Badlands Dynamics in a Context of Global Change

Badlands Dynamics in the Context of Global Change presents the newest ideas concerning badland formation and relates them to the larger context of global change. The book provides an overview of badland landforms and covers a variety of interdisciplinary topics, such as runoff generation, erosion processes and rates, the potential for modeling badland systems, and emerging technologies in research. It is an ideal resource for geomorphologists, physical geographers and soil scientists interested in this terrain and how it relates to land degradation in other environments. Provides a global understanding of the complex dynamics of badlands through geology, geomorphology and soil scienceCovers critical material properties for badlands development based on current knowledge and new dataIncludes vegetation dynamics in different badlands systems and their relationship with geomorphology dynamics INDICE: 1. Badlands in a context of global change 2. The Origin of badlands 3. The role of lithology and soils: lithology controls to badland 4. Vegetation in badlands 5. Runoff generation in badlands 6. The role of piping in the development of badlands 7. Erosion processes and erosion rates 8. Modelling badland systems 9. Emerging technologies in badland studies 10. Human impact on badlands

• ISBN: 978-0-12-813054-4
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés