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Author:  Joseph Dipietro 

Geology and Landscape Evolution: General Principles Applied to the United States, Second Edition, is an accessible text that balances interdisciplinary theory and applications within the physical geography, geology, geomorphology and climatology of the United States. The vast diversity of terrain and landscape across the United States makes this an ideal tool for geoscientists worldwide who research the country’s geological and landscape evolution. The book provides an explanation of how landscape forms, how it evolves and why it looks the way it does. This new edition is fully updated with greater detail throughout and additional figures, maps, drawings and photographs.

Geology and Landscape Evolution: General Principles Applied to the United States 2nd Table of contents:

Part I: Keys to Understanding Landscape Evolution
Chapter 1. The Tortoise and the Hare
Abstract
How Slow Is Slow?
Maps, Cross-Sections, and Scale
Physiographic Regions and Provinces
Components, Forcing Agents, Mechanisms, and Landscape Response
Geology, Landscape, and Tectonics
Geologic Time Scale
Questions
Chapter 2. River Systems
Abstract
Divides
Mississippi River System
Atlantic Seaboard–Gulf Coast River System
St. Lawrence River System
Rio Grande–West Texas River System
Colorado River System
Columbia River System
California River System
Great Basin River System
Hudson Bay River System
Comparison of River Systems With Physiographic Provinces
Questions
Chapter 3. Component: The Rock/Sediment Type
Abstract
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
The Four Rock/Sediment Types
The Rock Cycle
Rock Hardness and Differential Erosion
Influence of Bedrock on Landscape
Karst Landscape
Distribution of Rock/Sediment Type Among the 26 Physiographic Provinces
Questions
Chapter 4. Component: The Structural Form
Abstract
Structural Form: The Style of Rock Deformation
Fault Reactivation
Brittle and Ductile Faults
Influence of Dipping Layers on Landscape
Topographic Form and Structural Form
Recognition of Active Faults
Structure-Controlled and Erosion-Controlled Landscape
Questions
Chapter 5. Forcing Agent: The Tectonic System
Abstract
The Four Forcing Agents
The Tectonic Plate
Plate Boundaries
Movement of Tectonic Plates
Rifting and Passive Continental Margins
Active Continental Margins
Tectonic Accretion
Orogeny
Unconformities
The Atlantic Passive Continental Margin
The Pacific Active Continental Margin
Thermal Plumes and Hot Spots
Questions
Chapter 6. Forcing Agent: The Climate System
Abstract
Present-Day Climate Zones
Controls on Climate
Questions
Chapter 7. Forcing Agent: Isostasy
Abstract
Tectonic versus Isostatic Uplift
Elevation of Continents and Ocean Basins
Mountain Building and Preservation
Tectonic Loads
Thermal Isostasy
Glaciers
Deposition
Erosion
Questions
Chapter 8. Forcing Agent: Sea Level Change
Abstract
Cause of Sea Level Change
Measuring Sea Level and Sea Level Changes
Sea Level Changes over the Past 100 Million Years
Oxygen Isotope Record over the Past 67 Million Years
Influence of Earth’s Orbital Parameters on Glaciation
Oxygen Isotope Record over the Past 1.8 Million Years
Sea Level over the Past 150,000 Years
Recent Temperature History
Sea Level Response to Recent Temperature History
The History of Co2 in the Atmosphere
Questions
Chapter 9. Mechanisms That Impart Change to Landscape
Abstract
Uplift and Subsidence
Erosion, Deposition, and Rivers
Present-Day Erosion Rates
Controls on Rates of Erosion
Rates of Deposition
Exhumation
Volcanism
Questions
Chapter 10. Evolution of Landscape
Abstract
Landscape Grows Old
Landscape at Topographic Steady-State
