both present-day patterns as wellas the environmental changes decipherable in the geological record.The book is divided into two parts. The first deals with theglobal-scale aspects of the earth's surface system. The second partfocuses on the physical underpinnings for fluid and sedimenttransport in a number of settings, found at the earth's surface andin its oceans. Earth Surface Processes fits into the literature of thebroad holistic discipline of 'Earth System Science.' The authorillustrates the physical principles of earth's surface processesand explains the relevant theories by quantitative practicalexercises.The pioneering textbook on the "new sedimentology"One of the first textbooks to adopt the Earth Systems approachto geology, developed at Penn State and StanfordShould reinvigorate more traditional courses in physicalsedimentology and dynamical sedimentologySuccessfully marries the innovative holistic approach to EarthSystems with the traditional reductionist approach to sedimentaryprocessesExplains both the global-scale Earth Surface System and thefluid dynamics and sedimentary transport processes that underliethisQuantitative approach is reinforced with worked examples andsolutionsRichly illustrated with original diagrams and a colour platesection

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