Sandstone Landforms

Describes the wide variety of landforms found in sandstone for researchers and graduate students.

Robert W. Young (Author), Robert A. L. Wray (Author), Ann R. M. Young (Author)

9781108462044, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 March 2018

314 pages
24.5 x 17 x 1.8 cm, 0.56 kg

'The writing is clear, concise, and readable. The text is well illustrated with numerous black and white photographs and diagrams, and examples are chosen from a wide range of geographic environments … Sandstone Landforms will provide a thorough and useful reference for readers from undergraduate students to research geomorphologists.' The Geographical Journal

Sandstones form the backdrop to some of the world's most spectacular scenery, and are found all over the planet and in all climates. Following on from the authors' successful 1992 book, this is the only volume that considers sandstone landforms from a truly global perspective. It describes the wide variety of landforms that are found in sandstone, and discusses the role of lithological variation, chemical weathering and erosional processes in creating these features, with examples drawn from around the world. Climatic and tectonic constraints on the development of sandstone landscapes are also considered. This volume provides a comprehensive assessment of the literature from publications in a range of languages, and is illustrated with over 130 photographs of sandstone features from every continent. It presents a holistic account of sandstone terrain for researchers and graduate students in a variety of fields including geography, geomorphology, sedimentology and geomechanics.

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Variations within sandstones
3. Cliffs
4. Curved slopes
5. Chemical weathering
6. Solutional landforms
7. Erosional forms
8. Climatic zonation of sandstone terrain
9. Tectonic constraints on landforms
Conclusions
References
Indexes.

Subject Areas: Geological surface processes [geomorphology RBGD], Soil science, sedimentology [RBGB]