Sea Level and Isostasy 8. Interaction of Tectonics, Climate, and Time Part II – Structural Provinces 9. Unconsolidated Sediment 10. Nearly Flat-Lying Sedimentary Layers 11. Crystalline-Cored Mid-Continent Anticlines and Domes 12. Foreland Fold and Thrust Belts 13. Crystalline Deformation Belts 14. Young Volcanic Rocks of the Cordillera 15. Normal Fault-Dominated Landscapes 16. Cascadia Volcanic Arc System 17. California Transpressional System 18. The Story of the Grand Canyon Part III – Mountain Building 19. Early Theories on the Origin of Mountain Belts 20. Keys to the Interpretation of Geological History 21. Tectonic Style, Rock Successions, and Tectonic Provinces 22. Formation, Collapse, and Erosional Decay of Mountain Systems 23. The Appalachian Orogenic Belt: An Example of Compressional Mountain Building 24. The Cordilleran Orogenic Belt
Subject Areas: Geology & the lithosphere [RBG], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]
