Geology and Landscape Evolution
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-811191-8 (ISBN)
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Rather than limiting the coverage specifically to tectonics or to the origin and evolution of rocks with little regard for the actual landscape beyond general desert, river and glacial features, this book concentrates specifically on the origin of the landscape itself, with specific and exhaustive reference to examples from across the United States. The book begins with a discussion of how rock type and rock structure combine with tectonic activity, climate, isostasy and sea level change to produce landscape and then explores predicting how landscape will evolve. The book goes on to apply those concepts to specific examples throughout the United States, making it a valuable resource for understanding theoretical geological concepts through a practical lens.
Joseph A. DiPietro is Professor of Geology at the University of Southern Indiana. His research interests are in the fields of structural geology, tectonics, and metamorphism. He has been on the faculty at University of Southern Indiana since 1991 where he teaches Physical Geology, Landscapes and Geology of North America, Mineralogy, Structural Geology, and Tectonics. Most of his research has been on the tectonics of the Pakistan Himalaya where he mapped along the suture zone that separates India from Asia. He has also worked for the New York State Geological Survey mapping in the Adirondack Mountains and for the Idaho Geological Survey mapping in the Clearwater Mountains and he has conducted mapping and research in the Green Mountains of Vermont.
PART I – KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION 1. The Tortoise and the Hare 2. River Systems 3. Component: The Rock/Sediment Type 4. Component: The Structural Form 5. Forcing Agent: The Tectonic System 6. Forcing Agent: The Climatic System 7. Forcing Agent: Isostasy 8. Forcing Agent: Sea Level Change 9. Mechanisms That Impart Change to Landscape 10. Age and Evolution of Landscape
PART II – STRUCTURAL PROVINCES 11. Structural Provinces 12. A Daughter of The Snows: Glacial Landscapes 13. Sediment and Nearly Flat-Lying Sedimentary Layers 14. Crystalline- Cored Mid-Continent Anticlines and Domes 15. Foreland Fold and Thrust Belts 16. Hinterland Deformation Belts 17. Young Volcanic Rocks of the Cordillera 18. Normal Fault-Dominated Landscapes 19. Cascadia Volcanic Arc System 20. California Strike-Slip System
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2018 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 276 mm |
| Gewicht | 1990 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-12-811191-7 / 0128111917 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-12-811191-8 / 9780128111918 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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