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On growth and form in geomorphology

Special Issue: Geomorphic processes/landscape evolution

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

SPEDDING, N.
Dept. of Geography, University, Aberdeen, Royaume-Uni


Description :
Standard histories of geomorphology tend to identify a basic conflict between 2 extremes: 1) timebound, desriptive regional studies of landscape evolution; and 2) timeless analysis of process mechanics. The A. argues that we need to ask a new type of question in a new way: one which gives priority to organizational/compositional relationships rather than to detailed process studies, within the revived context of space-time dynamics. Such a framework suggests a return to conceptual, qualitative methods of research.


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
Symposium British Geomorphological Research Group (BGRG), Glasgow, Royaume-Uni, 1996-01-04, Earth surface processes and landforms, issn : 0197-9337, 1997, vol. 22, n°. 3, p. 261-265, Références bibliographiques : 13 ref.

Date :
1997

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Chichester, Wiley

Langue :
Anglais
Droits :
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