LEADER 04533nam 22005895 450 001 9910299456203321 005 20200706160625.0 010 $a94-017-9713-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-017-9713-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000375769 035 $a(EBL)1998613 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001465578 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11917429 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001465578 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11477944 035 $a(PQKB)11462209 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-017-9713-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1998613 035 $a(PPN)184888840 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000375769 100 $a20150311d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLandforms of the World with Google Earth $eUnderstanding our Environment /$fby Anja M. Scheffers, Simon M. May, Dieter H. Kelletat 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (393 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-017-9712-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aPart I ? Introduction -- 1. Shaping the Surface of Earth ? Geomorphology in a Nutshell.- Part II ? Endogenic Forms and Processes.- 2. Volcanic Landforms.- 3. Igneous Intrusive Landforms.- 4. Tectonic Landforms.- Part III ? Exogenic Forms and Processes.-  5. Impacts Craters.- 6. Physical and Chemical Weathering.-  7. Karst landscapes ? topographies sculptured by dissolution of rock -- 8. Mass Movements ? landforms shaped under the force of gravity -- 9. Forms by Flowing Water (Fluvial Features) -- 10. Planar Forms and Plain Forming Processes: Pediments/Glacis, and Peneplains (with Inselbergs) -- 11. Forms by Wind (or: Aeolian Processes): Deflation and Dunes -- 12. Glacier Ice and its Domain.- 13. Frost and Permafrost as Morphological Agents (or: the Periglacial Domain) -- Part IV ? Epilogue ? Transformation of the Earth´s Surface by Man (Anthropogenic Forms) -- Index. 330 $aThis book of phenomenal illustrations provides a wealth of visual information on the wide variety of landform processes over all latitudes, climates and geological time-scales. It invites you to observe the surface of planet Earth, to appreciate its astonishing beauty and to explore scientific explanations for the form of our landscapes. 250 full-colour images from Google Earth enable all types of terrestrial environments and landforms to be appreciated at a glance. Images are explained with scales, coordinates, explanatory text and references, making the landform processes active on our globe easy for the reader to comprehend. See the effects of both sudden and slow forming agents such as the impact of a comet or meteorite, and erosion and deposition processes through wind, flowing water, creeping glacier ice, or frost in the ground. Appreciate how landscapes are shaped by processes such as weathering, transport and erosion and how that erosion enables us to look into endogenic processes (those within the Earth´s crust), called tectonics. These images and the processes that they document show that continents are shifting, mountains are uplifting, and ocean bottoms may sink deeper. This collection will appeal to everyone: researchers, students and non-experts alike can take inspiration from these images, which bring the landforms of the world to life. The scientific discipline of geomorphology becomes accessible through the fascinating insights that these clear, well explained images allow. 606 $aGeomorphology 606 $aPhysical geography 606 $aGeomorphology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J16010 606 $aEarth System Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G35000 615 0$aGeomorphology. 615 0$aPhysical geography. 615 14$aGeomorphology. 615 24$aEarth System Sciences. 676 $a551.45/7 676 $a551.457 700 $aScheffers$b Anja M$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01061844 702 $aMay$b Simon M$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aKelletat$b Dieter H$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910299456203321 996 $aLandforms of the World with Google Earth$92520574 997 $aUNINA