Description |
1 online resource (399 p.) |
Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Geology Ser. ; v.7 |
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Routledge Library Editions: Geology Ser
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Contents |
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Part A INTRODUCTION -- 1 The history of geomorphology in low latitudes -- 2 The significance of environmental change: diversity, disturbance and tropical ecosystems -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Rainforest structure and change -- 2.3 Coral reef response to environmental stress -- 2.4 Variability in extreme events |
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4.2 Morphoclimatic conditions -- 4.3 Processes and their effects on slopes -- 4.4 Fluvial processes -- 5 The influence of climate, lithology and time on drainage density and relief development in the tropical volcanic terrain of the Windward Islands -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Measurement of drainage density and relief development -- 5.3 Analysis and interpretation of drainage density -- 5.4 Factors affecting drainage density and relief evolution -- 5.5 Conclusions -- 6 Surface and underground fluvial activity in the Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The study area |
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6.3 The development of the regional and limestone drainage -- 6.4 The clastic cave sediments -- 6.5 Fluvial terraces -- 6.6 Discussion -- 6.7 Conclusions -- Part C ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE -- Evidence for environmental change -- 7 Relevance of Quaternary palynology to geomorphology in the tropics and subtropics -- 8 Geomorphic implications of late Quaternary hydrological and climatic changes in the Northern Hemisphere tropics -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The water balance of closed lakes -- 8.3 Methods used in this study -- 8.4 Fluctuations in lake level in Africa and Arabia |
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8.5 Variations in moisture conditions in Central America -- 8.6 Geomorphic implications -- 9 Evidence from lake sediments for recent erosion rates in the highlands of Papua New Guinea -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Aims and requirements -- 9.3 Previous results -- 9.4 Erosion rates -- 9.5 Sediment sources -- 9.6 Conclusions and prospects -- 10 Evidence of Upper Pleistocene dry climates in northern South America -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Evidence of climatic change in central Amazonia -- 10.3 Climatic changes on and around the margins of Amazonia -- 10.4 Conclusion |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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11 Pleistocene aridity in tropical Africa, Australia and Asia |
Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Spencer, T
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ISBN |
9780429553646 |
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0429553641 |
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