Geomorphology and plate tectonics / David M. Ferrari and Antonio R. Guiseppi, editors.

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GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PLATE TECTONICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PLATE TECTONICS ; CONTENTS; PREFACE ; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES AND GEOMORPHOLOGY: THEORY, LIMITATIONS, AND APPLICATIONS ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. IN-SITU-PRODUCED COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES: A GENERAL DESCRIPTION ; 3. SAMPLE PREPARATION AND MEASUREMENT; 4. TRADITIONAL INTERPRETIVE MODELS; 4.1. Single Nuclides ; 4.2. Multiple Nuclides ; 4.2.1. Ratio Diagrams for Nuclide Pairs; 4.2.2. Solution Curves for Nuclide Pairs; 4.3. Burial Age; 5. UNCERTAINTIES, LIMITATIONS AND ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES ; 5.1. Nuclide Properties.

5.1.1. Spatial Variation of Cosmogenic Nuclide Production Rates5.1.2. Temporal Variations in Production Rates; 5.1.3. Diffusive Loss; 5.2. Geomorphic Conditions; 5.2.1. Topographic Shielding and Surface Coverage ; 5.2.2. Inheritance and Complex Geo-History; 5.2.3. Sediment Mixing; 5.3. Measurement Error and Sample Preparation ; 5.4. Cost ; 6. OVERVIEW OF EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS; 6.1. Glacial Geochronology and Geomorphology ; 6.2. Tectonic Geomorphology ; 6.3. Site-Specific Weathering, Erosion and Regolith Production ; 6.4. Watershed Scale Erosion; 6.5. Depositional Landforms.

6.6. Other Applications7. FUTURE RESEARCH; REFERENCES; FLOOD RISK AND LANDFORM OF CAMBODIAN MEKONG DELTA ; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DATA AND METHODOROLOGY; 2.1. Data; 2.2. Processing of Satellte Data for Flood Mapping ; 3. IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR FLOODING IN EACH SEASON ; 4. THE EFFECT OF LANDFORM UNITS FOR FLOODING; 5. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; WHY ARE ROCK GLACIERS MORE OR LESS PROMINENT IN HIGH MOUNTAINS?; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; STUDY AREAS; Vanoise Massif; Chandi-Gorakh Himal; METHODS; Data Acquisition: Identification and Description of the Rock Glaciers.

Analysis of the Rock Glacier Occurrence RESULTS; Rock Glaciers Main Characteristics and Spatial Prominence; Occurrence Analysis; DISCUSSION ; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; ON SHAKY GROUND: ARCTIC COMMUNITIES IN UNEASY TRANSITION TO A NEW CLIMATIC ORDER ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; OBSERVATIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF LANDSCAPE CHANGES; SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES; CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM THE MELTING ARCTIC OCEAN ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES; GEOMORPHIC ADJUSTMENT, GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT, AND DISTURBANCES; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION: THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT.

SOME PROBLEMS WITH QUANTITATIVE MODELS THAT LACK SUFFICIENT GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXTQUALITATIVE GEOMORPHIC MODELS AND DIMENSIONALITY; THE DISTURBANCE GEOMORPHOLOGY CONCEPT AS A QUALITATIVE, DIMENSIONLESS MODEL; CASE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY OF LANDFORMS AND LANDSCAPES TO CHANGE; CONCLUSION: RECONCILING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE GEOMORPHIC MODELS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; EROSION AND SEDIMENT YIELD ESTIMATED BY GEOWEPP FOR CHECK DAM WATERSHEDS IN EPHEMERAL GULLIES (SOUTH-EAST SPAIN) ; ABSTRACT; BACKGROUND ; STUDY AREA; METHODOLOGY ; Simulation with the WEPP Model; Input Data.

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