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The History of the Study of Landforms - Volume 3 (Routledge Revivals) - Historical and Regional Geomorphology, 1890-1950 (Hardcover)
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The History of the Study of Landforms - Volume 3 (Routledge Revivals) - Historical and Regional Geomorphology, 1890-1950 (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals: The History of the Study of Landforms
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This volume provides a global treatment of historical and regional
geomorphic work as it developed from the end of the 19th century -
which saw the burgeoning of the eustatic theory, the concepts of
isostasy and epeirogeny, and the first complete statements of the
cycle of erosion and of polycyclic denudation chronology - to the
hiatus of World War 2. The book is subdivided into global and
Davisian influences and historical and regional geomorphology. It
sets out to describe and analyze many of the developments which
have given rise to the rich and varied subject-matter of
contemporary geomorphology. This book is the third volume in the
definitive series "The History of the Study of Landforms or the
Development of Geomorphology". Volume 1 (1964) dealt with
contributions to the field up to 1890. Volume 2 (1973) dealt with
the concepts and contributions of William Morris Davis. Volume 3
treats historical and regional themes during the "classic" period
of geomorphology, between 1890 and 1950. Volume 4, currently being
prepared, will concentrate on studies of geomorphic processes and
of quarternary geomorphology, carrying these thems on into the
second half of the 20th century, which h
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