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Record Nr.

UNINA9910366653503321

Titolo

Palaeohydrology : Traces, Tracks and Trails of Extreme Events / / edited by Jürgen Herget, Alessandro Fontana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 230 p. 110 illus., 93 illus. in color.) : illustrations

Collana

Geography of the Physical Environment, , 2366-8865

Disciplina

910.02

551.4809012

Soggetti

Physical geography

Hydrology

Hydrogeology

Historical geology

Natural disasters

Historical geography

Physical Geography

Hydrology/Water Resources

Historical Geology

Natural Hazards

Historical Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part A: Studies with temporal focus -- Ch.1 Global megaflood paleohydrology -- Ch.2 Flooding northern Germany: impacts and magnitudes of Middle Pleistocene glacial lake-outburst floods -- Ch.3 Outburst flood from Möhne Reservoir in May 1943 after aerial bombing -- Part B: Studies with regional focus -- Ch.4 Droughts in historical times in Europe, as derived from documentary evidence -- Ch.5 Geomorphological and geoarchaeological evidence of the Medieval deluge in the Tagliamento River (NE Italy) -- Ch.6 Inverted channels in the eastern Sahara – distribution, formation, and interpretation to enable reconstruction of paleodrainage networks -- Ch.7 Noah’s Flood



– probing an ancient narrative using geoscience -- Part C: Studies with methodical and technical topics -- Ch.8 Luminescence dating in fluvial settings: overcoming the challenge of partial bleaching -- Ch.9 Large palaeomeanders in Europe: distribution, formation process, age, environments and significance -- Ch.10 Palaeostage indicators in rivers - an illustrated review -- Ch.11 High-resolution sedimentary paleoflood records in alluvial river environments - a review of recent methodological advances and application to flood hazard assessment.

Sommario/riassunto

The book provides a review of the most relevant topics on the booming discipline of palaeohydrology and focuses on previous extreme events like exceptional floods and droughts. Reviews written by leading experts of their fields are combined with selected key studies and presentations on up-to-day methodical and conceptional topics as a perspective for further research. Consequently, the compilation provides an excellent review on the state of the art of numerous relevant topics of palaeohydrology and acts as unique introduction for early career scientists and scientists of different disciplines working on hydrological extreme events, both in basic research and applied aspects. .