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Geology and landscape evolution : general principles applied to the United States /

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Geology and Landscape Evolution: General Principles Applied to the United States, Third Edition is an accessible text that balances interdisciplinary theory and applications within the physical geography, geology, geomorphology and climatology of the United States.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DiPietro, Joseph A., 1957-
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Elsevier, 2024.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Landscapes > United States > History.
Landscape changes > United States > History.
Landscape assessment > United States > History.
United States > Geography.
Paysages > États-Unis > Histoire.
Paysages > Modifications > États-Unis > Histoire.
Paysages > Évaluation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Geology and Landscape Evolution
  • Geology and Landscape Evolution
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1
  • Introduction to Landscape Evolution
  • HOW SLOW IS SLOW?
  • ELEVATION AND RELIEF
  • MAPS, CROSS-SECTIONS, AND SCALE
  • GEOLOGY, LANDSCAPE, AND TECTONICS
  • COMPONENTS, FORCING AGENTS, AND MECHANISMS
  • Introduction
  • Tekton, The Carpenter, The Builder
  • Climate, The Sculptor
  • Isostasy, The Equalizer
  • Sea Level, The Baseline
  • THE OPPOSING FORCING AGENTS
  • RECOGNIZING LANDSCAPE CHANGE
  • QUESTIONS
  • I
  • Components, Forcing Agents, and Mechanisms
  • 2
  • Component: Rock/Sediment Type
  • WEATHERING AND EROSION
  • THE FOUR ROCK/SEDIMENT TYPES
  • Introduction
  • Sedimentary Rock
  • Crystalline Rock
  • Volcanic Rock
  • Unconsolidated Sediment
  • TOTAL SILICA CONTENT OF IGNEOUS ROCKS
  • THE ROCK CYCLE
  • ROCK HARDNESS AND DIFFERENTIAL EROSION
  • LANDSCAPE IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
  • Introduction
  • Karst Landscape in Limestone
  • LANDSCAPE IN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS
  • LANDSCAPE IN VOLCANIC ROCKS
  • LANDSCAPE IN UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT
  • QUESTIONS
  • 3
  • Component: Structural Form
  • STRESS AND DEFORMATION
  • STRIKE AND DIP
  • THE EIGHT LANDSCAPE-FORMING STRUCTURAL FORMS
  • Introduction
  • Folds
  • Anticlinal
  • Nearly Flat-Lying
  • Monocline
  • Fractures
  • Vertical Joint Set
  • Normal Faults
  • Reverse Faults
  • Thrust Faults
  • Strike-Slip Faults
  • TOPOGRAPHIC FORM IN RELATION TO STRUCTURAL FORM
  • INFLUENCE OF DIP ON LANDSCAPE
  • TIMING OF FAULTING
  • FAULT REACTIVATION
  • QUESTIONS
  • 4
  • Forcing Agent: The Tectonic System
  • THE TECTONIC PLATE
  • PLATE BOUNDARIES
  • MOVEMENT OF TECTONIC PLATES
  • CONTINENTAL MARGINS
  • Introduction
  • Rifting and Passive Continental Margins
  • Active Continental Margins
  • TECTONIC ACCRETION AND SUTURE ZONES
  • THERMAL PLUMES AND HOT SPOTS
  • QUESTIONS
  • 5
  • Forcing Agent: The Climate System
  • PRESENT-DAY CLIMATE ZONES
  • PROXIMITY TO LARGE WATER BODIES
  • GLOBAL WIND PATTERNS
  • THE TILT OF THE EARTH'S AXIS
  • MOUNTAINS
  • QUESTIONS
  • 6
  • Forcing Agent: Isostasy
  • TECTONIC VERSES ISOSTATIC UPLIFT
  • ADDING AND REMOVING WEIGHT FROM THE EARTH'S SURFACE
  • THERMAL CHANGES IN THE LITHOSPHERE
  • CRUSTAL THICKENING
  • ELEVATION OF CONTINENTS AND OCEAN BASINS
  • QUESTIONS
  • 7
  • Forcing Agent: Sea Level Change
  • CAUSE OF EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL CHANGE
  • MEASURING PRESENT-DAY SEA LEVEL CHANGE
  • MEASURING ANCIENT SEA LEVEL CHANGE
  • MEASURING ANCIENT OCEAN AND AIR TEMPERATURE
  • PALEOCLIMATE, GLACIATION, AND SEA LEVEL CHANGES
  • INFLUENCE OF EARTH'S ORBITAL PARAMETERS ON GLACIATION
  • VARIATION IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE CLIMATE
  • RECENT HISTORY OF CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE
  • QUESTIONS
  • 8
  • Mechanisms That Impart Change to Landscape
  • UPLIFT
  • Introduction
  • Measuring Present-Day Uplift Rates
  • Measuring Ancient Uplift Rates and Elevation
  • SUBSIDENCE
  • EROSION
  • Introduction
  • Mountain Elevation and Erosion