Sedimentation in the Rupnarayan River Volume 1: Hydrodynamic Processes Under a Tidal System /

• Main Authors: Kumar Maity, Swapan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Maiti, Ramkrishna (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Sedimentology.; Natural disasters.; Hydrogeology.; Natural Hazards.

This book explains the causes, mechanisms and dimension of sedimentation in the Rupnarayan River, which offers a representative example of a tidal river combining fluvial and marine processes. The book is unique in addressing all the hydrodynamic characteristics of the river, especially the tidal im...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction
• 2.Channel Forms and Patterns
• 3.Stream Hydraulics
• 4.Tidal Character
• 5.Sediment Load
• 6.Bed Load Sediment Texture
• 7.Available and Critical Shear Stress: Initiation of Motion
• 8.Environment of Sediment Deposition
• 9.Understanding the Sources of Sediments from Mineral composition - An X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) based analysis
• 10.Conclusion.