The Landforms of England and Wales

From the heights of the Fells and Snowdonia to the flat fenlands of East Anglia, from the bleakness of Dartmoor to the abundance of the Weald - England and Wales show a variety of landscape unparalleled in the world. In this book Andrew Goudie describes how and why such a complexity of landforms evolved, covering the region's history from the earliest times to the present. Fully illustrated with line drawings, maps an dphotographs, and written by one of the foremost scholars of his generation, this is a book that will both inform and entertain.

Preface ix Acknowledgements x 1 Long-Term Chronology Introduction: the growth of denudation chronology 1 Conclusion 34 2 Glaciation Climatic decline: glacials and interglacials 35 3 Periglaciation Introduction 76 4 Rocks and Relief Introduction 114 5 Rivers Introduction 153 6 Slopes and Mass Movements Slope forms 191 7 Karst Introduction 215 8 The Coastline Introduction 243 9 The Human Impact Introduction 289 References 325 Index 371