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River plains and sea coasts

Title
River plains and sea coasts [by] Richard J. Russell.
Author
Russell, Richard Joel, 1895-1971.
Publication
Berkeley, University of California Press, 1967.

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Description
vi, 173 pages illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
Series Statement
The Hitchcock lectures, 1965
Uniform Title
Hitchcock lectures ; 1965.
Subject
  • Coasts
  • Deltas
  • Rivers
  • Alluvial plains
  • deltas
  • Geomorfologie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Alluvial morphology : Davisian physiography ; Early Louisiana experiences ; The Lower Delta ; Field work during the Fisk era ; Pleistocene terraces ; Recent alluvial cones ; Magnitude of quaternary problems -- Stream patterns : Channel processes ; Depositional processes ; Deltaic stream patterns ; Great Meander and Mississippi flood plains ; Alluvial meandering ; Effects of stage variation ; Deformities -- Coastal morphology : Classification ; Changes of level ; Beach types ; Beach processes ; Sand supply ; Tidal flats -- Tropical island investigations : Beach rock ; Quaternary sea levels ; Algal flats ; Reefs and reef flats ; Coral cap of Barbados ; Future of physical geography.
LCCN
67017694
OCLC
  • ocm00490341
  • 490341
  • SCSB-234588
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library