The integration of classic field-gathered data with new computer
models has allowed many new advances in geomorphology, which the
31st Binghamton Millennium Symposium 2000 presents in this latest
of the well-known Binghamton book series, the "Integration of
Computer Modeling and Field Observations in Geomorphology."
Conceptual models have been most commonly inferred from analyses of
topography and investigator perspectives derived from fieldwork.
The main stumbling blocks to understanding surface
processes, their interactions, temporal changes, and resulting
landforms are the difficulty of observation, geological timescales
involved, spatial-scale dependencies, and the inability to
attribute differences to either process or age. Physically based
computer models have thus become essential tools, primarily because
of their ability to explore spatial and temporal trends and to
determine the sensitivity of physical inputs to change without the
difficulties of identification and generalization associated with
the complexity of field studies. Thus, the combination of both
methods, or the integration of field methods with computer modeling
become a very powerful mechanism for robust understanding.
This new book presents topics on fluvial processes of overland and
channelized flow in arid, humid, and periglacial areas of high and
low relief, as well as work on interlinked biogeographic and
geomorphic fluctuations in alpine terrain, and ground penetrating
radar of coastal geomorphology. Issues of long-term
evolution of drainage networks are addressed in natural systems, as
well as stream-table environments, and terrain analyses
characterize surficial and subsurface geomorphic features by using
GIS and remote sensing. Botanical and biogeomorphologic controls of
landforms are assessed, along with issues
of scientific visualization, cartographic representation, DEMs,
spatial analyses, and scale dependencies.
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