Our purpose in writing this book is to examine time, one of the central themes of geomorphology, in an attempt to provide an overall framework within which to consider and compare old and new approaches to the subject. We include, therefore, in the discussion reviews of the qualitative model-building approach of the pre-1950s, the empirical, observation, process measurement and field measurement technique of the 1960s, and currently fashionable analytical modelling.

В монографии рассматриваются состояние и возможности применения морфологического анализа обломочных частиц, методика сбора материала и его обработки в условиях Забайкалья. На базе полученных связей между морфометрическими параметрами обломков и природными условиями проведено расчленение грубообломочных рыхлых толш.

This latest volume on Remote Sensing of Geomorphology edited by Paolo Tarolli and Simon Mudd gives a refreshing new look at a group of topics and processes that have greatly intrigued quite a number of scientists most interested in using new technologies to investigate the landforms of our home planet.

Геоморфологические исследования Лестера Кинга, профессора университета в Натале, уже давно приобрели известность. Этому в значительной степени способствовало то обстоятельство, что, начиная с первых своих работ, посвященных рассмотрению ряда геоморфологических явлений и процессов в различных странах южного полушария, Л. Кинг стремится к широким обобщениям при объяснении наблюдаемых им фактов. Не ограничиваясь данными, полученными в результате непосредственного изучения той или иной территории, он, как правило, привлекает большой материал о рельефе других районов, зачастую, на первый взгляд, совершенно несходных с районом полевых исследований.

A geomorphic hazard results from any landform change that adversely affects the geomorphic stability of a site (Schumm, 1988) and that intersects the human use system with adverse socioeconomic impacts (White, 1974).

This book is about the study of landforms, a science commonly called geomorphology or physiography, and it differs from almost all other books on the subject in the vast time-scale that is considered.

Every year millions of people visit Yosemite Valley, and they encounter stunning scenery that can overwhelm their senses. This experience is as true today as it was when the valley was discovered. The first recorded discovery of Yosemite Valley by western civilization was made by Major James D. Savage’s Mariposa Battalion, which, pursuing “hostile Indians” up the Merced River drainage, entered the valley on March 27, 1851. Early rumors about the valley had not prepared the men for the overpowering view now before them (Figure 1). <...>

This book discusses new insights concerning the influence of the climate upon the earth’s relief, in particular upon the continents. It has been found that this climatic, this exogenic influence is much stronger than any endogenous influence. Endogenous forces, as any geologic map will show, are distributed randomly over the entire earth, while the exogenic influence of climate follows strict rules in its distribution from the pole to the equator, both today as in the past. Their distribution and intensity make climatic influences the best basis upon which to found a system of geomorphology, such as the one presented here.