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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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Description
xi, 358 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Series Statement
University paperbacks ; 771
Uniform Title
University paperbacks ; 771.
Subject
  • Rivers
  • Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
  • Fluss
  • Geomorphologie
  • Flussbett
  • Morphogenese
  • Rivieren
  • Stroming (algemeen, natuurkunde)
  • Cours d'eau
  • Canaux (génie hydraulique)
  • Fluss
  • Flussbett
  • Geomorphologie
  • Morphogenese
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