The encyclopedia of geomorphology

'The Encyclopedia of Geomorphology" appears as the first alphabetic, encyclopedic treatment of the science of Geomorphology—the analytic physiography of the Earth's surface. It is numbered, for convenience in cross-referencing, as Volume III of the "Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences'* series that Reinhold is publishing under the present editor. At this time eight volumes either have appeared or are in preparation. Each volume is completely autonomous and runs from A to Z within its own subdisciplines.
It is our plan to bring the subdisciplines of the Earth Sciences together into convenient. coherent "packages," so that the man in search of information need not face a morass of card files, computer banks, or endless library shelves before getting his basic orientation in the subject. This Encyclopedia should first answer general questions. The inquirer should be able to handle the technical language if he has had a reasonable high school education. The specialist may also find this volume an appreciable time-saver. If these pages do not give the last word, then reference may. be made to the long bibliographies. <...>