Theoretical Geomorphology

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Physical Geomorphology

   • Adrian E. Scheidegger

   Pages 1-60

3. Physical Background

   • Adrian E. Scheidegger

   Pages 61-93

4. Mechanics of Slope Formation

   • Adrian E. Scheidegger

   Pages 94-156

5. Theory of River Action

   • Adrian E. Scheidegger

   Pages 157-244

6. System Theory of Landscape Evolution

   • Adrian E. Scheidegger

   Pages 245-290

7. Theory of Aquatic Effects

   • Adrian E. Scheidegger

   Pages 291-364

8. Theory of Niveal, Glacial, and Periglacial Features

   • Adrian E. Scheidegger

   Pages 365-399

9. Theory of Aeolian and Desert Features

   • Adrian E. Scheidegger

   Pages 400-421

10. Back Matter

    Pages 423-434

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The surface features of the Earth are commonly split into two categories, the first of which comprises those features that are due to processes occurring inside the solid Earth (endogenic features) and the second those that are due to processes occurring outside the solid Earth (exogenic features). Specifically, the endogenic features are treated in the science of geodynamics, the exogenic features in the science of geomorphology. I have treated the theoretical aspects of the endogenic features in my Principles of Geodynamics, and it is my aim to supplement my earlier book with a discussion of the theory of the exogenic features, the taxonomy of the latter having been discussed in my Systematic Geomorphology. It is my hope that the three books will together pre­ sent a reasonably coherent, if necessarily incomplete, account of theoretical geology. Contrary to endogenic phenomena, exogenic processes can often be directly observed as they occur: the action of a river, the develop­ ment of a slope, and the evolution of a shore platform are all suffi­ ciently rapid so that they can be seen as they take place. This has the result that in geomorphology one is generally on much less specula­ tive ground regarding the mechanics of the processes at work than one is in geodynamics.

• Geomorphologie
• exogenic processes
• geomorphology
• landscape
• rivers
• slopes

• Institut für Theoretische Geodäsie und Geophysik, Abteilung Geophysik, Technische Universität Wien, Wein, Austria

  Adrian E. Scheidegger

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