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Introduction Terrain – the surface we see 4
Chapter 2 Degradational landforms 8
Rock type 8
Rock competence 11
Drainage texture 13
Causes of very steep slopes 13
Moderate slopes 17
Chapter 3 Igneous Rocks 18
Rocks and Structure 18
Terrain on volcanic rocks 20
Terrain on plutonic rocks 23
Terrain on hypabyssal rocks 25
Small features 26

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Landform and Terrain

The Physical Geography of Landscape

by Colin Mitchell, Patrick Mitchell

ISBN 1904623565 £  $

pages  248

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Chapter 4 Sedimentary Rocks 29
Sedimentary Plateau Landscapes 30
Tilted Sedimentary Landscapes 32
Chapter 5 Metamorphic rocks 35
Chapter 6 Siliceous sediments 38
Chapter 7 Calcareous Sediments 43
Materials and Processes 43
Mountain Areas 44
Karst 44
Detail of Rock Surfaces 47
Chalk 48
Secondary Lime Accumulations 49
Soils 50
Chapter 8 Shales and clays 51
Chapter 9 Duricrusts 54
Chapter 10 Gravity-formed deposits 58
Chapter 11 ice and glacier erosion 61
Glaciated valleys 62
Ice-sculpted plains 63
Chapter 12 Glacial deposits 65
Drift 65
Glacier deposits 65
Ice sheet deposits 66
Glaciofluvial deposits 67
Periglacial features 68
Patterned ground 69
Chapter 13 Alluvial landforms 73
Effects of confined flow 73
Effects of unconfined flow 76
Chapter 14 Mudflats 78
Chapter 15 Organic terrain 83
Chapter 16 Marine sediments 86
Wave deposition 86
Tidal Action 88
Changing Sea Levels 90
Micro-forms 91
Chapter 17 Wind-formed deposits 93
Wind Action 93
Bedform sizes and locations 93
Draa 94
Dunes 95
Small dune-like features 98
Dune Surface Detail 99
Wind-deflated Surfaces 99
Wind-abraded Surfaces 100
Chapter 18 The hand of humans 102
Artificial hills 102
Military Works 103
Agriculture 104
Mining 106
Engineering works 108
Human interference with rivers 109
Human interference with coasts 109
Changes to coastal dunes 111
Peat diggings 112
Aerial pollution 113
Index 115