Earth Surface Processes

Earth Surface Processes is an introductory text for thosestudying the dynamics of fluid and sediment transport in theenvironments, in the context of both present-day patterns as wellas the environmental changes decipherable in the geological record.The book is divided into two parts. The first deals with theglobal-scale aspects of the earth's surface system. The second partfocuses on the physical underpinnings for fluid and sedimenttransport in a number of settings, found at the earth's surface andin its oceans. Earth Surface Processes fits into the literature of thebroad holistic discipline of 'Earth System Science.' The authorillustrates the physical principles of earth's surface processesand explains the relevant theories by quantitative practicalexercises. * The pioneering textbook on the "new sedimentology" * One of the first textbooks to adopt the Earth Systems approachto geology, developed at Penn State and Stanford * Should reinvigorate more traditional courses in physicalsedimentology and dynamical sedimentology * Successfully marries the innovative holistic approach to EarthSystems with the traditional reductionist approach to sedimentaryprocesses * Explains both the global-scale Earth Surface System and thefluid dynamics and sedimentary transport processes that underliethis * Quantitative approach is reinforced with worked examples andsolutions * Richly illustrated with original diagrams and a colour platesection