Encyclopedia of Geomorphology Andrew Goudie (Ed.)

Date: 9 May 2004

Goudie, A. (Ed.), 2004. Encyclopedia of Geomorphology. Routledge. pp. 1156.
Edition 2 Volume Set. 94 figures, 65 plates and 26 tables. ISBN: 041527298X.

Foreword Geomorphology, the discipline which analyzes the history and nature of the earth's surface, deals with the landforms produced by erosion, weathering, deposition, transport and tectonic processes. In recent decades there have been major developments in the discipline and these are reflected in this major Encyclopedia, the first such reference work in the field to be published for thirty-five years. Encyclopedia of Geomorphology has been produced in association with the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) and has a truly global perspective. The entries have been written by an international editorial team of contributors, drawn from over thirty countries, who are all among the leading experts in the discipline. In two lavishly illustrated volumes, Encyclopedia contains nearly 700 alphabetically organized entries to provide a comprehensive guide both to specific landforms and to the major types of geomorphological processes that create them. The Encyclopedia also demonstrates the major developments that have taken place in recent years in our knowledge of tectonic and climatic changes and in the use of new techniques such as modelling, remote sensing and process measurement. Older concepts, however, are not forgotten and provide an historical perspective on the development of ideas. Both accessible and authoritative, Encyclopedia of Geomorphology is destined to become the definitive resource for students, researchers and applied practitioners in the field of geomorphology and the cognate disciplines of geography, earth science, sedimentology and environmental science. Mario Panizza Editor-in-Chief A.S. Goudie, University of Oxford, UK Andrew Goudie is Professor of Geography in the University of Oxford, and a former Chairman of the British Geomorphological Research Group. He is the Vice-President of the International Association of Geomorphologists. Assistant Editor Jan Burke Consultant Editors Richard Dikau, University of Bonn, Germany Basil Gomez, Indiana State University, USA Piotr Migon, University of Wroclaw, Poland Olav Slaymaker, University of British Columbia, Canada Alan Trenhaile, University of Windsor, Canada Paul Williams, University of Auckland, New Zealand Buy Encyclopedia of Geomorphology online

