LEADER 05174nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910145298403321 005 20170815112946.0 010 $a1-281-30925-7 010 $a9786611309251 010 $a0-470-69231-6 010 $a0-470-69155-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403654 035 $a(EBL)351486 035 $a(OCoLC)437218729 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000256645 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11222762 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256645 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10228211 035 $a(PQKB)10239149 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC351486 035 $a(PPN)139882766 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403654 100 $a20061206d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTectonic geomorphology of mountains$b[electronic resource] $ea new approach to paleoseismology /$fWilliam B. Bull 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-5479-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-304) and index. 327 $aTectonic Geomorphology of Mountains: A New Approach to Paleoseismology; Contents; Preface; 1 Scrunch and Stretch Bedrock Uplift; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Pure Uplift, Stretch and Scrunch Bedrock Uplift; 1.2.1 Isostatic and Tectonic Uplift; 1.2.2 Stretch and Scrunch Tectonics; 1.3 Landscape Responses to Regional Uplift; 2 Concepts for Studies of Rising Mountains; 2.1 Themes and Topics; 2.2 The Fundamental Control of Base Level; 2.2.1 Base Level; 2.2.2 Base-Level Change; 2.2.3 The Base Level of Erosion; 2.2.4 The Changing Level of the Sea 327 $a2.2.5 Spatial Decay of the Effects of Local Base-Level Changes2.3 Threshold of Critical Power in Streams; 2.3.1 Relative Strengths of Stream Power and Resisting Power; 2.3.2 Threshold-Intersection Points; 2.4 Equilibrium in Streams; 2.4.1 Classification of Stream Terraces; 2.4.2 Feedback Mechanisms; 2.4.3 Dynamic and Static Equilibrium; 2.5 Time Lags of Response; 2.5.1 Responses to Pulses of Uplift; 2.5.2 Perturbations that Limit Continuity of Fluvial Systems; 2.5.3 Lithologic and Climatic Controls of Relaxation Times; 2.5.4 Time Spans Needed to Erode Landforms 327 $a2.6 Tectonically-Induced Downcutting2.6.1 Straths, Stream-Gradient Indices, and Strath Terraces; 2.6.2 Modulation of Stream-Terrace Formation by Pleistocene-Holocene Climatic Changes; 2.7 Nontectonic Base-Level Fall and Strath Terrace Formation; 2.8 Hydraulic Coordinates; 3 Mountain Fronts; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Tectonically Active Escarpments; 3.2.1 Faceted Spur Ridges; 3.2.2 Mountain-Piedmont Junctions; 3.2.3 Piedmont Forelands; 3.3 Fault Segmentation of Mountain Fronts; 3.3.1 Different Ways to Study Active Faults; 3.3.2 Segmentation Concepts and Classification 327 $a3.3.3 Fault-Segment Boundaries3.3.4 Normal Fault Surface Ruptures; 3.3.5 Strike-Slip Fault Surface Ruptures; 3.4 Summary; 4 Tectonic Activity Classes of Mountain Fronts; 4.1 Tectonic Setting of the North America-Pacific Plate Boundary; 4.2 Appraisal of Regional Mountain Front Tectonic Activity; 4.2.1 Geomorphic Tools For Describing Relative Uplift Rates; 4.2.1.1 Mountain-Front Sinuosity; 4.2.1.2 Widths of Valleys.; 4.2.1.3 Triangular Facets; 4.2.2 Diagnostic Landscape Classes of Relative Tectonic Activity; 4.2.3 Regional Assessments of Relative Tectonic Activity 327 $a4.2.3.1 Response Time Complications and Strike-Slip Faulting4.2.3.2 Maps of Relative Uplift .; 4.3 Summary; 5 Fault Scarps; 5.1 General Features; 5.2 Scarp Morphology Changes with Time; 5.2.1 Changes in Scarp Height; 5.2.2 Decreases in Maximum Scarp Slope; 5.2.3 Diffusion-Equation Modeling.; 5.3 Climatic Controls of Fault-Scarp Morphology; 5.4 Lithologic Controls of Fault-Scarp Morphology; 5.4.1 Fault Rupture of Different Materials; 5.4.2 Lithologic Controls on an 1887 Fault Scarp.; 5.4.2.1 Geomorphic Processes; 5.4.2.2 Scarp Materials; 5.4.2.3 Scarp Morphology 327 $a5.5 Laser Swath Digital Elevation Models 330 $aWith a balance of theory and practical applications, Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains is essential reading for research geologists and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in the earth sciences.This book describes how tectonic events influence geomorphic processes and explores how landscapes respond to tectonic deformation in the ways in which they are weathered, washed, and abraded Uses new approaches to enhance theoretical models of landscape evolution and to solve practical problems such as the assessment of earthquake hazards Includes pr 606 $aMorphotectonics 606 $aPaleoseismology 606 $aMountains 615 0$aMorphotectonics. 615 0$aPaleoseismology. 615 0$aMountains. 676 $a551.43 676 $a551.432 700 $aBull$b William B.$f1930-$0886523 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910145298403321 996 $aTectonic geomorphology of mountains$91979720 997 $aUNINA