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1 - Introduction

from Part I - The Tropical Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2012

Avijit Gupta
Avijit Gupta
Affiliation:
University of Wollongong, New South Wales
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Summary

The tropics are my element, and I have never been so constantly healthy as in the last two years.

Alexander von Humboldt

Geomorphology in the tropics

In tropical geomorphology we are constantly surprised by new discoveries. Currently, we have a limited understanding of the geomorphic processes, landforms and sediment in the tropics. Furthermore, the rapid, ongoing anthropogenic development in the tropics continues to modify landforms and operating processes and change the rates of erosion and sedimentation from the expected natural norms. Geomorphology in the tropics provides twin opportunities to discover new facts and to apply such information to managing the environment for a sustainable future. Tropical geomorphology thus has a tendency to look forward rather than look back exclusively at past landforms.

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Tropical Geomorphology , pp. 3 - 12
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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  • Introduction
  • Avijit Gupta, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
  • Book: Tropical Geomorphology
  • Online publication: 05 February 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511978067.002
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  • Introduction
  • Avijit Gupta, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
  • Book: Tropical Geomorphology
  • Online publication: 05 February 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511978067.002
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  • Introduction
  • Avijit Gupta, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
  • Book: Tropical Geomorphology
  • Online publication: 05 February 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511978067.002
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