Weathering Systems

Arid Zone Geomorphology: Process, Form and Change in Drylands

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 83-100

  Viles, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arid environments, influencing weathering systems extreme environmental conditions, nonequilibrium conditions and diversity of environmental conditions; Conceptual diagram, major elements arid versus humid weathering systems; Earth surface processes, and weathering slow and hard to discern, and landscape development; Factors controlling arid weathering systems at different scales; Linking processes forming in arid weathering systems; Nonlinear dynamical systems (NLDSs), or nonequilibrium perspectives better framework, enabling understanding of weathering processes; Surface processes and characteristics weathering systems, a neglected part of geomorphic systems; Understanding cavernous weathering in Atacama Desert, Chile; Weathering processes operating in arid environments; Weathering systems, in arid environments with no visual appeal

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

ARID ENVIRONMENTS; ATACAMA DESERT , CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FACTORS CONTROLLING ARID WEATHERING SYSTEMS - AT DIFFERENT SCALES; LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR ELEMENTS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; SURFACE PROCESS;

WEATHERING;

EID: 84886135287     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470710777.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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