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First edition. |
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1 online resource (x, 463 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| Contents |
The tortoise and the hare -- Component: The rock/sediment type -- Component: The structural form -- Mechanisms that impart change to landscapes -- Forcing variable: The tectonic system -- Forcing variable: The climatic system -- Forcing variables: Sea level and isostasy -- Interaction of tectonics, climate, and time -- Unconsolidated sediment -- Nearly flat-lying sedimentary layers -- Crystalline-cored mid-continent anticlines and domes -- Foreland fold-and-thrust belts -- Crystalline deformation belts -- Yound volcanic rocks of the cordillera -- Normal fault-dominated landscapes -- Cascadia volcanic arc system -- Californiaa transpressional system -- The story of the Grand Canyon -- Early theories on the origin of mountain belts -- Keys to the interpretation of geological history -- Tectonic style, rock successions, and tectonic provinces -- Formation, collapse, and erosonal decay of mountain systems -- The Appalachian orogenic belt: An example of compressional mountain building -- The cordilleran orogenic belt. |
| Summary |
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. |
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Print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Landscapes -- United States -- History.
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Landscape changes -- United States -- History.
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Landscape assessment -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Geography.
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Paysages -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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Paysages -- Modifications -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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Paysages -- Évaluation -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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TRAVEL -- United States -- General.
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Geography
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Landscape assessment
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Landscape changes
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Landscapes
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: DiPietro, Joseph A., 1957- Landscape evolution in the United States. 1st ed. Waltham, MA : Elsevier, 2013 9780123977991 (DLC) 2012044288 (OCoLC)817736777 |
| ISBN |
9780123978066 (electronic bk.) |
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0123978068 (electronic bk.) |
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9780123977991 |
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0123977991 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000050661788 |
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AU@ 000062546421 |
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CHBIS 009942829 |
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CHVBK 302847987 |
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DEBBG BV042301648 |
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DEBSZ 379789183 |
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DEBSZ 431294453 |
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NZ1 14795847 |
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NZ1 15177119 |
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