Research Catalog

Title

Sediment and water quality in river catchments / edited by Ian Foster, Angela Gurnell, Bruce Webb.

Publication

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Foster, Ian (Ian D. L.)
• Gurnell, A. M. (Angela M.)
• Webb, Bruce.

Description

xx, 473 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

Eminent contributors present papers essential to a greater understanding of solute and sediment behaviour, the methods of analysis and interpretation of rating curves, the impact of urbanisation, the assessment of spatial patterns of process at the drainage basin and the global scales, sediment sources and sinks, radionuclide studies, etc. Sediment and Water Quality in River Catchments is intended for all those with a general interest in drainage basin processes and, in particular, those with an interest in fine sediment transport, sediment yields and budgets. Contributions are drawn from both the academic and river management communities and the chapters provide both a national and also an international perspective. Chapters are organised into six sections which consider river quantity and quality dimensions, sediment dynamics and yields, sediment quality, sediment sources and sinks, radionuclide studies, and national and global perspectives.

Subject

• River sediments
• Water quality
• Einzugsgebiet
• Fluss
• Sediment
• Wassergüte

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / K.J. Gregory. 1. Hydrology, Water Quality and Sediment Behaviour / B.W. Webb, I.D.L. Foster and A.M. Gurnell -- Sect. I. Quantity and Quality Dimensions. 2. The Role of Geographical Information Systems in Hydrology / T.J. Browne. 3. Modelling Nitrate Leaching at the Catchment Scale / H.J.E. Rodda. 4. Regulation and Thermal Regime in a Devon River System / B.W. Webb -- Sect. II. Sediment Dynamics and Yields. 5. A Conceptual Model of the Instantaneous Unit Sedimentgraph / K. Banasik. 6. Magnitude and Frequency of Fluvial Sediment Transport Determined From Recent Lake Sediment Cores / R.H.F. Curr. 7. Sediment Sources and Their Environmental Controls / C. Clark -- Sect. III. Sediment Quality. 8. Sediment Mineralogy and the Environmental Impact of Mining / J.R. Merefield. 9. Long-term Dispersal of Metals in Mineralised Catchments by Fluvial Processes / S.B. Bradley. 10. Fingerprinting Sediment Sources: An Example From Hong Kong / M.R. Peart -- Sect. IV. Sediment Sources and Sinks. 11. The Identification of Catchment Sediment Sources / R.J. Loughran and B.L. Campbell. 12. Determination of Suspended Sediment Provenance Using Caesium-137, Unsupported Lead-210 and Radium-226: A Numerical Mixing Model Approach / Q. He and P. Owens. 13. Processes of River Bank Erosion and Their Contribution to the Suspended Sediment Load of the River Culm, Devon / D. Ashbridge. 14. The Rates and Patterns of Overbank Deposition on a Lowland Floodplain / D.J. Simm. 15. Lake and Reservoir Bottom Sediments as a Source of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport Data in the UK / I.D.L. Foster -- Sect. V. Radionuclide Studies. 16. The Development and Application of Caesium-137 Measurements in Erosion Investigations / D.L. Higgitt. 17. Estimation of Erosion Rates from Caesium-137 Data: The Calibration Question / T.A. Quine. 18. The Erosional Transport of Radiocaesium in Catchment Systems: A Case Study of the Exe Basin, Devon / J.S. Rowan. 19. Use of Caesium-137 to Investigate Sediment Sources in the Hekouzhen-Longmen Basin of the Middle Yellow River, China / X. Zhang and Y. Zhang -- Sect. VI. National and Global Perspectives. 20. Patterns of Erosion and Suspended Sediment Yield in Mediterranean River Basins / J.C. Woodward. 21. Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield in the Philippines / S. White. 22. Sediment Yield from Alpine Glacier Basins / A.M. Gurnell. 23. Sediment Transport and Deposition in Mountain Rivers / J. Bogen. 24. Sediment Dynamics in the Polish Flysch Carpathians / W. Froehlich.

ISBN

• 0471957283
• 9780471957287

LCCN

95003054

OCLC

• ocm31865729
• 31865729
• SCSB-8816425

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library