This book provides a detailed coverage of the landforms of
Planet Earth and the processes that shaped them. The study of these
morphologies, some of which formed during past geological periods
under environmental conditions very different from those of today,
makes it possible to reconstruct the evolution of relief and to
infer environmental changes that have involved geological media,
the climate, or human activity.
A major advance of Geomorphology in recent decades is the
development of techniques that make it possible to quantify
morphogenetic processes and rates at which forms change under
different environmental conditions. The development of
Geochronology, or absolute dating methods, is helping us correct
the limitations of relative dating that have prevailed in
Geomorphology for many years. The ability to assign numerical ages
to both landforms and deposits opens up multiple possibilities for
reconstructing the evolution of relief, making correlations,
calculating rates, and estimating recurrence periods.
A theme of major concern facing people today is the possible
warming of the planet due to the release of greenhouse gases into
the environment. Investigations conducted by the scientific
community show that this temperature increase is at least partially
anthropogenic. Given this more-than-probable cause and effect
relationship, the most sensible and prudent path is to design and
apply mitigation measures to alleviate this heating that can
negatively affect both the natural environment and human society.
The information that Geomorphology can provide on the recent past
(Historical Geomorphology) may be very useful in making predictions
on the activity of these potentially dangerous processes in the
future and on the possible effects of environmental changes.
The aim of this book is to provide a general vision of the
multiple aspects of Geomorphology and to provide a methodological
foundation to approach the study of various branches of
geomorphology. To this end, the book contains a basic bibliography
that can be used for future research. In addition, applied aspects
of Geomorphology are covered at the end of each chapter to provide
knowledge of the activities of geomorphologists in the professional
world.
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