Earth Surface Processes, Landforms and Sediment Deposits

By Robert Demicco and John S. Bridge

Earth surface processes, landforms and sediment deposits are intimately related - involving erosion of rocks, generation of sediment, and transport and deposition of sediment through various Earth surface environments. These processes, and the landforms and deposits that they generate, have a fundamental bearing on engineering, environmental and public safety issues; on recovery of economic resources; and on our understanding of Earth history. This textbook brings together the traditional disciplines of sedimentology and geomorphology to explain Earth surface processes, landforms and sediment deposits in a comprehensive and integrated way. It is the ideal resource for a two-semester course in sedimentology, stratigraphy, geomorphology, and Earth surface processes from the intermediate undergraduate to beginning graduate level. The book is also accompanied by a website hosting illustrations and material on field and laboratory methods for measuring, describing and analyzing Earth surface processes, landforms and sediments.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521857805
• ISBN13: 9780521857802
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.4" x 9.8"