Landforms of High Mountains

• Main Authors: Stahr, Alexander (Author), Langenscheidt, Ewald (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Geography.; Physical geography.; Geomorphology.; Landscape ecology.; Physical Geography.; Landscape Ecology.

This image atlas and reference book is written in simple language that can be understood by a broad audience. The work comprehensively explains the geomorphological forms of high mountains using many examples like glacial erosion forms and deposits such as moraines and gravel terraces, which are ill...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Landforms Determined by Tectonics
• Volcanoes
• Weathering and Erosion Form High Mountains
• Landscapes Caused by Geological Structure and Rock Features
• Shaping of High Mountains by Snow
• Glaciers
• Glaciers Form the Landscape
• Meltwater and Landscape
• Water and High Mountains
• How Man Shapes the High Mountains.