Fluvial Processes and Environmental Change - Couverture rigide

Brown, Antony; Quine, Timothy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471985481 ISBN 13 : 9780471985488

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1999

Synopsis

This volume consists of twenty chapters addressing different aspects of the theme of fluvial processes and environmental change. The overall coverage is broad; scientifically, (from modelling to alluvial dating), geographically (from arid zone flash-flooding to glacial meltwaters) and in time (from contemporary process studies to the Quaternary). The introductory chapter sets the context, which is an attempt to show how studies of fluvial processes can help us in understanding and therefore predicting the impact of environmental change on our rivers, riverine resources and landscapes. Environmental change includes both climatic factors, however caused, and human impacts on river basins. The differentiation of these two factors is discussed in several chapters whilst others take a more holistic approach. Both climatic and human factors have, and will remain, to act together and so their interactions need to be understood. Fluvial Processes and Environmental Change is divided into five sections, commencing with the slope-catchment scale and proceeding to studies of channel response, then floodplain processes and floodplain response and finally two studies from glacierised basins. The volume originated as a two-day session of the British Geomorphological Research Group and contributors from Europe, the USA and Australia were included in order to provide a wide perspective on the topic. This book will be a valuable reference for postgraduates and researchers in fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, Quaternary science, geology and environmental science.

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À propos de l'auteur

Antony Brown and Timothy Quine are the authors of Fluvial Processes and Environmental Change, published by Wiley.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471985481
• ISBN 13: 9780471985488
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432
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• Personne responsable: non disponible