Landscape Evolution
Landforms, Ecosystems, and Soils

A comprehensive synthesis and integration of Earth surface system evolution theories in geomorphology, pedology, ecology, and hydrology

Jonathan D. Phillips (Author)

9780128217252

Paperback, published 6 May 2021

356 pages, Approx. 100 illustrations
23.4 x 19 x 2.3 cm, 0.7 kg

Approx.336 pages

1. An integrated approach to landscape evolution2. Earth surface systems as supraorganisms3. Observing landscape evolution4. It depends on the scale: scale contingency in landscape evolution5. Historical contingency in landscape evolution6. Attractors and goal functions in landscape evolution7. Thresholds, tipping points, and instability8. Selection and landscape evolution9. The perfect landscape10. Landscape evolution and environmental change

Subject Areas: Geological surface processes [geomorphology RBGD]