Landscapes and Landforms of Switzerland [1st ed.] 9783030432010, 9783030432034

Table of contents :
Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Introduction (Emmanuel Reynard)....Pages 1-3
Front Matter ....Pages 5-5
The Geology of Switzerland (O. Adrian Pfiffner)....Pages 7-30
Climate Setting in Switzerland (Jean-Michel Fallot)....Pages 31-45
The Quaternary Period in Switzerland (Christian Schlüchter, Naki Akçar, Susan Ivy-Ochs)....Pages 47-69
Geomorphological Landscapes in Switzerland (Emmanuel Reynard, Philipp Häuselmann, Pierre-Yves Jeannin, Cristian Scapozza)....Pages 71-80
Front Matter ....Pages 81-81
The Geomorphological Landscapes in the Geneva Basin (Andrea Moscariello)....Pages 83-96
Structural and Karstic Landscapes of the Joux Valley (Southwestern Jura) (Emmanuel Reynard, Philippe Schoeneich)....Pages 97-110
The Lavaux World Heritage Terraced Vineyard (Emmanuel Reynard, Emmanuel Estoppey)....Pages 111-121
Structural Landscapes and Relative Landforms of the Diablerets Massif (Philippe Schoeneich, Emmanuel Reynard)....Pages 123-141
The Karst System Siebenhengste-Hohgant-Schrattenfluh (Philipp Häuselmann)....Pages 143-157
The Structural Landscapes of Central Switzerland (O. Adrian Pfiffner)....Pages 159-171
Mountain Building and Valley Formation in the UNESCO World Heritage Tectonic Arena Sardona Region (Thomas Buckingham, O. Adrian Pfiffner)....Pages 173-186
An Outstanding Mountain: The Matterhorn (Michel Marthaler, Henri Rougier)....Pages 187-199
The Aletsch Region with the Majestic Grosser Aletschgletscher (Hanspeter Holzhauser)....Pages 201-216
Top of Europe: The Finsteraarhorn–Jungfrau Glacier Landscape (Heinz J. Zumbühl, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Andreas Wipf)....Pages 217-233
Rockglaciers of the Engadine (Isabelle Gärtner-Roer, Martin Hoelzle)....Pages 235-248
Geomorphology and Landscapes of the Swiss National Park (Christian Schlüchter, Hans Lozza, Ruedi Haller)....Pages 249-262
Glacial and Periglacial Landscapes in the Hérens Valley (Christophe Lambiel)....Pages 263-275
The Glacial Landscape at Wangen an der Aare (Susan Ivy-Ochs, Kristina Hippe, Christian Schlüchter)....Pages 277-288
The Landscape of the Rhine Glacier in the Lake Constance Area (Oskar Keller)....Pages 289-304
Lake Lucerne and Its Spectacular Landscape (Beat Keller)....Pages 305-323
Between Glaciers, Rivers and Lakes: The Geomorphological Landscapes of Ticino (Cristian Scapozza, Christian Ambrosi)....Pages 325-336
The Rhine Falls (Peter Heitzmann)....Pages 337-350
The Allondon River: Decadal Planform Changes Under Changing Boundary Conditions (Nico Bätz, Ion Iorgulescu, Stuart N. Lane)....Pages 351-365
The Illgraben Torrent System (Brian W. McArdell, Mario Sartori)....Pages 367-378
The Landslide of Campo Vallemaggia (Luca Bonzanigo)....Pages 379-386
The Flims and Tamins Rockslide Landscape (Andreas von Poschinger, John J. Clague, Nancy Calhoun)....Pages 387-396
Periglacial Landscapes and Protection Measures Above Pontresina (Marcia Phillips, Robert Kenner)....Pages 397-407
Front Matter ....Pages 409-409
Geoheritage, Geoconservation and Geotourism in Switzerland (Emmanuel Reynard, Thomas Buckingham, Simon Martin, Géraldine Regolini)....Pages 411-425
Back Matter ....Pages 427-429

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