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Further Reading Further Reading Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Karst Geomorphology Fairbridge RW (ed) (1968) The Encyclopedia of Geomorphology. Ford D, Williams P (2007) Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology. Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross. Stroudsburg 1295 p. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester 562 p. Goudie AS (ed) (2004) Encyclopedia of Geomorphology. Routledge 2 Gunn J (ed) (2004) Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science. Fitzroy volumes. Dearborn. New York 902 p. Goudie A, Atkinson, BW, Gregory, KJ, Simmons IG, Stoddart DR, Palmer AN (2007) Cave Geology. Allen Press. Lawrence, Kansas Sugden D (eds) (2000) The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Physical 454 p. Geography. Blackwell. Oxford 611 p. Sweeting MM (1972) Karst Landforms. Macmillan. London 362 p. Shroder JF (ed) (2013) Treatise on Geomorphology. Elsevier-Academic Press. Amsterdam 14 vols. Whittow JB (1984) Dictionary of Physical Geography. Penguin. London 591 p. Granite Geomorphology Twidale CR, Vidal-Romaní JR (2005) Landforms and Geology of Geomorphology Textbooks Granite Terrains. Balkema. Leiden 351 p. Migoń P (2006) Granite Landscapes of the World. Springer, Oxford 384 p. Anderson RS, Anderson SP (2010) Geomorphology. The Mechanics and Chemistry of Landscapes. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge 637 p Chorley RJ, Schumm SA, Sugden DE (1984) Geomorphology. Methuen. London 605 p. Weathering Gregory KJ, Goudie AS (eds) (2011) The SAGE Handbook of Geomorphology. Sage. Los Angeles 610 p. Bland W, Rolls D (1998) Weathering. Arnold. London 271 p. Gutiérrez M (2013) Geomorphology. CRC Press/Balkema. Leiden Ollier CD (1984) Weathering. Longman. London 270 p. 1017 p. Harvey A (2012) Introducing Geomorphology. A Guide to Landforms and Processes. Dunedin. Edinburgh 124 p. Hugget RJ (2003) Fundamentals of Geomorphology. Routledge. London 386 p. Slope Movements Crozier MJ (1986) Landslides. Causes, Consequences and Environment. Croom Helm. London 252 p. Cruden DM, Varnes DJ (1996) Landslide Types and Processes. In: Structural and Tectonic Geomorphology Schuster RL (ed) Landslides. Investigation and Mitigation. National Academy Press. Washington, pp 36–75. Burbank DW, Anderson RS (2012) Tectonic Geomorphology. Wiley-­ Dikau R, Brunsden D, Schrott L, Ibsen M-L (eds) (1996) Landslide Blackwell. Chichester 454 p. Recognition, Identification, Movement and Causes. John Wiley & Keller EA, Pinter N (1996) Active Tectonics. Earthquakes, Uplift and Sons. Chichester, 251 p. Landscape. Prentice Hall. New Jersey 338 p. McCalpin JP (ed) (2009) Paleoseismology. Elsevier. Amsterdam 613 p. Ollier CD (1981) Tectonics and Landforms. Longman. Essex 324 p. Fluvial Geomorphology Volcanic Geomorphology Charlton R (2009) Fundamentals of Fluvial Geomorphology. Routledge. London 234 p. Knighton D (1998) Fluvial Forms and Processes. A New Perspective. Schmincke H-U (2004) Volcanism. Springer. Berlin 324 p. Arnold. London 383 p. Sigurdsson H (ed) (2000) Encyclopedia of Volcanoes. Academic Press. Schumm SA (1977) The Fluvial System. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester San Diego 1417 p. 338 p. