Landscapes and Geomorphology: A Very Short Introduction

by Heather Viles and Andrew S. Goudie

Book Overview

Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have developed, what goes on in them, and how they react to changing climates, tectonics, and human activities. Examining what landscape is, and how we use a range of ideas and techniques to study it, Andrew Goudie and Heather Viles demonstrate how scientists have built on classic methods--pioneered by the great researchers of the nineteenth century--to shed new light on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199565570
• ISBN13: 9780199565573
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.6" x 6.7"