Landscapes and Landforms of Austria
1st Edition
Published on 21. May 2022
Book
Hardback
XV, 496 pages
978-3-030-92813-1 (ISBN)
Description
This will be the first book of its kind focusing on the natural landscapes and landforms of Austria.
The book complements the rich travel literature on Austria's tourism sites focusing mainly on cultural heritage.
Colour imagery together with easy-to-read texts will help to foster stewardship of landscapes and to understand the evolution of landforms and landscapes
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Product info
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2022
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
15
353 farbige Abbildungen, 15 s/w Abbildungen
XV, 496 p. 368 illus., 353 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 285 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
1638 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-92813-1 (9783030928131)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-92815-5
Schweitzer Classification
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Christine Embleton-Hamann
Landscapes and Landforms of Austria
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Person
Christine Embleton-Hamann is a retired professor in the Department of Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna. Her main interest is in alpine environments. Within this field, she focusses on human-environment interactions with research topics like human impact on geomorphic processes, assessment of the scenic quality of landscapes, and geomorphological hazards. A second set of interest concerns the communication of geomorphological knowledge to a broader audience, in the pursuit of which objective she has written a well-received textbook on geomorphology. She is a former president of the Austrian Research Association on Geomorphology and served on the Executive Boards of the IAG and several IAG and IGU Working Groups.
Content
Part 1: Introduction to the Physical Geography of Austria1 Geological and Tectonic Setting of AustriaRalf Schuster and Kurt Stüwe2 Geomorphological Landscape Regions of AustriaGerhard K. Lieb and Christine Embleton-Hamann3 The Imprint of Quaternary Processes on the Austrian LandscapeJürgen M. Reitner4 River and Valley LandscapesGerhard K. Lieb, Wolfgang Schöner, and Christine Embleton-Hamann5 Karst Landscapes in AustriaChristian Bauer and Lukas Plan6 Geomorphic Hazards in AustriaSven Fuchs, Martin Wenk, and Margreth Keiler7 Geoheritage, Geotourism and Landscape Protection in AustriaHorst J. Ibetsberger and Christine Embleton-HamannPart 2: Geomorpic Hotspots of High Scenic Quality and/or High Scientific Interest8 Granite Tors of the Waldviertel Region in Lower AustriaPiotr Migon, Aleksandra Michniewicz, and Milena Rózycka9 Deeply Incised Valley Meanders of the Bohemian MassifRonald E. Pöppl, Reinhard Roetzel, and Doris Riedl10 Wachau World Heritage Site: A Diverse Riverine LandscapeDoris Riedl, Reinhard Roetzel, Ronald E. Pöppl, and Tobias Sprafke11 Sunken Roads and Palaeosols in Loess Areas in Lower Austria - Landform Development and Cultural ImportanceHelene Petschko, Tobias Sprafke, Robert Peticzka, and Heinz Wiesbauer12 The Danube Floodplain National Park - A Fluvial Landscape with Expiration Date?Severin Hohensinner and Ronald E. Pöppl13 Lake Neusiedl Area: A Particular Lakescape at the Boundary between Alps and Pannonian BasinErich Draganits, Michael Weißl, András Zámolyi, and Michael Doneus14 Quaternary Landforms and Sediments in the Northern Alpine Foreland of Salzburg and Upper AustriaJohannes T. Weidinger, Horst J. Ibetsberger, and Joachim Götz15 The Walgau - a Landscape Shaped by LandslidesStefan Steger, Elmar Schmaltz, Arie C. Seijmonsbergen, and Thomas Glade16 Fluvial Geomorphology and River Restoration: Tiroler Lech Nature ParkMartin Mergili and Ruginia Duffy17 The World Heritage Site Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut - a Fascinating Geomorphological Field LaboratoryJohannes T. Weidinger and Joachim Götz18 Gesäuse - River Gorge, Limestone Massifs and Sediment CascadesGerhard K. Lieb and Oliver Sass 19 The Rax Karst Massif - a Typical Plateau of the Northern Calcareous Alps?Christian Bauer and Lukas Plan20 Montafon - Geodiversity and Human ImpactSven Fuchs, Margreth Keiler, and Martin Wenk21 Giant "Bergsturz" Landscapes in the TyrolMartin Mergili and Christoph Prager22 The Upper Ötz Valley - High Mountain Landscape Diversity and Long Research TraditionThomas Geist, Clemens Geitner, and Kati Heinrich23 The Moraine at Trins and the Alpine LateglacialHanns Kerschner, Susan Ivy-Ochs, and Christian Schlüchter24 The Krimml Waterfalls in the Hohe Tauern National ParkErich Stocker25 Großglockner and Pasterze Glacier - Landscape Evolution at Austria's Highest Summit and its Neighbouring Glacier SystemGerhard K. Lieb and Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer26 Gorges and Slots - Three Examples of Geomorphosites in Western CarinthiaErich Stocker27 Rock Glaciers in the Austrian Alps - A General Overview with a Special Focus on Dösen Rock Glacier, Hohe Tauern RangeAndreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Gerhard Lieb, and Viktor Kaufmann28 The Ore of the Alps UNESCO Global Geopark (Salzburg) - Geosites and Geotourism Horst J. Ibetsberger and Hans Steyrer29 The Variability and Uniqueness of Cirque Landscapes in the Schladminger TauernChristine Embleton-Hamann and Christian Semmelrock30 The Erzberg Area: A Mining Landscape in StyriaStefan Premm and Christine Embleton-Hamann31 Dobratsch - Landslides and Karst in Austria's Southernmost Nature ParkGerhard K. Lieb and Christian Bauer32 Klagenfurt Basin - A Large Basin in the AlpsGerhard K. Lieb33 Geomorphological Evidence of Past Volcanic Activity in the Southeast of AustriaAndreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer and Ingomar Fritz