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 261 F. Gutiérrez, M. Gutiérrez, Landforms of the Earth, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-26947-4 Further Reading  262 Coastal Geomorphology Periglacial Geomorphology Bird E (2008) Coastal Geomorphology. An Introduction. John Wiley & French HM (2007) The Periglacial Environment. John Wiley & Sons. Sons. Chichester 411 p. Chichester 458 p. Schwartz ML (ed) (2005) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. Springer, Washburn A (1979) Geocryology. A survey of Periglacial Processes Dordrecht 1211 p. and Environments. Arnold. London 406 p. Trenhaile AS (1987) The Geomorphology of Rock Coasts. Clarendon Press. Oxford 384 p. Desert and Eolian Landforms Glacial Geomorphology Parsons AJ, Abrahams AD (eds) (2009) Geomorphology of Desert Bennet MR, Glasser NF (1996) Glacial Geology. Ice Sheets and Environments. Springer. Dordrecht 831 p. Landforms. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester 364 p. Lancaster N (1995) Geomorphology of Desert Dunes. Routledge. Benn DI, Evans DJA (1998) Glacier & Glaciation. Arnold. London London 290 p. 734 p. Livingstone I, Warren A (1996) Aeolian Geomorphology. An Introduction. Longman. Essex 210 p. Thomas DSG (ed) (2011) Arid Zone Geomorphology. Process, Form and Change in Drylands. Wiley-Blackwell. Chichester 624 p. Index A Backwearing , 65 Aa fl ow , 42 Badlands , 167 Ablation , 205 Bankfull discharge , 158 Ablation moraine , 210 Bare karst , 59 Abrasion , 158 , 180 , 205 , 207 , 208 , 243 , 250 Barkhan dune , 251–258 Abrasion platform , 180 Barkhanoid , 258 Accommodation ramp , 22 Barrier island , 182 Accommodation space , 22 Barrier , 88 , 182 Accretionary lava ball , 42 Bar , 158 Active fault , 61 Base level , 75 Active layer , 128 , 132 , 133 , 227 , 236 Base-level fall , 158 Active volcano , 35 Batholith , 103 Aeolian defl ation , 244 Bay , 180 Alas , 240 Beach , 181–182 Alas valley , 240 Beach ridge , 181 Alcove , 15 Bedload , 157 , 158 Alkali fl at , 244 Bedrock , 59 Allochthonous river , 243 channel , 67 , 157 , 158 Allogenic drainage , 67 threshold , 206 Alluvial channel , 157–160 Beheaded stream , 26 , 30 , 31 , 65 , 68 Alluvial fan , 162–166 Bergschrund , 206 Alluvium , 157 , 158 Biochemical weathering , 111 Alteration , 111 Biophysical weathering , 111 Anabranching river , 158 Block , 35 Anastomosing river , 158 fi eld , 228–229 Anchored dune , 244 slope , 228–229 Antecedence , 11 , 26 , 67 stream , 228–229 Anthropocene , 1 Blowout , 243 , 258 , 264 Anticlinal ridge , 6 , 9–13 Bomb , 35 , 38 Antislope scarp , 32 , 132 Bornhardt , 104 Antithetic , 21 Boulder inselberg , 104 Apex , 24 , 228 Bowen’s crystallisation series , 103 Applied geomorphology , 1 Braided channel , 158 Arch , 112 Breccia pipe , 60 Arenization , 122 Buoyant support , 86 Arête , 207 Butte , 3–6 , 248 Aridity index , 243 Armoured mud ball , 177 Arroyo , 160 C Artesian aquifer , 76 Calcite , 59 Artesian spring , 88 Calcrete , 247–248 Ash , 35 Caldera , 48–50 Ash fall , 35 Caliche , 247 Atoll , 188 Calving , 206 Avulsion , 158 Canopy , 82 Canyon , 158 Capillary fringe , 244 B Capillary rise , 125 Backlimb , 11 Caprock , 3 , 59 , 248 Backshore , 179 , 181 Carbonate crust , 247 Backtilting , 128 Cascade , 88 , 89 , 158 Backwash , 179 Case-hardened , 65 , 112 , 113 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 263 F. Gutiérrez, M. Gutiérrez, Landforms