Geology and Landforms-(Second Edition)

Author: Zuo Jian
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: This textbook is approved by the Ministry of Education as a national planning textbook for the "11th Five-Year Plan" of general higher education. It is revised based on the unified compiled textbook "Geology and Landform." Its main features are the organic integration of geology and geomorphology, with content writing striving to reflect the scientificity, popularity, and applicability of the course to meet the needs of a broad readership. Additionally, it appropriately reflects the new achievements and development directions of this discipline. The book consists of sixteen chapters, covering main content such as: the cosmic environment of the Earth, the composition of the Earth's crust, geological structures, weathering, gravitational landforms, the geological work of surface water and the landforms it forms, the geological work of groundwater and its geomorphological characteristics, the geological work of wind and its geomorphological characteristics, the geological work of glaciers and its geomorphological characteristics, the formation and characteristics of periglacial landforms, the geological work of lakes, marshes, and oceans and their geomorphological characteristics, natural tourist geoscience resources, the formation and characteristics of natural soils, the impact of vegetation on the environment, environmental geological issues, the historical background of the emergence of "Digital Earth" and its application demonstrations. This textbook can be used as a teaching material for agricultural water conservancy, water conservation, hydropower, water resources, and civil engineering majors, and can also be referenced by engineering technicians and management personnel.