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Author:   Andrew Goudie ,  Piotr Migoń
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   2.488kg
ISBN:  

9783030389567

ISBN 10:   3030389561
Pages:   612
Publication Date:   11 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface.- Foreword.- Author biographies.- Dedication to Denys Brunsden.– 2 Geological history and long-term landscape evolution. - 3 Rocks and Relief.-  4 The Quaternary .-  5 Human Impact.- 6 The Weald.- 7 Sandstone tors and escarpments of the Weald. -  8 Sussex coast .-  9 Isle of Wight – landslides and structural morphology .-  10 The Eastern Jurassic Coast.-  11 Isle of Portland .-  12 The landslides of East Devon and West Dorset .-  13 Rocky coast of South Devon coast and the history of disappearing Hallsands .-  14 Dartmoor – tors and periglacial legacy .-  15 Bodmin Moor.-  16 Land’s End.– granite geomorphology.-  17 Karst of Mendip Hills.-  18 The Cotswolds.-  19 Geomorphology of London.-  terraces of the Thames.-  20 Periglacial heritage of East Anglia.-  21 The soft coast of Norfolk.-  22 The Fens.-  23 Peak District.-  24 Mam Tor and other landslides of the Dark Peak.-  25 Lake District.-  26 Limestone pavements and other karst features of the Yorkshire Dales.-  27 Brimham Rocks.-  28 The Whin Sill, Dolerite dykes and Hadrian’s Wall.-  29 Gower Peninsula.-  30 Brecon Beacons.-  31 Glacial landforms of Snowdonia.-  32 Geomorphological conservation and management.-  Index.

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“The new title in the World Geomorphological Landscapes series is an attractive addition, which will appeal to a broad audience. … Landscapes and landforms of England and Wales is beautifully produced, and it will serve as a standard for years to come.” (John Hiemstra, The Holocene, Vol. 30 (9), 2020)

Author Information

Professor Andrew Shaw Goudie is a geographer at the University of Oxford specialising in desert geomorphology, dust storms, weathering and climatic change in the tropics. He is also known for his teaching and textbooks on human impacts on the environment. He is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of many books and papers, and has received numerous awards for his work.  Piotr Migoń is a Professor of Geography at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. From 1997–2001 he was the Secretary of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) and was IAG Vice-President from 2009 to 2013. His publications include Geomorphological Landscapes of the World (2010), Granite Landscapes of the World (2006), the Encyclopedia of Geomorphology (co-editor, 2004) and many papers in peer-reviewed international journals. Professor Migoń is also the series editor for World Geomorphological Landscapes, published by Springer. 

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