of the Earth, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-26947-4 264 Index Castellated inselberg , 104 Cover , 59 Castle koppie , 104 Covered karren , 60 , 68 Cataract , 158 Cove , 181 Catastrophism , 2 Crag and tail , 50 Catchment , 157 Crater , 35 , 36 Cave cloud , 81 Creep , 133 Cave coral , 85 Creeping fault , 22 Cave pearl , 81 Crescentic fracture , 208 Cave popcorn , 85 Crevasse , 206 Cavernous weathering , 112 Cryptodome , 50 Ceiling channel , 78 Cuesta , 6–7 , 248 Ceiling pocket , 78 Cusp , 181 Central eruption , 35 Cutter , 74 Channel ridge , 89 Cut off , 158 Chemical alteration , 112 Cut terrace , 162 Chemical weathering , 111 , 230 Chevron , 7 Chott , 244 D Circular karren , 69–74 Dead ice , 210 Cirque , 206–207 Debris cone , 85–86 Cirque glacier , 206 Debris-covered glacier , 231 Clay dune , 251 Debris fl ow , 128 , 166 , 228 , 230 Climbing dune , 260 Debris slope , 3 , 22 Clint , 74 Debuttressing , 128 Cluse , 11 Defeated , 28 , 65 Coastal cliff , 180 Defeated stream , 26 Coastal lake , 182 Defi le , 122–125 Cockpit , 60 Defl ation , 243 , 250 , 264 Cohesionless fl ow , 128 Defl ation hollow , 244 Cohesive fl ow , 128 Defl ected drainage , 28 Collapse , 59 Delta , 185–186 breccia , 85–86 front , 185 chimney , 85 plain , 185 sinkhole , 60–63 , 68 , 86 Desert pavement , 243 , 249–250 Colluvial wedge , 22 Desert varnish , 247 Column , 81 Desiccation crack , 244–247 Combe , 11 Desiccation cracking , 236 Comminution , 128 , 130 , 132 Diamicton , 205 Complex movement , 127 Diapirism , 17 Complex sinkhole , 60 Differential erosion , 3 Composite landslide , 127 Diffl uence , 205 Compound dune , 260 Dilation , 26 Compound volcano , 38 Dip-slip fault , 21 Compressional , 21 Dip slope , 9 , 130 Concordant topography , 9 Discordant drainage , 26 Cone , 38–40 Discordant relief , 3 , 13 Cone karst , 65 Discordant topography , 11 Congelifraction , 120 , 227 , 228 Dispersive clay , 175 Conglomerate pinnacle , 13–15 Dispersive force , 128 Consequent , 7 Dissolution , 111 Contact karst , 60 Distributary channel , 185 , 213 Continental rift , 35 Divergent plate margin , 35 Convergent , 35 Doline , 59 Coppice dune , 260 Dolomite , 59 Coral reef , 186–188 Domed inselberg , 104 Coralloid , 85 Dome , 51 Corestone , 103 , 104 , 120 Double ridge , 133 Corridor , 74 Downhill-facing scarp , 32 Corrosion plain , 65–67 Downstream-facing scarp , 26 Corrosion planation , 65 Downwearing , 67 Corrosion surface , 60 Draa , 260 Coseismic surface rupture , 21 Drainage basin , 157 Coulée , 41 , 51 Drainage divide , 157 Couloir , 228 Drainage network , 157 Index 265 Drapery , 81 Flank-margin cave , 78 Dreikanter , 250 Flared slope , 113 Dripstone , 76 , 81–82 Flash fl oods , 160 , 243 , 244 Drumlin , 211–212 Flatiron , 7 Dump moraine , 210 Flexural slip , 32 Dune encroachment , 244 Flexural toppling , 130 Dune fi eld , 243 Floodplain , 157 , 158 Duricrust , 167 , 243 Flow , 127–129 Dust storm , 244 Flowstone , 76 , 82 , 89 Dyke , 7 , 50 Fluvioglacial , 205 Dyking , 26 Fluviokarstic canyon , 67–68 Fold , 26 Fore reef , 187 E Forelimb , 11 Earth fi ssure , 244 Foreshore , 179 Earth fl ow , 129 Fossil cave , 75 Effusive , 35 Free karren , 60 , 68 Einkanter , 250 Freeze–thaw cycle , 120 , 205 , 227 , 229 En echelon , 22 Freshwater–saltwater
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