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Mid-latitude slope deposits (cover beds) [electronic resource] / edited by Arno Kleber, Brigit Terhorst

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Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier Science, 2013.
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Kleber, Arno and Terhorst, Birgit
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / B. Terhorst -- 1.1.Scope of the Book -- 1.2.Structure of the Book -- 1.3.Terminology -- 1.4.History of Ideas -- 1.5.Cover Beds in the Context of the "Earth's Critical-Zone" Concept -- 2.Subdued Mountains of Central Europe / H. Thiemeyer -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Sedimentary Properties of Layers -- 2.2.1.The Basal Layer -- 2.2.2.The Intermediate Layer -- 2.2.3.The Upper Layer -- 2.3.Distribution and Thickness of Layers -- 2.3.1.The Basal Layer -- 2.3.2.The Intermediate Layer -- 2.3.3.The Upper Layer -- 2.3.4.Overview of the Distribution of Periglacial Cover Beds -- 2.4.Classification Issues -- 2.4.1.Discrimination Among Pleistocene Cover Beds -- 2.4.2.Anthropogenic Layers -- 2.5.Statistical Approach to Layer Properties and Distribution -- 2.5.1.Approach -- 2.5.2.Basal-Layer Properties -- 2.5.3.Intermediate-Layer Properties -- 2.5.4.Upper-Layer Properties -- 2.5.5.Overall View on Statistical Results -- 2.6.Genesis of Cover Beds -- 2.6.1.The Basal Layer -- 2.6.2.The Intermediate Layer -- 2.6.3.The Upper Layer -- 2.6.4.Incorporation of Substrates -- 2.7.Chronology of Periglacial Cover Beds -- 2.7.1.Relative-Age Criteria -- 2.7.2.Numerical Dating of Periglacial Cover Beds -- 2.8.Regional Differences in Cover-Bed Properties and Distribution -- 2.8.1.Highest Altitudes of Subdued Mountains -- 2.8.2.Rhenish Massif -- 2.8.3.Carbonate Rocks of the Eastern Thuringian Basin -- 3.Influence of Cover Beds on Soils / A. Kleber -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.An Integrated Soil-Evolution Model for Lithologically Discontinuous Soil -- 3.3.Pedogenesis in Cover Beds -- 3.4.Consequences for Soil Properties -- 3.4.1.Theory of Soil Properties in Lithologically Discontinuous Soil -- 3.4.2.Physical Soil Properties -- 3.4.3.Chemical Soil Properties -- 3.5.Conclusions -- 4.Influence of Cover Beds on Slope Hydrology / A. Kleber -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Basic Hypotheses -- 4.3.Case Studies -- 4.3.1.Overview -- 4.3.2.Frankenwald Mountains -- 4.3.3.Sauerland -- 4.3.4.Erzgebirge -- 4.4.Conclusions -- 5.Geotechnical Properties of Cover Beds / F. Ottner -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Internal Stability of Cover Beds Derived from the "Infinite Mechanical Slope Model" -- 5.3.Case Studies -- 5.3.1.Stability of Cover Beds in the Flysch Zone of the Vienna Forest (Austria) -- 5.3.2.Stability of Cover Beds on Early Triassic Sandstones of Southern Lower Saxony (Germany) -- 5.4.Perspectives -- 6.Transferring the Concept of Cover Beds / J. Volkel -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Basins and Lowlands of the Mid-Latitudes -- 6.2.1.Northern Russian Plain -- 6.2.2.Northern Great Basin, USA -- 6.2.3.Konya Basin of South-Central Turkey -- 6.3.High Mountains of the Mid-Latitudes -- 6.3.1.European Alps -- 6.3.2.Mountains of the Western USA -- 6.4.Conclusions -- 6.4.1.Significance of Cover Beds -- 6.4.2.Cover Beds in Humid Areas -- 6.4.3.Cover Beds in Semi-arid Areas -- 6.4.4.Cover Beds and Elevation -- 7.Relative Dating with Cover Beds / E. Bibus -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Case study at the Swabian Jurassic Escarpment -- 7.2.1.Study Area -- 7.2.2.Geomorphological Setting in Landslide Areas -- 7.2.3.Pedological and Sedimentological Setting in Landslide Areas -- 7.2.4.Model of the Distribution of Periglacial Layers and Soils in Landslide Areas -- 7.3.Case Studies in the Western USA -- 7.3.1.Introduction -- 7.3.2.River Terraces of Castle Valley, Southeast Utah -- 7.3.3.A Case of Misleading Tephrochronology? -- 7.3.4.Ice-Wedge Casts in South-Central Wyoming -- 7.3.5.Moraines in the Ruby Mountains, Northeast Nevada -- 7.4.Conclusions -- 8.Conclusions / B. Terhorst -- 8.1.Takeouts of this Book -- 8.2.Future Research Demands on Cover Beds.
Summary
Since the 1960s the development of ideas in Germany regarding certain types of slope deposits - i.e., those covering entire slopes or major parts of them ('cover beds') - have taken an individual path that differed from approaches elsewhere. A facies-oriented approach led to kind of sequence-stratigraphic understanding of those deposits. Meanwhile Germany has probably more scholars focusing on this particular issue than any other country, including research and application with regard to environmental consequences of cover beds. The book aims at reviewing and summarizing the current knowledge on cover beds with a strong concentration to Central Europe, but including several regional case studies from other areas, and various merely final results but ongoing discussion. For instance, this is the first time to bring members from the major schools together to write particular chapters, forcing them to come up with either a common opinion or clear alternative views. Unique compilation of several decades of slope-deposit research Facies-oriented approach Addresses ecological consequences on soils, slope water dynamics, and slope failures.
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9780080932194 (electronic bk.)
0080932193 (electronic bk.)
9780444531186
0444531181
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