Research Catalog

Title

Process modelling and landform evolution / Stefan Hergarten, Horst J. Neugebauer (eds.).

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Hergarten, Stefan, 1964-
• Neugebauer, Horst J., 1939-

Description

x, 305 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Lecture notes in earth sciences, 0930-0317 ; 78

Uniform Title

Lecture notes in earth sciences ; 78.

Subject

• Landforms > Mathematical models
• Landscape changes > Mathematical models
• Geomorphology
• geomorphology
• LANDFORMS
• TOPOGRAPHY
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• GEOMORPHOLOGY
• Géomorphologie
• Relief (géographie) > Modèles mathématiques
• Paysage > Modifications > Modèles mathématiques

Note

• Papers from a workshop held in Bonn, Germany, in 1997.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in an electronic version.

Contents

I. Terrain Representation and Analysis -- The Need for Field Evidence in Modelling Landform Evolution / R. Dikau -- Relations between Land Surface Properties: Altitude, Slope and Curvature / I.S. Evans and N.J. Cox -- Gibbs Fields with Multiple Pairwise Interactions as a Tool for Modelling Grid-Based Data / G.L. Gimel'farb, J. Schmidt and A. Braunmandl -- Adaptive Hierarchical Methods for Landscape Representation and Analysis / Th. Gerstner -- II. Short Term Modelling -- Numerical Simulation of Surface Runoff and Infiltration of Water / G. Paul, St. Hergarten and H.J. Neugebauer -- A Dupuit Approximation for Saturated-Unsaturated Lateral Soil Water Flow / C. Blendinger -- Erosional Development of Small Scale Drainage Networks / K. Helming, M.J.M. Romkens and S.N. Prasad -- A Combined Conceptual Model for the Effects of Fissure-Induced Infiltration on Slope Stability / L.P.H. van Beek and Th. W.J. van Asch -- Local Slope Stability Analysis / I. Hattendorf, St. Hergarten and H.J. Neugebauer -- III. Modelling Landform Evolution -- Landscape Modelling at Regional to Continental Scales / M.J. Kirkby -- Exploring the Potential for Physically-Based Models and Contemporary Slope Processes to Examine the Causes of Holocene Mass Movement / S.M. Brooks, M.G. Anderson and T. Ennion -- Self-Organized Criticality in Landsliding Processes / St. Hergarten and H.J. Neugebauer -- Tectonic Predesign in Geomorphology / R. Hantke and A.E. Scheidegger -- Modelling Changes in Terrain Resistance as a Component of Landform Evolution in Unstable Hill Country / M.J. Crozier and N.J. Preston -- Precision of Parameter Estimation in Meander Models / C. Droste.

ISBN

• 3540649328
• 9783540649328

LCCN

98041660

OCLC

• ocm39733316
• 39733316
• SCSB-8817998

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library