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UNISA996212358903316 |
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Titolo |
Braided rivers [[electronic resource] ] : process, deposits, ecology and management / / edited by Gregory H. Sambrook Smith ... [et al.] |
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Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006 |
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9786612042423 |
1-4443-0437-2 |
1-282-04242-4 |
1-4443-0438-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Collana |
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Special publication number 36 of the International Association of Sedimentologists |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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333.91/62 |
333.9162 |
551.483 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Braided rivers : where have we come in 10 years? : progress and future needs -- Greg Sambrook Smith ... [et al.] -- Depositional models of braided rivers -- John S. Bridge and Ian A. Lunt -- A sedimentological model to characterize braided river deposits for hydrogeological applications / Peter Huggenberger and Christian Regli -- Scaling and hierarchy in braided rivers and their deposits : examples and implications for reservoir modelling / Sean Kelly -- Approaching the system-scale understanding of braided river behaviour / Stuart N. Lane -- Cellular modelling of braided river form and process / A.P. Nicholas, R. Thomas, and T.A. Quine -- Numerical modelling of alternate bars in shallow channels / A. Bernini, V. Caleffi, and A. Valiani -- Methods for assessing exploratory computational models of braided rivers / Andrea B. Doeschl, Peter E. Ashmore, and Matt Davison -- Bed load transport in braided gravel-bed rivers / Christian Marti and Gian Reto Bezzola -- Sediment transport in a microscale braided stream : from grain size to reach scale -- P. Meunier and F. Métivier -- Morphological analysis and prediction of river bifurcations / Guido Zolezzi, Walter Bertoldi, and |
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Marco Tubino -- Braided river management : from assessment of river behaviour to improved sustainable development / Hervé Piégay ... [et al.] -- Bank protection and river training along the braided Brahmaputrajamuna River, Bangladesh / Erik Mosselman -- Morphological esponse of the Brahmaputra-Padma-Lower Meghna river system to the Assam earthquake of 1950 / Maminul Haque Sarker and Colin R. Thorne -- Use of remote-sensing with two-dimensional hydrodynamic models to assess impacts of hydro-operations on a large, braided, gravel-bed river : Waitaki River, New Zealand / D. Murray Hicks ... [et al.] -- Effects of human impact on braided river morphology : examples from northern Italy / Nicola Surian -- Ecology of braided rivers / Klement Tockner ... [et al.] -- Riparian tree establishment on gravel bars : interactions between plant growth strategy and the physical environment / Robert A. Francis ... [et al.]. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This important book brings together eighteen cutting-edge research papers first presented at the Second International Conference on Braided Rivers. It includes the latest research on the dynamics, deposits and ecology of these rivers. <br /> <ul class=""noindent""> <li>Essential reading for geomorphologists, earth scientists, engineers and ecologists with a pure and applied interest in the study, modelling and management of braided rivers.</li> </ul> |
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