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Mid-Latitude Slope Deposits (Cover Beds) (2nd Ed.)
Coordinators: Kleber Arno, Terhorst Birgit
Language: EnglishSubjects for Mid-Latitude Slope Deposits (Cover Beds):
360 p. · 15x22.8 cm · Hardback
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Mid-Latitude Slope Deposits (Cover Beds), Second Edition focuses on widespread deposits and discusses their properties, genesis and age in subdued mountains of Central Europe, where to date most research on the matter has been conducted. The ecological consequences of such slope deposits on soils, slope water dynamics, and slope failures are addressed. Finally, transfer of the cover-bed concept to other mid-latitude regions is attempted for the reconstruction of landscape evolution. This unique compilation, covering several decades of a facies-oriented approach to slope-deposit research delivers deep insights into the wide field of research on cover beds and encourages researchers all over the world.
This is a valuable resource for students, academics and researchers in geomorphology, quaternary sciences, pedology, hydrology, and sedimentology.
2. Subdued mountains of Central Europe
3. Cover beds with interbedded/intercalated loess-like slope deposits
4. Influence of cover beds on soils
5. Influence of cover beds on slope hydrology
6. Geotechnical properties of periglacial cover beds
7. Transferring the concept of cover beds
8. Laser granulometry of cover beds and separating process regimes by end-member modelling
9. Relative dating with cover beds
10. Provenance of cover-bed eolian matter using U-Pb dating of detrital zircons
11. Conclusions
Dr Birgit Terhorst is Professor of Physical Geography and Soil Science at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. She has held various lecturing and professorship positions in institutions in soil science and geography. Dr Terhorst conducts research on geography, natural hazards and landslides, geoinformatics (GIS), geoarcheology, soil science, and quaternary research. She has over 150 publications in international journals and is supervising numerous research projects. Her completed research projects include geophysical methods for the analysis of mass movements; gravitational mass movements in Mexico under the influence of climate change and anthropogenic use; slope stability and danger zones in northern Bavaria: a study on causes, process and risk; and monitoring procedures in active landslide areas, among many others.
- Provides a unique compilation covering several decades of slope-deposit research with a facies-oriented approach
- Covers new fields of research developed since the first edition on interbedded/intercalated loess-like slope deposits and the provenance of cover-bed eolian matter
- Addresses ecological consequences on soils, slope water dynamics and slope failures