Landscapes on the Edge:

New Horizons for Research on Earth's Surface

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Size: 180 pages, 7 x 10

Publication Year:2010

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Committee on Challenges and Opportunities in Earth Surface Processes; National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Summary	1-12	(skim)
1 The Importance of Earth Surface Processes	13-34	(skim)
2 Grand Challenges in Earth Surface Processes	35-108	(skim)
3 Four High-Priority Research Initiatives in Earth Surface Processes	109-118	(skim)
4 Mechanisms for Developing Initiatives and Sustaining Growth in Earth Surface Processes	119-132	(skim)
References	133-136	(skim)
Appendixes	137-138	(skim)
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff	139-144	(skim)
Appendix B: Community Input	145-148	(skim)
Appendix C: Observing and Measuring Earth Surface Processes	149-154	(skim)
Appendix D: Achievements in Earth Surface Processes	155-160	(skim)
Appendix E: List of Acronyms	161-164	(skim)

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During geologic spans of time, Earth's shifting tectonic plates, atmosphere, freezing water, thawing ice, flowing rivers, and evolving life have shaped Earth's surface features. The resulting hills, mountains, valleys, and plains shelter ecosystems that interact with all life and provide a record of Earth surface processes that extend back through Earth's history. Despite rapidly growing scientific knowledge of Earth surface interactions, and the increasing availability of new monitoring technologies, there is still little understanding of how these processes generate and degrade landscapes.

Landscapes on the Edge identifies nine grand challenges in this emerging field of study and proposes four high-priority research initiatives. The book poses questions about how our planet's past can tell us about its future, how landscapes record climate and tectonics, and how Earth surface science can contribute to developing a sustainable living surface for future generations.

Landscapes on the Edge:

New Horizons for Research on Earth's Surface

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