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Phillips Jonathan D. (Professor Of Earth Surface Systems And University Research Professor Department Of Geography University Of Kentucky Usa)
Phillips Jonathan D. (Professor Of Earth Surface Systems And University Research Professor Department Of Geography University Of Kentucky Usa) - Landscape Evolution Landforms Ecosystems And Soils - Paperback
Phillips Jonathan D. (Professor Of Earth Surface Systems And University Research Professor Department Of Geography University Of Kentucky Usa) - Landscape Evolution Landforms Ecosystems And Soils - Paperback
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Description: Landscape Evolution: Landforms Ecosystems and Soils asks us to think holistically to look for the interactions between the Earth's component surface systems to consider how universal laws and historical and geographical contingency work together and to ponder the implications of nonlinear dynamics in landscapes ecosystems and soils. Development evolution landforms topography soils ecosystems and hydrological systems are inextricably intertwined. While empirical studies increasingly incorporate these interactions theories and conceptual frameworks addressing landforms soils and ecosystems are pursued largely independently. This is partly due to different academic disciplines traditions and lexicons involved and partly due to the disparate time scales sometimes encountered. Landscape Evolution explicitly synthesizes and integrates these theories and threads of inquiry arguing that all are guided by a general principle of efficiency selection. A key theme is that evolutionary trends are probabilistic emergent outcomes of efficiency selection rather than purported goal functions. This interdisciplinary reference will be useful for academic and research scientists across the Earth sciences.
Title: Landscape Evolution Landforms Ecosystems And Soils
Author(s): Phillips Jonathan D. (Professor Of Earth Surface Systems And University Research Professor Department Of Geography University Of Kentucky Usa)
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Barcode: 9780128217252
Pages: 356 Pages
Publication Date: 5/6/2021
Category: Geological Surface Processes (Geomorphology)
Description: Landscape Evolution: Landforms Ecosystems and Soils asks us to think holistically to look for the interactions between the Earth's component surface systems to consider how universal laws and historical and geographical contingency work together and to ponder the implications of nonlinear dynamics in landscapes ecosystems and soils. Development evolution landforms topography soils ecosystems and hydrological systems are inextricably intertwined. While empirical studies increasingly incorporate these interactions theories and conceptual frameworks addressing landforms soils and ecosystems are pursued largely independently. This is partly due to different academic disciplines traditions and lexicons involved and partly due to the disparate time scales sometimes encountered. Landscape Evolution explicitly synthesizes and integrates these theories and threads of inquiry arguing that all are guided by a general principle of efficiency selection. A key theme is that evolutionary trends are probabilistic emergent outcomes of efficiency selection rather than purported goal functions. This interdisciplinary reference will be useful for academic and research scientists across the Earth sciences.
Title: Landscape Evolution Landforms Ecosystems And Soils
Author(s): Phillips Jonathan D. (Professor Of Earth Surface Systems And University Research Professor Department Of Geography University Of Kentucky Usa)
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Barcode: 9780128217252
Pages: 356 Pages
Publication Date: 5/6/2021
Category: Geological Surface Processes (Geomorphology)