Geomorphic analysis of river systems : an approach to reading the landscape /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- ""COMPANION WEBSITE
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Purpose and aims of this book
- Structure of the book
- Acknowledgements
- CHAPTER ONE: Geomorphic analysis of river systems: an approach to reading the landscape
- Introduction
- How is geomorphology useful?
- Geomorphic analysis of river systems: our approach to reading the landscape
- Key messages from this chapter
- CHAPTER TWO: Key concepts in river geomorphology
- Introduction
- Spatial considerations in reading the landscape""
- ""Catchment linkages and (dis)connectivity
- Conceptualisation of time
- Differentiating behaviour from change
- Disturbance events
- Magnitudeâ€"frequency relationships in river systems
- River sensitivity and resilience
- Catchment-specific analysis of river systems: combining spatial and temporal concepts
- Conclusion
- Key messages from this chapter
- CHAPTER THREE: Catchment-scale controls on river geomorphology
- Introduction: what is a catchment?
- Process zones in catchments: sediment source, transfer and accumulation zones""
- ""Longitudinal profiles of rivers
- Geomorphic transitions along river longitudinal profiles
- Catchment morphometrics as controls on river character and behaviour
- Geologic controls on drainage network form, and river character and behaviour
- The influence of catchment configuration upon flow and sediment flux
- Conclusion
- Key messages from this chapter
- CHAPTER FOUR: Catchment hydrology
- Introduction: what is hydrology?
- The hydrological cycle
- Operation of the hydrological cycle
- Runoff generation
- Groundwater flows""
- ""Catchment-scale runoff and discharge generation models
- Channel initiation
- Gully and channel formation
- Flow regimes of perennial, intermittent and ephemeral rivers
- Discharge and the magnitude/frequency of flow in river systems
- Flood stages and hydrographs
- Analysis of hydrograph shape
- Discharge measurement
- Flow frequency
- Flow variability
- Conclusion
- Key messages from this chapter
- CHAPTER FIVE: Impelling and resisting forces in river systems
- Introduction""
- ""Impelling and resisting forces and Lane’s balance of erosion and deposition in channels
- Mechanics of fluid flow
- Impelling forces in river channels
- Resisting forces in channels
- Vegetation and wood as resistance elements in river systems
- Manning’s n as a unifying roughness parameter
- The balance of impelling and resisting forces along longitudinal profiles
- Conclusion
- Key messages from this chapter
- CHAPTER SIX: Sediment movement and deposition in river systems
- Introduction""
