Landforms are the mesoscale topographic features that define a regional landscape. Climate and plate tectonics ultimately determine the system of processes—plate tectonic...

Marine provinces are specific geographic areas of the ocean delineated by common landform (i.e., coastal geology and position of the continental shelf) and water conditions (i.e., temperature, currents, wind patterns, and salinity). In addition,...

A landform comprises a geomorphological unit, and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape, as part of the terrain, and as such, is typically an element of topography. Landforms are categorised by features such as elevation,...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Abstract. Profiling landforms actively involves students in measuring the topography of landforms such as beaches, hillsides, and stream embankments. In this activity, the author describes how to set up an inquiry situation in which students can ask questions, seek answers,...

Cliff Ollier and Colin Pain. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, 1996, 316 pp. 65.00 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0 471 961 21 3 This is a broad-ranging book which aims to establish a basis for the integrated study of regolith. Of the 17...