Landscapes and landforms of the Czech Republic /

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Imprint:Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 422 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:World geomorphological landscapes, 2213-2090
World geomorphological landscapes.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11253624
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Other authors / contributors:Pánek, Tomáš, editor.
Hradecký, Jan, editor.
ISBN:9783319275376
3319275372
3319275364
9783319275369
9783319275369
Notes:Includes index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 15, 2016).
Summary:The book aims to present the unique geomorphological landscapes of the Czech Republic. The geomorphic uniqueness of this country benefits from the proximity to two distinct European geological domains: the old cratonized Bohemian Massif and the relatively young Tertiary fold and thrust belt of the Western Carpathians. Landscapes and Landforms of the Czech Republic introduces general physiographical characteristics of the landscape and presents the main driving factors leading to the evolution of the present landscape. The book contains twenty two chapters describing the most interesting geomorphic landscapes of the Czech Republic. The selection of individual landscapes was based on visual exceptionality (e.g. sandstone landscapes of the Northern Bohemia), scientific importance (e.g. patterned grounds in the Sudetic Mountains) and historical relevance (e.g. mining of the Nízký and Hrubý Jeseník Mountains). The final chapters of the book discuss the protection of geomorphic heritage in the Czech Republic.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783319275369
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-27537-6