Landscapes and Landforms of Western Canada (eBook)

Olav Slaymaker Member of the Order of Canada, is a professor emeritus of geography in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.His 20+ co-authored and edited monographs and 160+ refereed papers reflect three distinct styles of work. First, he has pursued original field research for 40 years on sediment systems in the Canadian Cordillera and the European Alps, strongly supported and enhanced by his stellar doctoral and postdoctoral students and internationalcolleagues. Second, he has produced papers and books summarizing trends in land use and environmental change in mountain regions. Third, he has edited monographs with invited international contributions on major environmental and geomorphological themes. He is a former President of the Canadian Association of Geographers and a former President of the International Association of Geomorphologists.

Foreword.- Preface.- Introduction: Definition of western Canada.- Part I Introductory by Olav Slaymaker.- Structural and lithologic context.- Long-term geomorphological history.- Cordilleran and Laurentide Ice Sheets.- Contemporary geomorphological processes.- Hydroclimate and runoff.- The human footprint.- Part II Structural.- High mountains.- Glaciers.- Glacial landforms.- Periglacial geomorphology.- Big Rivers.- Large lakes.- The Two Coasts (Pacific and Arctic).- Human Footprint.- Part III Protection of geomorphological heritage by Olav Slaymaker.- World heritage sites.- Provincial and National Parks.- Geotourism.- Index: by subject and location.- Bibliography.