Landscape evolution in the United States : an introduction to the geography, geology, and natural history / Joseph DiPietro.
DiPietro, Joseph A., 1957- author.
2013
QH76 .L56 2013
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Title
Landscape evolution in the United States : an introduction to the geography, geology, and natural history / Joseph DiPietro.
Author
DiPietro, Joseph A., 1957- author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780123978066 (electronic book)
0123978068 (electronic book)
9780123977991
0123977991
Publication Details
Burlington, MA : Elsevier, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 463 pages) : illustrations, maps
Call Number
QH76 .L56 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
917.304932
Summary
Landscape evolution refers to the changing terrain of any given area of the Earth's crust over time. Common causes of evolution (or geomorphology-land morphing into a different size or shape over time) are glacial erosion and deposition, volcanism, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, sediment transport into rivers, landslides, climate change, and other surface processes. The book is divided into three main parts covering landscape components and how they are affected by climactic, tectonic and ocean systems; varying structural provinces including the Cascadia Volcanic Arc and California Transpressional System; and the formation and collapse of mountain systems. The vast diversity of terrain and landscapes across the United States makes this an ideal tool for geoscientists worldwide who are researching the country's geological evolution over the past several billion years.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The tortoise and the hare
Component: The rock/sediment type
Component: The structural form
Mechanisms that impart change to landscapes
Forcing variable: The tectonic system
Forcing variable: The climatic system
Forcing variables: Sea level and isostasy
Interaction of tectonics, climate, and time
Unconsolidated sediment
Nearly flat-lying sedimentary layers
Crystalline-cored mid-continent anticlines and domes
Foreland fold-and-thrust belts
Crystalline deformation belts
Yound volcanic rocks of the cordillera
Normal fault-dominated landscapes
Cascadia volcanic arc system
Californiaa transpressional system
The story of the Grand Canyon
Early theories on the origin of mountain belts
Keys to the interpretation of geological history
Tectonic style, rock successions, and tectonic provinces
Formation, collapse, and erosonal decay of mountain systems
The Appalachian orogenic belt: An example of compressional mountain building
The cordilleran orogenic belt.

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