Rejuvenation
Reincarnation
Summary
Questions
Part II: Structural Provinces
Chapter 11. Structural Provinces, Rock Successions, and Tectonic Provinces
Abstract
Structural Provinces
Rock Successions
Tectonic Provinces
Distribution of Rock Successions and Tectonic Provinces
The Great Unconformity
Questions
Chapter 12. Glacial Landscape
Abstract
Effect Of Glaciation On Landscape
A Daughter Of The Snows: Glacial Landscape In The United States
The Glacial Erosion Boundary In The United States
The Glacial Erosion Boundary Across North America
Moraines
Proglacial Lakes
Lake Agassiz
Marine Incursions
Drumlin Fields
Kame–Kettle Fields
Eskers
Sand Dune Fields
Loess Deposition
Area South Of The Glacial Limit
The Teays River
The Missouri River
Pluvial Lakes Of The Cordillera
Questions
Chapter 13. Sediment and Nearly Flat-Lying Sedimentary Layers
Abstract
Landscape in Nearly Flat-Lying Layers
The Coastal Plain
The Western Margin of Nearly Flat-Lying Sedimentary Layers
The Great Plains
The Wyoming Basin
Uplift of the Wyoming Basin and Northern Great Plains
The Colorado Plateau
Sedimentary-Cored Anticlinal and Domal Mountains
Central Lowlands
Ozark Plateau
The Interior Low Plateaus
The Appalachian Plateau
Questions
Chapter 14. Crystalline-Cored Mid-Continent Anticlines and Domes
Abstract
Adirondack Mountains
St. Francois Mountains
Wichita, Arbuckle, and Llano Structural Domes
Western Margin of Crystalline-Cored Anticlines and Domes
Intrusive Domal Mountains
The Southern Rocky Mountains
Anticlinal Mountains of the Middle Rockies
Water Gaps in the Rocky Mountains
Superior Upland
Questions
Chapter 15. Foreland Fold and Thrust Belts
Abstract
Structural Form of Foreland Thrust Faults
Comparison With the Crystalline-Cored Anticlinal Structure
Cordilleran Fold and Thrust Belt
Overview: Appalachian-Ouachita Fold and Thrust Belt
Valley and Ridge Fold and Thrust Belt
Ouachita Fold and Thrust Belt
Marathon Basin Fold and Thrust Belt
Water Gaps in the Valley and Ridge and Ouachita Mountains
Questions
Chapter 16. Hinterland Deformation Belts
Abstract
Rocks Within Hinterland Deformation Belts
Appalachian Mountains
The Northern Rocky Mountains and North Cascades
The Grenville Front
Questions
Chapter 17. Young Volcanic Rocks of the Cordillera
Abstract
Magma Types and Common Volcanic Landforms
Columbia Plateau
Snake River Plain
Origin of Volcanism on the Columbia Plateau and High Lava Plains
Cordilleran Volcanic Areas 70 to 20 Million Years Old
Cordilleran Volcanic Areas Younger Than 20 Million Years
Questions
Chapter 18. Normal Fault Systems
Abstract
Structural Character and Terminology of Normal Faults
The Basin and Range
Rio Grande Rift
Rocky Mountain Basin and Range
The Teton Mountains
The Wasatch Mountains
Triassic Lowlands of the Appalachian Mountains
Questions
Chapter 19. Cascadia Volcanic Arc System
Abstract
The Juan de Fuca Plate
The Pacific Coastline
The Oregon Coast Range
Inland Valleys and the Forearc Basin
The Central-Southern Cascade Mountains
The Olympic Mountains
The Klamath Mountains
Questions
Chapter 20. California Strike-Slip System
Abstract
Landscape Associated With Strike-Slip Faults
The San Andreas Fault System
A Relict Subduction Zone Landscape
The California Coast Ranges
The Transverse Ranges and the Salton Sea
Peninsular Ranges
Sierra Nevada
The Walker Lane Belt
Example of Active Faulting in Death Valley
Questions
Chapter 21. The Grand Canyon
Abstract
The Physiographic Canyon
Active Faults and Incision Rates
Hualapai Plateau
River Morphology
The Modern Colorado River
Argument for a 6 Million-Year-Old Canyon
Argument for a 70 Million-Year-Old Canyon
Geologic History
Revised Arguments

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