Résumé de section

    • Comprehensive and detailed plan Page

      1. General information

      - Introduction

      - Geomorphology and ecology relationships

      - River valleys and interfluves

      - Erosion, lithology, structure

      2. Structure

      - Influence of lithology

      - General structure of the globe

      - Classification of rocks

      3. Tectonic deformations

      - Isostatic equilibrium

      - Derivation of continents and plate tectonics

      - Formation of relief features

      - Tectonic accidents

      - Tectonic data: syncline, anticline

      - Relief features of simple structures: cuestas

      - Evolution of Jurassic landforms

      - Relief features of complex structures

      4. External factors affecting morphology

      - Types of erosion

      - Erosion processes

      - Areolar erosion

      - Slope profiles

      - Linear erosion: terraces

      - Periglacial erosion

      - Karst model

      - Wind erosion: wind formations

      - Hydro-eolian basins: Daia

      - Anthropogenic action and morphogenesis

      5. Azoonal climatic geomorphology

      - Climatic variations: the Quaternary period

      - Morphological system of Algeria

      * Humid domain

      * Arid domain

      * Desert or Saharan domain

      * Forms common to arid zones

      - Evolution of forms in the three domains

      6. Ecological preponderance of the geomorphology factor