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Geomorphological Fieldwork,

Edition 1

Mary J Thornbush, Casey D. Allen and Faith A. Fitzpatrick

Publication Date: 02 Dec 2014

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Geomorphological Fieldwork addresses a topic that always remains popular within the geosciences and environmental science. More specifically, the volume conveys a growing legacy of field-based learning for young geomorphologists that can be used as a student book for field-based university courses and postgraduate research requiring fieldwork or field schools. The editors have much experience of field-based learning within geomorphology and extend this to physical geography. The topics covered are relevant to basic geomorphology as well as applied approaches in environmental and cultural geomorphology. The book integrates a physical-human approach to geography, but focuses on physical geography and geomorphology from an integrated field-based geoscience perspective.

Key Features

Addresses fluvial and karst landscapes in depth
Focuses on field-based learning as well as educational geomorphology
Conveys experiential knowledge in international contexts

About the author

Mary J Thornbush, Oriel College, University of Oxford, UK; Casey D. Allen, Lecturer in Environmental/Earth Science, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados and Faith A. Fitzpatrick, U.S. Geological Survey, USA

1. Introduction, Mary J. Thornbush, Casey D. Allen, and Faith A. Fitzpatrick
2. Why Fieldwork? Casey D. Allen
3. Getting into the Field, Mary J. Thornbush, Casey D. Allen, and Faith A. Fitzpatrick
3.1 Preparing for Fieldwork, Michael J. Day
3.2 Field Safety: Principles, Practice, Culture, Sam Alpay and Roger C. Paulen
4. Teaching Geomorphology in the Field, Mary J. Thornbush, Casey D. Allen, and Faith A. Fitzpatrick
4.1 Students’ Learning Styles, Miguel Gomez-Heras and Stephen McCabe
4.2 Fieldwork Going Digital, Ian Fuller and Derek France
4.3 Field-based Learning in Undergraduate Geomorphology Courses, Mary J. Thornbush
5. Field Methodologies, Mary J. Thornbush, Casey D. Allen and Faith A. Fitzpatrick
5.1 Fieldwork Protocols for Soil Geomorphology, Wolfgang Fister, Philip Greenwood, and Nikolaus J. Kuhn
5.2 Methods in Fluvial Geomorphology, Faith A. Fitzpatrick
5.3 Reading the Landscape in Field-based Geomorphology, Gary Brierley and Kirstie Fryirs
6. Conclusion, Mary J. Thornbush, Casey D. Allen, and Faith A. Fitzpatrick

ISBN: 9780444634023

Page Count: 286

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Undergraduate and postgraduate students to researchers in geomorphology and environmental studies