"The Geomorphology of the Cotswolds"

by Andrew Goudie & Adrian Parker

ISBN: 0-9529662-0-4

This book focuses on the development of the landscape of the Cotswolds and both the past and present processes which have, and are still, shaping the area today. It includes an introduction to the history of research in the area and an overview of the Cotswolds geology before more detailed examination of Quaternary features and sediments, valley systems, mass movement phenomena and the form of the escarpment and its outliers.

Professor Andrew Goudie was Professor of Geography and a Fellow of Hertford College from 1984 to 2003. A distinguished physical geographer, he was awarded the DSc by the University in 2002, a Royal Medal from the Royal Geographical Society in 1991, the Prize of the Royal Belgian Academy for 2002. From September 2005 - 2009 he was President of the International Association of Geomorphologists. He has recently been President of the Geographical Association, President of Section E of the British Association, and Chairman of the British Geomorphological Research Group. He is a former Delegate of the Oxford University Press and a former Pro-Vice Chancellor. Professor Goudie became Master of St. Cross College, Oxford, in October 2003, but continues to lecture at the School of Geography and the Environment. He was awarded the Geological Society of America's Farouk El-Baz Prize for desert research in 2007, and the David Linton Award of the British Society for Geomorphology in 2009.

Professor Adrian Parker is Professor in Geography at Oxford Brooks University. Interests include the
Prehistory of the Middle East and southern England (especially Neolithic and Bronze Age), Quaternary Science, Geoarchaeology/Geomorphology, Environmental Archaeology/palaeoecology and the application of multi proxy techniques e.g. Phytoliths, pollen, geochemistry.