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Rivers : form and process in alluvial channels
- Title
- Rivers : form and process in alluvial channels / Keith Richards.
- Author
- Richards, K. S.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Methuen, 1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | GB1205 .R5 1982 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 358 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- University paperbacks ; 771
- Uniform Title
- University paperbacks ; 771.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [306]-346.
- Contents
- ALLUVIAL RIVER CHANNELS: THEIR NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE: The significance of alluvial river channels -- The alluvial system -- Equilibrium of alluvial river channels -- Indeterminate alluvial channel systems -- THE DRAINAGE BASIN: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS OF THE RIVER CHANNEL: Drainage network structure and density -- Runoff processes and the flood hydrograph -- Sediment sources and sediment yield -- THE MECHANICS OF FLOW AND THE INITIATION OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT: The hydraulics and mechanics of open channel flow -- The mechanics of flow-sediment interactions -- SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESSES: Solute transport dynamics -- Suspended sediment transport -- Bedload transport -- THE MAGNITUDE AND FREQUENCY OF CHANNEL-FORMING EVENTS: Measurement of discharge magnitudes -- Estimation of discharge frequency -- Bankfull discharge -- Flood frequency, sediment transport and channel form -- THE MORPHOLOGY OF RIVER CROSS-SECTIONS: Adjustments to stream power: the role of discharge -- 'Resistance': the role of perimeter sediment -- Local variation -- RIVER CHANNEL PATTERN: PROCESSES, FORMS AND SEDIMENTOLOGY: The continuum of river channel patterns -- ‘Straight’ alluvial river channels -- Meandering river channels -- Braided (multi-thread) channels -- CHANNEL GRADIENT AND THE LONG PROFILE: Channel gradient and discharge -- Channel gradient and bed material -- Discharge and sediment calibre: joint controls of gradient -- Mechanisms of channel slope adjustment -- RIVER CHANNEL CHANGES: ADJUSTMENTS OF EQUILIBRIUM: Channel metamorphosis: approaches and methods -- Adjustments in the medium term: the effects of man -- Long-term adjustments to environmental change -- CHANNEL MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN: The design of stable artificial channels -- Some aspects of river management.
- ISBN
- 0416749003
- 9780416749007
- 0416749100
- 9780416749106
- LCCN
- 82008133
- OCLC
- ocm08494458
- 8494458
- SCSB-47841
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library