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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Online geomorphological vignettes

No, I didn't know what a 'vignette' was either, until I came across this website
http://serc.carleton.edu/vignettes/index.html
which has a whole series of short articles on key topics in geomorphology.  They have a strong USA flavour (or should that be 'flavor') to them, but many are helpful case studies of tectonic, climatic and other influences on geomorphology.  Explore them and see what you think.

I found this one particularly interesting as it deals with the indirect control of climate change on erosion through the climatic influence on vegetation:

Links between climate change, vegetation and erosion in Australia during the last 100,000 years

Anthony Dosseto
University of Wollongong
Kate Maher (Stanford University), Paul Hesse, Kirstie Fryirs and Simon Turner (Macquarie University)

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