Description
WILEY INDIA Tectonic Geomorphology 2Nd Edition by Douglas W Burbank
Tectonic geomorphology is the study of the interplay between tectonic and surface processes that shape the landscape in regions of active deformation and at time scales ranging from days to millions of years. Over the past decade, recent advances in the quantification of both rates and the physical basis of tectonic and surface processes have underpinned an explosion of new research in the field of tectonic geomorphology. Modern tectonic geomorphology is an exceptionally integrative field that utilizes techniques and data derived from studies of geomorphology, seismology, geochronology, structure, geodesy, stratigraphy, meteorology and Quaternary science.
About the Author
Douglas Burbank is a tectonic geomorphologist who investigates the growth of mountains and evolution of landscapes primarily in collisional mountain belts
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
1 Introduction to tectonic geomorphology
2 Geomorphic markers
3 Establishing timing in the landscape: dating methods
4 Stress, faults and folds
5 Short-term deformation: geodesy
6 Paleoseismology: ruptures and slip rates
7 Rates of erosion and uplift
8 Holocene deformation and landscape responses
9 Deformation and geomorphology at intermediate time scales
10 Tectonic geomorphology at late Cenozoic time scales
11 Numerical modeling of landscape evolution
References
Index
Colour plate section appears between pages 226 and 227