Geomorphology: A Canadian Perspective

With more Canadian content than any competing text, Geomorphology: A Canadian Perspective 4/e is the essential text for undergraduate Geography and Earth Sciences students. Relevant to students in both introductory and upper-level courses, this comprehensive text provides outstanding coverage of the scientific study of landforms, landscapes, and Earth-surface processes. The fourth edition of this respected text presents a two-pronged analytical study of geomorphologyfocusing on both process and historyand engages student readers in a straightforward discussion of the material. The first chapters introduce readers to the basic theories, methodologies, physical processes, and landforms of geomorphology. The book moves on to a detailed examination of glacial, fluvial, coastal, and aeolian processes and landforms as well as chapters on karst and periglaciation. The book concludes with a newly updated chapter exploring environmental geomorphology and the important relationship between climate change and the study of landforms, landscapes, and Earth-surface processes. Throughout the text, particular attention is given to the methodological history of geomorphology and the unique physical landscape of Canada, making this text relevant and engaging for Canadian students of geomorphology.