Geology and Landscape Evolution

General Principles Applied to the United States
3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-443-15896-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 674 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1542 g

Geology and Landscape Evolution: General Principles Applied to the United States, Third Edition is an accessible text that balances interdisciplinary theory and applications within the physical geography, geology, geomorphology and climatology of the United States. The vast diversity of terrain and landscape across the United States makes this an ideal tool for geoscientists worldwide who research the country’s geological and landscape evolution. The book provides an explanation of how landscape forms and how it evolves. This edition is fully updated with 3 additional sections: Geologic and Tectonic Processes and Provinces; Surface Processes and Provinces; and Compressional Mountain Systems.

Rather than limiting the coverage specifically to tectonics or to the origin and evolution of rocks with little regard for the actual landscape beyond general desert, river, and glacial features, this book concentrates specifically on the origin of the landscape itself, with specific and exhaustive references and examples from across the United States. The book goes on to apply those concepts to specific examples throughout the United States, making it a valuable resource for understanding theoretical geological concepts through a practical lens.

Autoren/Hrsg.

DiPietro, Joseph A.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to Landscape Evolution

PART 1 - COMPONENTS, FORCING AGENTS, AND MECHANISMS
2. Component: Rock/Sediment Type
3. Component: Structural Form
4. Forcing Agent: The Tectonic System
5. Forcing Agent: The Climate System
6. Forcing Agent: Isostasy
7. Forcing Agent: Sea Level Change
8. Mechanisms That Impart Change to Landscape

PART II – REGIONAL LANDSCAPE, GEOLOGY, AND TECTONICS
9. Physiographic Regions and Provinces
10. River Systems
11. Glaciated Landscape
12. Tectonic Setting and Distribution of Rock
13. Rock Successions and Tectonic Provinces
14. Active Geology
15. Structural Provinces

PART III – LANDSCAPE AND GEOLOGY OF STRUCTURAL PROVINCES
16. Paths To Landscape Evolution
17. Nearly Flat-Lying Sedimentary Layers
18. Crystalline-Cored Mid-Continent Anticlines and Domes
19. Foreland Deformation Belts
20. Hinterland Deformation Belts
21. Young Volcanic Rocks of the Cordillera
22. Normal Fault Systems
23. Cascade Volcanic Arc System
24. California Strike-Slip System

PART IV – MOUNTAIN BUILDING
25. Early Theories on The Origin of Mountain Belts
26. Keys to the Interpretation of Geological History
27. Growth and Gravitational Collapse of a Convergent Orogen
28. The Appalachian Orogen

Über Autor(innen)

DiPietro, Joseph A.
Joseph A. DiPietro is Professor of Geology at the University of Southern Indiana. His research interests are in the fields of structural geology, tectonics, and metamorphism. He has been on the faculty at University of Southern Indiana since 1991 where he teaches Physical Geology, Landscapes and Geology of North America, Mineralogy, Structural Geology, and Tectonics. Most of his research has been on the tectonics of the Pakistan Himalaya where he mapped along the suture zone that separates India from Asia. He has also worked for the New York State Geological Survey mapping in the Adirondack Mountains and for the Idaho Geological Survey mapping in the Clearwater Mountains and he has conducted mapping and research in the Green Mountains of Vermont.