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History of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology - Special Publication no 301
Author: R. H. Grapes, D. R. Oldroyd, A. Grigelis | Size: 13.8 MB | Format: PDF | Quality: Original preprint | Publisher: Geological Society of London | Year: 2008 | pages: 344 | ISBN: 1862392552
This book deals with various interesting aspects of the histories of geomorphology and Quaternary geology in different parts of the world. The papers cover a range of topics: the origin of the term 'Quaternary', histories of ideas and debates relating to aspects of fluvial geomorphology (USA and Australia), glacial geomorphology and glaciation (Northern Europe, the Baltic countries, Russia, Iceland, and New Zealand), desert dunes and the geology of Australia, peneplains in China, a palaeo-Tokyo Bay in Japan, together with biographies of Charles Cotton (New Zealand), Valerija Cepulyte (Lithuania) and Ceslovas Pakuckas (Lithuania and Poland) that highlight their respective contributions to the disciplines of geomorphology and Quaternary geology. There is an autobiographical contribution from E. E. Milanovsky (Russia) on his work in Siberia, the Caucasus and Iceland, illustrated by his sketches made in the field.
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Shadab
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Shadab
"Dream till you Live, Chase till you Die"