1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009851380403321

Autore

United Nations Conference on new sources of energy : <1961

Titolo

Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on new sources of energy : solar energy, wind power and geothermal energy : Rome, 21-31 august 1961 = = Actes officiels de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur les sources nouvelles d'énergie : énergie solaire, énergie éolienne et énergie géothermique : Rome, 21-31 aout 1961

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : United Nations, 1963-1964

Descrizione fisica

7 v. : ill. ; 28 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911007083003321

Autore

Leopold Luna B

Titolo

Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newburyport, : Dover Publications, 2012

ISBN

9780486139739

0486139735

9781621986553

1621986551

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (740 p.)

Collana

Dover Earth Science

Altri autori (Persone)

WolmanM. Gordon

MillerJohn P

Disciplina

551.3/5

Soggetti

Physical geography

Rivers

Geography

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Physical Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

DOVER SCIENCE BOOKS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Table of Contents; Part I - THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE; Chapter 1 - The Changing Scene; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 - Geomorphology and the Field Problem; Introduction; A Mountain Block in a Semiarid Climate; A Meandering River Cut into Bedrock; Benches along a Sea Coast; REFERENCE; Part II - PROCESS AND FORM; Chapter 3 - Climate and Denudational Processes; Introduction: Processes of Upbuilding and of Downwasting; Characteristics and Classification of Processes; Erodibility; Morphogenetic Regions

Interaction of Vegetation, Runoff, and Sediment Yield: An ExampleEffective Climate in Geomorphology; The Annual Water Budget; Distribution of Total Water Supply; Frequency Distribution of Climatic Events; Streamflow Fluctuation; Flood Frequency; The Frequency Concept and Geomorphic Processes; Landforms in Relation to Frequency of Climatic Events; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 - Weathering; Rocks and Water-the Components of Weathering; Materials Subject to Weathering; Composition of Rain and Snow in Relation to Weathering; Mineral-Water Reactions

Products of Chemical Weathering and Some Determining FactorsProducts of Weathering-Clay Minerals; Effects of Removal by Erosion; Effects of Weathering Sequence; Effects of Transport of Materials; Effects of Precipitation and Temperature; Organic Matter; Processes of Physical Weathering; Products of Physical Weathering; Rates of Weathering; Soils-Introduction; Factors That Affect Soil Formation; Precipitation; Parent Material; Topography; Biologic Factors; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 - The Drainage Basin as a Geomorphic Unit; Numbers, Lengths, and Orders of Stream Channels

Drainage Density and TextureDescription of the Drainage Basin in Cross Section; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 - Water and Sediment in Channels; Introduction; Forces Acting in Channels; Velocity and Its Distribution; Factors Controlling Flow Velocity; Energy Losses in Streamflow; Measurement of Velocity and Discharge; The Debris Load of Rivers: Introduction; The Nature of Fluid Force and Its Relation to Debris Movement; Bed Load and Suspended Load; Computation of Sediment Load; Measurement of Sediment Load; The Stream Bed and Its Description; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 - Channel Form and Process

Shape of the ChannelRiffles and Bars; Variation of Hydraulic Characteristics at a Given Cross Section; River-bed Scour During Floods; Variation of Hydraulic Characteristics in a Downstream Direction; Longitudinal Profile of the River Channel; Observations on Introduced Base Level; Equilibrium, River Profiles, and Channel Geometry; Channel Pattern: Introduction; Straight Channels; Braided Channels; Geometry of Meanders; Flow in Meanders; Initiation and Development of Meanders; Meandering Valleys; The River Flood Plain: Introduction; Floods and the Flood Plain; Flood Plain Formation; REFERENCES

Chapter 8 - Hillslope Characteristics and Processes

Sommario/riassunto

This excellent text is a pioneering work in the study of landform development under processes associated with running water. Its primary emphasis is on subjects that were the focus of the authors' studies in both field and laboratory. Part I deals with the process of change in the evolving landscape. Part II explores process and form, and Part III, the effects of time.In Part I, the relation of geomorphology to field problems is analyzed in studies of a mountain block in a



semiarid climate, a meandering river cut into bedrock, and benches along a sea coast. Part Two contains studies of weat