Earth Surface Processes, Landforms and Sediment Deposits (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521857802)

Earth surface processes, landforms and sediment deposits are intimately related - involving erosion of rocks, generation of sediment, and transport and deposition of sediment through various Earth surface environments. These processes, and the landforms and deposits that they generate, have a fundamental bearing on engineering, environmental and public safety issues; on recovery of economic resources; and on our understanding of Earth history. This unique textbook brings together the traditional disciplines of sedimentology and geomorphology to explain Earth surface processes, landforms and sediment deposits in a comprehensive and integrated way. It is the ideal resource for a two-semester course in sedimentology, stratigraphy, geomorphology, and Earth surface processes from the intermediate undergraduate to beginning graduate level. The book is also accompanied by a website hosting illustrations and material on field and laboratory methods for measuring, describing and analyzing Earth surface processes, landforms and sediments.

Author: John Bridge, Robert Demicco
ISBN-10: 0521857805
ISBN-13: 9780521857802
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 832
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.40lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.40w x 1.70d