Entries Abrasion; Accretion; Active and capable fault; Active layer; Active margins; Actualism; Adhesion; Aeolation; Aeolian geomorphology; Aeolian processes; Aeolian sand transport; Aeolianite; Aggradation; Alas; Aligned drainage; Allometry; Alluvial fans; Alluvium; Amphitheatres; Anabranching and anastomosing rivers; Anthropogeomorphology; Antidune; Applied geomorphology; Arches, natural; Arête; Armoured mud balls; Armouring; Arroyo; Aspect and geomorphology; Astroblemes; Asymmetric valleys; Atoll; Avalanche boulder tongue; Avalanches, snow; Avulsion; Badlands; Bajada; Bank erosion; Bankfull discharge; Bar, coastal; Bar, river; Barchan; Barriers and barrier islands; Base level; Beach; Beach cusp; Beach nourishment; Beach ridge; Beach rock; Beach sediment transport; Beach-dune interactions; Bedforms; Bedload; Bedrock channels; Beheaded valley; Bergschrund; Biogeomorphology; Biokarst; Blind valley; Blockfields and blockstreams; Blowholes; Blue holes; Bolson; Boring organisms; Bornhardt; Boulder pavements; Boundary layer; Bounding surfaces; Bowen's reaction series; Box valley; Braided rivers; Brousse tigrée; Bruun rule; Bubnoff unit; Buried valley; Butte; Calanque; Calcrete; Caldera; Caliche (sodium nitrate); Calving glaciers; Cambering and valley bulging; Canyon; Cap-rock; Case-hardening; Cataclasis; Cataclinal; Catastrophism; Catena; Cavernous weathering; Caves; Cavitation; Cays; Cenote; Channelization; Channels, alluvial; Chaos theory; Chelation and cheluviation; Chemical denudation; Chemical weathering; Chenier ridge; Chronosequence; Cirques, glacial; Clay-with-flints; Cliffs, coastal; Climatic geomorphology; Climato-genetic geomorphology; Coastal classification; Coastal dunes; Coastal geomorphology; Cohesion; Colluvium; Comminution; Compaction of soils; Complex response; Complexity in geomorphology; Computational fluid dynamics; Conchoidal fracture; Confluence, channel & river junctions; Continental shelf; Contributing areas; Coral reef; Corniches; Corrosion; Cosmogenic dating; Coulee; Coversand; Crater; Craton; Cross-profile, valley; Crustal deformation; Crusting of soils; Cryoplanation; Cryostatic pressure; Cryptokarst; Cryptovolcano; Cuesta; Currents; Cuspate foreland; Cut-and-fill; Cycle of erosion; Cyclic time; Cymatogeny; Dambo; Dams; Dating methods; Daya; Debris flow; Debris torrents; Decollement; Deep weathering; Deep-seated gravitational slope deformations; Deflation; Deglaciation and deglacierization; Dells; Demoiselle; Dendrochronology and dendrogeomorphology; Denudation; Denudation chronology; Desert geomorphology; Desert varnish; Desertification; Desiccation cracks and polygons; Dewpond; Diagenesis; Diamictite; Diapir; Diastrophism; Diatreme; Digital elevation model; Diluvialism; Dissolution; Divergent erosion; Doline; Donga; Downstream fining; Draa; Drainage basins; Drainage density; Drainage patterns; Drapes, silt and mud; Drumlin; Dry valley; Dune mobility; Dunes - snow; Dunes, aeolian; Duricrust; Dust storm; Dye tracing; Dyke (dike) swarms; Dynamic equilibrium; Dynamic geomorphology; Effective stress; El niño effects; Eluvium and eluviation; Endokarst; Engineering geomorphology; Environmental geomorphology; Epeirogeny; Epikarst; Equifinality; Equilibrium line of glaciers; Equilibrium shoreline; Equilibrium slopes; Ergodic hypothesis; Erodibility; Erosion; Erosivity; Erratic; Escarpment; Esker; Estuary ; Etching, etchplains and etchplanation; Eustasy; Evorsion; Exfoliation; Exhumed landforms; Expansive soils; Experimental geomorphology; Extraterrestrial geomorphology; Fabric analysis; Factor of safety; Failure; Fall-line; Fanglomerate; Faults and fault landforms; Faults and fault scarps; Fech fech; Ferralitization; Ferricrete; Fire; First order streams; Fission track analysis; Fjord; Flash flood; Flat iron; Floodout; Floodplain; Floods; Flow regulation systems; Flow visualization; Fluidization; Fluvial armour; Fluvial dunes; Fluvial erosion quantification; Fluvial geomorphology; Folds; Force and resistance concept; Forest geomorphology; Formative events; Fractals; Fragipan; Freeze-thaw cycle; Fringing reef; Frost and frost weathering; Frost heave; Gendarmes; Geocryology; Geodiversity; Geoindicators; Geomorphic evolution; Geomorphological hazards; Geomorphological mapping; Geomorphology; Geomorphometry; Geosites; Gilgai; Gis; Glacial deposition; Glacial erosion; Glacial isostasy; Glacial protectionism; Glacial theory; Glaciers; Glacilacustrine; Glacimarine; Glacioaeolian features; Glaciodeltaic; Glaciofluvial; Glaciopressure; Glaciotectonics; Glacis d'érosion; Glacitectonic cavities; Glint; Global geomorphology; Global warming; Goldich weathering series; Gorges and ravines; Gps; Grade concept; Graded time; Granite geomorphology; Granular disintegration; Gravel-bed rivers; Grèzes litées; Ground water; Groynes; Grus; Gully; Guyot; Gypcrete; Gypsum karst; Haldenhang; Hamada; Hanging valley; Headward erosion; High-energy window; Hillslope hollow; Hillslope-channel coupling; Hillslopes - forms; Hillslopes - processes; Hogback; Holocene geomorphology; Honeycomb weathering; Hoodoo; Horst; Horton's laws; Hummocks; Hydration; Hydraulic geometry; Hydro-compaction; Hydro-laccolith; Hydrological geomorphology; Hydrolysis; Hydrophobic soil (water repellency); Hyperconcentrated flow; Hypsometric analysis; Ice; Ice ages; Ice sheets; Ice stagnation topography; Ice streams; Ice wedges and related structures Icebergs; Ice-dams, glacier-dams; Icing; Illuviation; Imbrication; Inheritance; Initiation of motion; Inland deltas; Inselberg; Insolation weathering; Integrated coastal management; Interdunes; Interfluves; Intermontane basin; Inverted relief; Island arcs; Isostasy; Jointing; Kame; Kaolinisation; Karren; Karst; Kettles