This paper outlines some of the challenges facing geomorphology and suggests ways in which these problems may be tackled by an approach that integrates pedology and geomorphology.
Ecology ; Environment ; Fluvial processes ; Forecast;Prediction ; Geomorphology ; Hydraulic works ; Land use ; Model ; Research
After a brief history of fluvial geomorphology, the A. considers the linkages with ecology, engineering, recreation and landuse managers and environmental studies. He outlines the part of modelling and prediction.
Glacial geomorphology : modelling processes and landforms
Geomorphology : the research frontier and beyond
The first section of this paper provides a very brief overview of the main trends in Anglo-American glacial geomorphology from 1900 to the present. The A. then discusses more detail work on process modeling of glacial landform development, an area
which he considers to be one of the major research frontiers in glacial geomorphology. This provides a basis for exploring what research techniques and priorities in glacial geomorphology might be like in the twenty-first century.
Geomorphology : the research frontier and beyond―Introduction
Geomorphology : the research frontier and beyond
Concept ; Congress ; Geomorphology ; Research
Introduction aux actes du 24e colloque de géomorphologie de Binghamton, tenu le 25 août 1993, en parallèle avec le 3e congrès de l'Association Internationale des Géomorphologues, à Hamilton, Ontario, 23-28 août 1993.
Flood ; Fluvial processes ; Geochemistry ; Geomorphology ; Global change ; Human impact ; Precipitation ; Slope dynamics ; Soil erosion ; Tropical rain forest ; Tropical zone ; Weather type
It is debatable whether tropical geomorphology is intrinsically different from the geomorphology of other places. This paper primarily examines the research themes of the last ten years or so, identifies the major trends, and attempts to predict
and sedimentation in the rainforest, denudation efficiency in the humid tropics, the Quaternary evolution and changes, and the applied side of tropical geomorphology.
In the last two decades concern with global environmental change has brought the role of anthropogeomorphology into sharper focus. Global warming, if it occurs, will have important implications for many geomorphological processes and phenomena
as a result of the direct effects of warming, as a consequence of other related climatic changes (e.g. précipitation change) and as a result of climatically moderated changes in major geomorphologically significant variables (e.g. vegetation cover
Mass movement; the research frontier and beyond : a geomorphological approach
Geomorphology : the research frontier and beyond
The field discussed is mass movement but this will be limited to selected geomorphological aspects of the subject. In consequence, the treatment of soil properties and slope stability analysis is limited. The A. discusses for each subject : reality
This paper suggests that the main task of periglacial geomorphology : remains that of developing a better knowledge of existing periglacial geosystems. This includes and intensified research on a sequence of four topics : 1) on periglacial processes
Coastal geomorphology will gain future prominence as environmentally sound coastal zone management strategies, requiring scientific information, begin to supplant engineered shoreline stabilization schemes for amelioration of coastal hazards. The AA