Résumé :
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Landscapes and Geomorphology: A Very Short Introduction presents an introduction to landscapes and the methods and techniques used to study it. Examining what landscapes are, and how we use a range of ideas and techniques to study them, it is demonstrated how geomorphologists have built on methods pioneered by 19th-century scientists. Using examples from around the world, key controls on landscapes today, such as tectonics, climate, humans, and the living world, are explored. Concluding with the cultural importance of landscapes, and how this has led to the conservation of much 'earth heritage', this VSI looks at how we can predict the response of landscapes to climate change in the future.
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