Geomorphology of the TropicsSpringer Science & Business Media, 17 avr. 2013 - 314 pages Geomorphological research in the humid to seasonal tropics has primarily concentrated on the most characteristic landform assemblage of this zone, namely that of stepped, largely undissected etchplains, often dotted with inselbergs and cutting across ancient basement rocks. Although the author discusses extensively this subject, he puts particular emphasis on the differences of chemical weathering and land-forming processes on rocks of various lithology and structure. This contrast becomes most evident, when comparing the highly resistant quartzitic sediments often covering the basement rocks with the easily weathered volcanics, e.g. the Deccan traps of India. The book was first published in German in 1987. However, the present version is much more than a translation, encompassing a range of new ideas and findings in the field of tropical geomorphology. The number of maps and illustrations has also been increased. |
Table des matières
The Determining Factors of Landform Development | |
Do they Exist? | |
Paleoclimate Soil and Landforms | |
The Cycle of Denudation in the Tropics Rocks | |
Volcanoes | |
Two Islands in Comparison | |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
ancient crystalline rocks arid basalt basins bedrock bornhardts Bremer H Büdel catena chemical denudation chemical weathering Deccan desilicification dissection drainage etchplain escarpments ferrallitic soils Geogr geological Geomorphol Suppl geomorphology Ghats gibbsite Gondwana basement Gondwana continents granite humidtropical incision inselbergs intensity interfluves islands joints kaolinite karst landform development landforms landscapes laterite less lithological longitudinal profiles lower lowlands mainly marginal warp mechanical denudation midlatitudes morphodynamic orogens oxides parent rock peridotite planation surfaces plateau Pleistocene Precambrian precipitation quartz quartzite rainfall rainforest regions regolith relief residual resistant rocks rivers Rohdenburg runoff sandstone saprolite savannas seasonal tropics Sect sedimentary sediments shield shield volcanoes silcretes silicic acid SiO2 slope development slope retreat solution southern continents steep stepped etchplains structural surface wash tectonic Tertiary tropical climate tropical geomorphology tropical soils uplift valley formation vertical erosion vertisols weathering and denudation weathering front weathering mantle Western Ghats Wilhelmy Wirthmann zone