Tectonic geomorphology of mountains: a new approach to paleoseismology/ (Record no. 165611)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781405154796 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1405154799 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 551.432 |
| Item number | BUL/T |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bull, William B., |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Tectonic geomorphology of mountains: a new approach to paleoseismology/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | William B. Bull. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Malden, MA: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Blackwell Pub., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 316 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions | 26 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-304) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Preface. .<br/>1 Scrunch and Stretch Bedrock Uplift<br/>1.1 Introduction. 1<br/>1.2 Pure Uplift, Stretch and Scrunch Bedrock Uplift. 3 <br/>1.2.1 Isostatic and Tectonic Uplift. .3 <br/>1.2.2 Stretch and Scrunch Tectonics. .9<br/>1.3 Landscape Responses to Regional Uplift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21<br/>2 Concepts for Studies of Rising Mountains<br/>2.1 Themes and Topics. 27<br/>2.2 The Fundamental Control of Base-Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 <br/>2.2.1 Base Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 <br/>2.2.2 Base-Level Change. 28 <br/>2.2.3 The Base Level of Erosion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 <br/>2.2.4 The Changing Level of the Sea. 33 <br/>2.2.5 Spatial Decay of the Effects of Local Base-Level Changes. 37<br/>2.3 Threshold of Critical Power in Streams. 39 <br/>2.3.1 Relative Strengths of Stream Power and Resisting Power. 41 <br/>2.3.2 Threshold-Intersection Points. 42<br/>2.4 Equilibrium in Streams. 42 <br/>2.4.1 Classification of Stream Terraces. 42 <br/>2.4.2 Feedback Mechanisms. 45 <br/>2.4.3 Dynamic and Static Equilibrium. 46<br/>2.5 Time Lags of Response. 49 <br/>2.5.1 Responses to Pulses of Uplift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 <br/>2.5.2 Perturbations that Limit Continuity of Fluvial Systems. . . . . . . .51 <br/>2.5.3 Lithologic and Climatic Controls of Relaxation Times. 54 <br/>2.5.4 Time Spans Needed to Erode Landforms. 57<br/>2.6 Tectonically-Induced Downcutting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 <br/>2.6.1 Straths, Stream-Gradient Indices, and Strath terraces. 58 <br/>2.6.2 Modulation of Stream-Terrace Formation by Climatic Changes. 65<br/>2.7 Nontectonic Base-Level Fall and Strath Terrace Formation. 66<br/>2.8 Hydraulic Coordinates. 69<br/>3 Mountain Fronts<br/>3.1 Introduction. 75<br/>3.2 Tectonically Active Escarpments. 79 <br/>3.2.1 Faceted Spur Ridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 <br/>3.2.2 Mountain-Piedmont Junctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 <br/>3.2.3 Piedmont Forelands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86<br/>3.3 Fault Segmentation of Mountain Fronts. 97 3.3.1 Different Ways to Study Active Faults. 97 <br/>3.3.2 Segmentation Concepts and Classification. 104 <br/>3.3.3 Fault-Segment Boundaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 <br/>3.3.4 Normal Fault Surface Ruptures. .107 <br/>3.3.5 Strike-Slip Fault Surface Ruptures. .114<br/>3.4 Summary . .116<br/>4 Tectonic Activity Classes of Mountain Fronts<br/>4.1 Tectonic Setting of the North America-Pacific Plate Boundary. . 117<br/>4.2 Appraisal of Regional Mountain Front Tectonic Activity . 119 <br/>4.2.1 Geomorphic Tools For Describing Relative Uplift Rates. 119 <br/>4.2.1.1 Mountain-Front Sinuosity. .122 <br/>4.2.1.2 Widths of Valleys. .124 <br/>4.2.1.3 Triangular Facets. 127 <br/>4.2.2 Diagnostic Landscape Classes of Relative Tectonic Activity. .128 <br/>4.2.3 Regional Assessments of Relative Tectonic Activity. 141 <br/>4.2.3.1 Response Time Complications and Strike-Slip Faulting. .141 <br/>4.2.3.2 Maps of Relative Uplift. .145<br/>4.3 Summary. 164<br/>5 Fault Scarps<br/>5.1 General Features. .165<br/>5.2 Scarp Morphology Changes with Time. .172 <br/>5.2.1 Changes in Scarp Height. .173 <br/>5.2.2 Decreases in Maximum Scarp Slope. .174 <br/>5.2.3 Diffusion-Equation Modeling. .175<br/>5.3 Climatic Controls of Fault-Scarp Morphology. 181<br/>5.4 Lithologic Controls of Fault-Scarp Morphology. 184 <br/>5.4.1 Fault Rupture of Different Materials. 185 <br/>5.4.2 Lithologic Controls on an 1887 Fault Scarp. .187 <br/>5.4.2.1 Geomorphic Processes . 190 <br/>5.4.2.2 Scarp Materials . .193 <br/>5.4.2.3 Scarp Morphology 194<br/>5.5 Laser Swath Digital Elevation Models. 196<br/>5.6 Dating Fault Scarps with Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclides . 201 <br/>5.6.1 Alluvium. .201 <br/>5.6.2 Bedrock. 204<br/>5.7 Summary. 207<br/>6 Analyses of Prehistoric Seismic Shaking<br/>6.1 Paleoseismology Goals. 209<br/>6.2 Earthquake-Generated Regional Rockfall Events. 212 <br/>6.2.1 New Zealand Earthquakes. 212 <br/>6.2.1.1 Tectonic Setting. .212 <br/>6.2.1.2 Background and Procedures. 215 <br/>6.2.1.3 Diagnostic Lichen-Size Peaks. .225 <br/>6.2.1.3 Tree-Ring Analyses. .227 <br/>6.2.1.5 Alpine Fault Earthquakes. .241 <br/>6.2.1.6 Recent Marlborough earthquakes . .246 <br/>6.2.2 California Earthquakes. .255 <br/>6.2.2.1 Calibration of Lichen Growth Rates. 256 <br/>6.2.2.2 Recent Cliff Collapse . 258 <br/>6.2.2.3 Rockfall Processes in Glaciated Valleys . .262 <br/>6.2.2.4 San Andreas Fault Earthquakes. .265 <br/>6.2.2.5 Lichenometry and Precise Radiocarbon Dating Methods. 270<br/>6.3 Summary. 273<br/>References Cited. 275 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Morphotectonics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Paleoseismology. |
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| Keyword | Mountains. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 551.432 BUL/T | P20538 | 21/05/2018 | 21/05/2018 | General Books |