Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Encyclopedia
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms is the journal of the British Society for Geomorphology
British Society for Geomorphology
The British Society for Geomorphology , formerly the British Geomorphological Research Group , is the professional association for geomorphologists in the United Kingdom. According to the society:-External links:*...

 (BSG), formerly the British Geomorphological Research Group. The journal was founded in 1976 as Earth Surface Processes and obtained its present name in 1981. The BSG promotes the field of geomorphology
Geomorphology
Geomorphology is the scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them...

, encouraging interests in earth surface processes and the erosion, deposition, and formation of landforms and sediments. Foci include the physical geography of rivers, valleys, glaciers, mountains, hills, slopes, coasts, deserts, and estuary environments, along with research into Holocene
Holocene
The Holocene is a geological epoch which began at the end of the Pleistocene and continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Quaternary period. Its name comes from the Greek words and , meaning "entirely recent"...

, Pleistocene
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene is the epoch from 2,588,000 to 11,700 years BP that spans the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and ....

, or Quaternary science
Quaternary science
Quaternary science is an inter-disciplinary field of study focusing on the Quaternary period, which encompasses the last 2.6 million years. The field studies the last ice age and the recent interstadial the Holocene and uses proxy evidence to reconstruct the past environments during this period to...

.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK