Landscapes and Landforms of Western Canada
This is the only book to focus on the geomorphological landscapes of Canada West. It outlines the little-appreciated diversity of Canada's landscapes, and the nature of the geomorphological landscape, which deserves wider publicity. Three of the most important geomorphological facts related to Canada are that 90% of its total area emerged from ice-sheet cover relatively recently, from a geological perspective; permafrost underlies 50% of its landmass and the country enjoys the benefits of having three oceans as its borders: the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Canada West is a land of extreme contrasts - from the rugged Cordillera to the…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-319-83089-6
- EAN: 9783319830896
- Produktnummer: 31954308
- Verlag: Springer Nature EN
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 435 S.
- Masse: H27.9 cm x B21.0 cm 1'584 g
- Auflage: Nachdr.
- Abbildungen: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, farbige Illustrationen, Tabellen, farbig
- Gewicht: 1584
- Sonstiges: Research
Über den Autor
Olav Slaymaker Member of the Order of Canada, is a professor emeritus of geography in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.His 20+ co-authored and edited monographs and 160+ refereed papers reflect three distinct styles of work. First, he has pursued original field research for 40 years on sediment systems in the Canadian Cordillera and the European Alps, strongly supported and enhanced by his stellar doctoral and postdoctoral students and internationalcolleagues. Second, he has produced papers and books summarizing trends in land use and environmental change in mountain regions. Third, he has edited monographs with invited international contributions on major environmental and geomorphological themes. He is a former President of the Canadian Association of Geographers and a former President of the International Association of Geomorphologists.
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