Andrew Goudie is Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. His previous books include The Nature of the Environment (fourth edition 1993) and The Human Impact (third edition 1990).

"A new landmark in the field ... geomorphologists will find this book too useful to leave the bookshop without it". Progress in Physical Geography "Andrew Goudie manages to combine scholarship and scientific analysis of a high order with a fluent prose style and attractive illustration. The result is a book which can be enjoyed by anyone with some basic geological knowledge." Geological Magazine "Required reading for anyone seeking to understand the geomorphology of England and Wales." Times Higher Educational Supplement "The most balanced descriptive account of the geomorphology of England and Wales that has yet appeared." Environment and Planning A

• Preface ix Acknowledgements x1 Long-Term Chronology Introduction: the growth of denudation chronology 1Conclusion 342 GlaciationClimatic decline: glacials and interglacials 353 PeriglaciationIntroduction 764 Rocks and ReliefIntroduction 1145 RiversIntroduction 1536 Slopes and Mass MovementsSlope forms 1917 KarstIntroduction 2158 The CoastlineIntroduction 2439 The Human ImpactIntroduction 289References 325Index 371