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23%OFFRobert W. Young - Sandstone Landforms - 9780521877336 - V9780521877336
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Sandstone Landforms

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Description for Sandstone Landforms hardcover. Describes the wide variety of landforms found in sandstone for researchers and graduate students. Num Pages: 314 pages, 116 b/w illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: RBGD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 182 x 254 x 20. Weight in Grams: 778.
Sandstones form the backdrop to some of the world's most spectacular scenery, and are found all over the planet and in all climates. Following on from the authors' successful 1992 book, this is the only volume that considers sandstone landforms from a truly global perspective. It describes the wide variety of landforms that are found in sandstone, and discusses the role of lithological variation, chemical weathering and erosional processes in creating these features, with examples drawn from around the world. Climatic and tectonic constraints on the development of sandstone landscapes are also considered. This volume provides a comprehensive assessment of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521877336
SKU
V9780521877336
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About Robert W. Young
Robert W. Young received a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney in 1975, and has been based for over twenty years at the Earth and Environmental Sciences department at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Robert A. L. Wray received a Ph.D. from the University of Wollongong in 1996, and is an Honorary Fellow at the Earth and Environmental Sciences department ... Read more

Reviews for Sandstone Landforms
Review of previous book: 'The authors are to be congratulated on producing not only an authoritative yet succinct guide to existing literature but also a frank analysis of the directions that future research needs to take. Readers are offered a heady cocktail of challenging ideas to explore and incorporate into their own geomorphological studies. This is a book that will ... Read more

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