PHYSIOGRAPHY ESSENTIALS

By CHARLES RODRIGUEZ

1 GEOMORPHOLOGY: NATURE AND SCOPE 1 2 HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF GEOMORPHIC IDEAS 9 3 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS 16 4 PENEPLAIN 28 5 INTERIOR OF THE EARTH 33 6 CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY 46 7 PLATE TECTONICS 55 8 EARTHQUAKE 70 9 VOLCANISM 81 10 WEATHERING 96 11 MASS WASTING/MOVEMENTS 108 12 FLUVIAL LANDFORMS 116 13 AEOLIAN PROCESSES AND RESULTING LANDFORM 130 14 GLACIAL PROCESSES AND RESULTING LANDFORM 142 15 KARST PROCESSES AND RESULTING LANDFORMS 154 16 APPLIED GEOMORPHOLOGY 163