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Mountain environments : an examination of the physical geography of mountains

John Gerrard (Author)
Print Book, English, 1990
First MIT Press edition View all formats and editions
MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990
vii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780262071284, 0262071282
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The nature and distinctiveness of mountains
Mountain geoecology
Weathering and mass movement
Mountain hydrology and river processes
Slope form and evolution
Glaciation of mountains
Volcanoes as mountains
Mountains under pressure: applied physical geography
Integration of spatial and temporal mountain systems
the uncertainty dilemma