Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: γῆ, gê, 'earth'; μορφή, morphḗ, 'form'; and λόγος, lógos, 'study') is the scientific study of the origin and evolution...
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A moulin (or glacier mill) is a roughly circular, vertical (or nearly vertical) well-like shaft formed where a surface meltstream exploits a weakness in...
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Climatic geomorphology is the study of the role of climate in shaping landforms and the earth-surface processes. An approach used in climatic geomorphology is...
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Geomorphology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal about geomorphology. Official website v t e...
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Traditionally in geomorphology, a flatiron is a steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant...
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In geomorphology, drainage systems, also known as river systems, are the patterns formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin...
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Houle, or more rarely goule, is the name given to cavities, particularly in rocks by the sea or in river banks, and to caves and grottos in the cliffs...
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Hesp, Patrick. "Foredunes and Blowouts: Initiation, Geomorphology and Dynamics." Geomorphology, 48.1 (2002): 245-268. Smyth, Thomas Andrew George, Derek...
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Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology(《第四纪地质学与地貌学》)is a teaching and researching textbook for higher teaching institutions in China. It was first published...
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1038/ngeo2524. Harvey, A.M. "Local-Scale geomorphology – process systems and landforms". Introducing Geomorphology: A Guide to Landforms and Processes. Dunedin...
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past. Geomorphology as a field has several sub-fields that deal with the specific landforms of various environments, e.g. desert geomorphology and fluvial...
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Cycle of erosion (redirect from Davisian geomorphology)
Powell, Clarence Edward Dutton and Grove Karl Gilbert, wrote about the geomorphology and geology in the landscapes they encountered. It was from these works...
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Coastal geography (redirect from Coastal geomorphology)
and the land, incorporating both the physical geography (i.e. coastal geomorphology, climatology and oceanography) and the human geography (sociology and...
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Ridge (redirect from Reef (geomorphology))
supplement 2. Oslo, Norway. p. 111. Huggett, R.J. (2011). Fundamentals of geomorphology (3rd ed.). New York, New York: Routledge. p. 516. ISBN 978-0203860083...
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Landslide (redirect from Slide (geomorphology))
been used for landslide hazard analysis can usually be grouped into geomorphology, geology, land use/land cover, and hydrogeology. Since many factors...
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Mount Takahe (section Geography and geomorphology)
Mount Takahe is a 3,460-metre-high (11,350 ft) snow-covered shield volcano in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the Amundsen Sea...
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Structural basin (redirect from Basin (geomorphology))
A structural basin is a large-scale structural formation of rock strata formed by tectonic warping (folding) of previously flat-lying strata into a syncline...
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Stream head cut (redirect from Head Cut (Stream Geomorphology))
In geomorphology, a stream head cut or simply head cut (alternately headcut) is an erosional feature of some intermittent and perennial streams. Headcuts...
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Periglaciation (redirect from Periglacial geomorphology)
1912. From 1950 to 1970, periglacial geomorphology developed chiefly as a subdiscipline of climatic geomorphology that was current in Europe at the time...
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G. Kostianoy, The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia, p. 156 Media related to Sor (geomorphology) at Wikimedia Commons Salt Lake Colors, Kazakhstan v t e v t e...
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Fluvial sediment processes (redirect from Fluvial Geomorphology)
Institute, Springer, 248pp. Charlton, Ro (2008). Fundamentals of fluvial geomorphology. London: Rutledge. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-415-33454-9. Wohl, Ellen (2014)...
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Scotland (section Geology and geomorphology)
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...
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Mass wasting (redirect from Flow (geomorphology))
extensive mass wasting of its volcanic mountains. Mass wasting affects geomorphology, most often in subtle, small-scale ways, but occasionally more spectacularly...
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Geography of Africa (redirect from African geomorphology)
F.; Ollier, C.D (2007). "Planation surfaces in Northern Ethiopia". Geomorphology. 89 (3–4): 287–296. Bibcode:2007Geomo..89..287C. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph...
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studied the geomorphology of rivers, active fault zones, plate tectonics, coastal geomorphology, geological hazards, and environmental geomorphology. Morisawa...
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North Asia (section Geomorphology)
refers to the South Caucasus or its nearby areas.[citation needed] The geomorphology of Northern Asia in general is imperfectly known, although the deposits...
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Klinge (landform) (redirect from Klinge (geomorphology))
Klingen are small, narrow, steep V-shaped valleys formed by the erosive forces of water and suspended abrasive particles, gravel and pebbles. They are...
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