Research in landscape evolution over millions to tens of millions of years slowed
considerably in the mid‐20th century, when Davisian and other approaches to …

Deserts are among the harshest environments on Earth. The multiple ages of different
deserts and their global distribution provide a unique opportunity to study repeated …

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive and state-of-the-art introduction to the novel
and fast-evolving topic of in-situ produced cosmogenic nuclides. It presents an accessible …

The west slope of the central Andes exhibits a pronounced rainshadow effect. Precipitation
between 15 and 27 S is dominated by summer convective activity from Amazonia, and data …

The age of onset of hyperaridity in the Atacama Desert, Chile, which is needed to validate
geological and climatological concepts, has been heretofore uncertain. Measurement of …

Intensification of agriculture leads to stress on the environment and subsequently can have
strong societal and ecological impacts. In deserts, areas of very high sensitivity to land-use …

Outcrops of granitic rocks cover a large proportion of the Earth's surface and host a range of
spectacular landforms and landscapes, from extensive plains dotted by inselbergs to deeply …

Sediment in coastal N amibia to southern Angola is supplied dominantly from the Orange
River with minor additional fluvial input and negligible modifications by chemical processes …

This is the first-ever regional study of the geomorphology of the world's deserts,
demonstrating why different deserts have special landscape features and land-forming …

To date, research on neotectonics and related continental topography development has
mostly focused on active plate boundaries characterized by generally high deformation …