Mid-Latitude Slope Deposits (Cover Beds)

2nd Edition - April 24, 2024
Editors: Arno Kleber, Birgit Terhorst
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 6 0 0 3 - 8
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 6 0 0 4 - 5

Mid-Latitude Slope Deposits (Cover Beds), Second Edition focuses on widespread deposits and discusses their properties, genesis and age in subdued mountains of Central Europe, w… Read more

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Mid-Latitude Slope Deposits (Cover Beds), Second Edition focuses on widespread deposits and discusses their properties, genesis and age in subdued mountains of Central Europe, where to date most research on the matter has been conducted. The ecological consequences of such slope deposits on soils, slope water dynamics, and slope failures are addressed. Finally, transfer of the cover-bed concept to other mid-latitude regions is attempted for the reconstruction of landscape evolution. This unique compilation, covering several decades of a facies-oriented approach to slope-deposit research delivers deep insights into the wide field of research on cover beds and encourages researchers all over the world.

This is a valuable resource for students, academics and researchers in geomorphology, quaternary sciences, pedology, hydrology, and sedimentology.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Chapter 1 Introduction
Abstract
1.1 Scope of the book
1.2 Structure of the book
1.3 Terminology in this book
1.4 History of ideas
1.5 Cover beds in the context of the “Earth’s critical-zone” concept
References
Chapter 2 Subdued mountains of Central Europe
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Sedimentary properties of layers
2.3 Distribution and thickness of layers
2.4 Classification issues
2.5 Statistical approach to layer properties and distribution
2.6 Genesis of cover beds
2.7 Chronology of periglacial cover beds
2.8 Cover beds with interbedded loess-like slope deposits
2.9 Regional differences in cover-bed properties and distribution
References
Chapter 3 Influence of cover beds on soils
Abstract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 An integrated soil-evolution model for lithologically discontinuous soil
3.3 Pedogenesis in cover beds
3.4 Consequences for soil properties
3.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 4 Influence of cover beds on slope hydrology
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Basic hypotheses
4.3 Case studies
4.4 Modeling of slope hydrology triggered by cover beds
4.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 5 Geotechnical properties of cover beds
Abstract
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Internal stability of cover beds derived from the “infinite mechanical slope model”
5.3 Case studies
5.4 Perspectives
References
Chapter 6 Transferring the concept of cover beds
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Basins and lowlands of the midlatitudes
6.3 High mountains of the mid-latitudes
6.4 Conclusions
References
Chapter 7 Relative dating with cover beds
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Case study at the Swabian Jurassic escarpment
7.3 Case studies in the western United States
7.4 Cover beds and soil chronosequences
7.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 8 Provenance and quantification of cover-bed components
Abstract
8.1 Introduction
8.2 End-member modeling of grain-size distributions of cover beds, loess, and anthropogenic slope deposits in Central Europe
8.3 End-member modeling of the texture of cover beds and lacustrine deposits, South-Western USA
8.4 Provenance of cover-bed eolian matter and lacustrine deposits, south-western USA
References
Chapter 9 Conclusions
Abstract
9.1 Takeouts of this book
9.2 Future research demands on cover beds
References
References
Index

Arno Kleber

Arno Kleber is a Professor and Chair of Physical Geography at the Technical University of Dresden. After completing his doctorate, Arno Kleber focused his research on top layers, making the German cover layer concept internationally known and transferring the concept to other areas of the temperate zone, placing a focus on the possibilities of reconstructing past climate changes and the quantification of environmentally significant processes that are controlled by surface layers. Dr Kleber is a member of various scientific societies such as the German Soil Science Society, DEUQUA and INQUA, Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America and American Association for the Advancement of Science. From 2006 to 2012, Arno Kleber was spokesman for the geosciences department at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences at TU Dresden. He was also Dean of Studies for Geography from 2006 to 2016 and was therefore largely responsible for the development of geographic courses.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor and Chair of Physical Geography, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Birgit Terhorst

Dr Birgit Terhorst is Professor of Physical Geography and Soil Science at the Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Wuerzburg, Germany. She has held various lecturing and professorship positions in institutions in soil science and geography. Dr Terhorst conducts research on geography, natural hazards and landslides, geoinformatics (GIS), geoarcheology, soil science, and quaternary research. She has over 150 publications in international journals and is supervising numerous research projects. Her completed research projects include geophysical methods for the analysis of mass movements; gravitational mass movements in Mexico under the influence of climate change and anthropogenic use; slope stability and danger zones in northern Bavaria: a study on causes, process and risk; and monitoring procedures in active landslide areas, among many others.

Affiliations and expertise

University of Wuerzburg/Germany, Institute of Geography and Geology

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