TY - BOOK AU - Gutierrez, Mateo TI - Climatic geomorphology SN - 9780444517944 U1 - 551.41 PY - 2005/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Elsevier KW - Climatic geomorphology N1 - Climatic geomorphology -- Glaciers -- Glacial erosion -- Glacial transport and sedimentation -- Fluvioglacial erosion and sedimentation -- Geomorphology applied to glacial regions -- Geomorphology of periglacial -- The periglacial environment -- Periglacial landforms -- Some aspects on applied geomorphology in periglacial regions -- The arid zones -- Weathering processes and resulting forms -- Desert surfaces : pavements, patterned ground, varnishes and crusts -- The action of water in arid regions -- Slopes in arid zones -- The arid region piedmonts : glacis and alluvial fans -- Desert lakes : playa lakes and sebkhas -- Aeolian processes and erosive landforms -- Aeolian accumulations -- Applied geomorphology and arid regions -- The humid tropics : weathering and laterites -- Tropical landforms -- Applied geomorphology in tropical regions -- Environmental change -- Climate change in glacial and periglacial regions -- Climate change in arid and tropical humid regions ER -