Earth's Changing Surface: An Introduction to Geomorphology

By M.J. Selby

Book Overview

Geomorphologists have recently switched their attention from the processes that create land forms on a small scale to far broader processes involving tectonic and climatic changes on a global scale. This is the first comprehensive textbook to take account of these long-term changes. It covers the fundamental principles of geomorphology and is divided into three parts: the nature and structure of earth's major physical features and the results of tectonism; the processes of weathering, erosion, and deposition which create land forms; and the major bioclimatic zones of the earth, with their complexes of relict and modern land forms resulting from the numerous climatic variations of late Cenozoic time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198232519
• ISBN13: 9780198232513
• Release Date: April 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.5" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Selby's text review

A complete and interesting text about the process that shaped the Earth's face. There are some parts of the text that are almost the same that was written in other books, mainly when the subject is "drainage basin". In spite of that, it is a very good geomorphology book.