Hillslope Form and Process

by M.A. Carson and M.J. Kirkby

Hillslopes 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521109116
• ISBN13: 9780521109116
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"