and kettle holes; Knickpoints; Lagoons, coastal; Lahars; Lakes; Land systems; Landscape sensitivity; Landslide dams; Landslides; Large woody debris; Lava landforms; Laws, geomorphological; Leaching; Least action principle; Levee; Lichenometry; Lidar; Liesegang rings; Limestone pavement; Lineations; Liquefaction; Lithalsa; Lithification; Loess; Log spiral beach; Long-profiles, river; Longshore (littoral) drift; Lunette; Magnitude-frequency concept; Managed retreat; Mangrove swamp; Mantle plumes; Mass movements; Massive balance of glaciers; Mathematics; Maximum flow efficiency; Meandering; Mechanical weathering; Mechanics of geological materials; Megafan; Megageomorphology; Mekgacha; Meltwater and meltwater channels; Mesa; Method of slices; Micro-atolls; Micro-erosion meter; Micromorphology; Military geomorphology; Mima mound; Mineral magnetics in geomorphology; Mining impacts on rivers; Mires; Mobile bed; Models; Moraines; Morphogenetic regions; Morphometric properties; Morphotectonics; Moulin; Mound spring; Mountain geomorphology; Mud flats and muddy coasts; Mud volcano; Mudlump; Natural bridge; Nebkha; Needle-ice; Neocatastrophism; Neoglaciation; Neotectonics; Nivation; Niveo-aeolian activity; Non-linear dynamics; Notch, coastal; Nueés ardentes; Nunatak; Organic weathering; Oriented lakes; Orogenesis; Outburst floods; Overconsolidated clays; Overflow channel; Overland flow; Overwashing; Oxbows; Oxidation; Oyster reef; Palaeo-channels; Palaeoclimate; Palaeofloods; Palaeohydrology; Palaeokarst and relict karst; Palaeosol; Pali ridge; Palsa; Pan; Paraglacial; Paralic; Parna; Passive margins; Paternoster lake; Patterned ground; Peat erosion; Pedestal rock; Pediment; Peneplain; Periglacial geomorphology; Permafrost; Physical integrity of rivers; Physiography; Piezometric; Pingo; Pinning point; Pipes and piping; Planation surface; Plate tectonics; Ploughing blocks and boulders; Pluvial lakes; Point bar; Polje; Pools and riffles; Pore-water pressure; Postglacial transgression; Pot-hole; Pressure melting point; Pressure release; Prior streams; Proglacial landforms; Protalus rampart; Pseudokarst; Pull-apart and piggy-back basins; Punctuated aggradation; Pyroclastic flow deposits; Quick flow; Quickclay; Quicksand; Raindrop impact, splash and wash; Rainfall simulation; Raised beach; Ramps; Rapids; Rasas and constructed rasas; Rates of operation; Reduction; Reef; Regelation; Regolith; Reidal shear; Rejuvenation; Relaxation time; Relief; Relief generations; Remote sensing in geomorphology; Repose, angle of; Residual strength; Reynolds number; Ria; Richter denudation slope; Ridge and runnel topography; Rift valleys and rifting Rills; Rind, weathering; Ring complex or structure; Rip current; Riparian geomorphology; Ripples; River capture; River continuum; River deltas; River plume; River restoration; Roche moutonnêe; Rock and earth pinacles and pillars; Rock coatings; Rock control; Rock glacier; Rock mass strength; Rockfall; Rockpool; Rocky desertification; Roughness; Ruggedness; Runoff generation; Sabkha (sebkha); Sackung; Salcrete; Salt heave or haloturbation; Salt karst; Salt weathering; Saltation; Saltmarshes; Salt-related landforms; Sand ramp; Sand sea and dunefield; Sand-bed river; Sandsheet; Sandstone geomorphology; Saprolite; Sastrugi; Scabland; Scanning electron microscopy; Schmidt hammer; Scree; Seafloor spreading; Sea-level; Sediment budgets; Sediment cell; Sediment delivery ratio; Sediment load and yield; Sediment rating curve; Sediment routing; Sediment wave; Sedimentation; Seismotectonic geomorphology; Self-organized criticality; Sensitive clays; Serpulid reef; Shear and shear surface; Sheet erosion, sheet flow, sheet wash; Sheeting; Shields; Shingle coasts; Shore platform; Sichelwannen; Silcrete; Singing sands; Sinuosity; Skerries; Slaking; Slickenside; Slope stability; Slopes, evolution; Slopewash; Slushflow; Soil conservation; Soil creep; Soil erosion; Soil geomorphology; Solifluction (solifluxion); Solubility; Solute loads and rating curves; Spalling; Speleothems; Spheroidal weathering; Spits; Spring, springhead; Stack; Step-pool systems; Steric effect; Stone pavement; Stoneline; Storm surge; Strandflat; Stream ordering; Stream power; Stream restoration; Striations; Stromatolite (stromatoliths); Structural landforms; Sturzstrom; Subaerial; Subcutaneous flow; Subglacial geomorphology; Submarine landslide geomorphology; Submarine valley; Submerged forest; Subsidence; Suffosion; Sulas; Sulphation; Supraglacial; Surging glaciers; Suspended load; Syngenetic karst; Systems in geomorphology; Tafoni; Talsand; Talus; Taluvium; Tectonic activity indices; Tectonic geomorphology; Termites and termitaria; Terrace, river; Terracette; Terrain evaluation; Thermokarst; Threshold, geomorphic; Tidal creeks; Tidal deltas; Tombolo; Tor; Toreva blocks; Tracers; Transgression; Tree fall; Trimlines, glacial; Tropical geomorphology; Trottoir; Tsunamis; Tufa and travertine; Tunnel erosion; Tunnel valley; Turbidity current; Turf, exfoliation; Turlough; Underfit stream; Undrained loading; Unequal slopes, law of; Uniclinal shifting; Uniformitarianism; Universal soil loss equation; Unloading; Uranium-thorium/helium analysis; Urban geomorphology; Urstromtäler; Valley meanders; Valleys; Vasques; Ventifact; Vermetid reefs and boilers; Visors, plinths and gutters; Volcanic karst; Volcano; Wadi; Waterfall; Water-layer weathering; Watershed; Waves; Weathering; Weathering and climate change; Weathering front; Weathering limited and transport limited; Weathering pits; Wetting and drying weathering; Wilson cycle; Wind erosion; Wind tunnels in geomorphology; Yardang; Yazoo; Zoogeomorphology

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