LEADER 03411nam 22006495 450 001 9910337899503321 005 20210418104849.0 010 $a9789402415582$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a9402415580$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9789402415568 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-024-1558-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000007127599 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5596906 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-024-1558-2 035 $a(PPN)232468524 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007127599 100 $a20181109d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPrinciples of Alluvial Fan Morphology /$fby Dan Bowman 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (151 pages) 311 08$a94-024-1556-4 327 $aDedication -- Thanks -- Preface -- 1 Definitions and Setting -- 2 Magnitude and Sourcing -- 3 Slope Gradients -- 4 Fan Morphometry -- 5 Drainage -- 6 Flows -- 7 Aggradation -- 8 Fan Entrenchment -- 9 Textural and Facies Characteristics -- 10 Pedogenic Processes -- 11 The Tectonic Control -- 12 The Climatic Control -- 13 the Base Level Effect -- 14 Groundwater -- 15 Morphology of the Fan Surface -- 16 Dating of Alluvial Fans -- 17 The System Approach -- 18 Natural Hazards -- 19 The Regional Approach (Alluvial Fans along the Dead Sea-Arava Rift Valley). 330 $aThis book offers a comprehensive overview of the alluvial fan phenomena, including all terminology, morphology, sedimentology, controlling factors, processes and the human impact. It combines the knowledge dispersed widely in existing literature with regional case studies, color figures and photographs. The chapters provide a useful basis to understand alluvial fans and a selection of papers attached to each chapter offers additional, more focused reading. This volume is aimed at engineers, planners and especially students in earth sciences. . 606 $aSedimentology 606 $aGeomorphology 606 $aSoil science 606 $aSoil conservation 606 $aEnvironmental geography 606 $aNatural disasters 606 $aSedimentology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G17080 606 $aGeomorphology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J16010 606 $aSoil Science & Conservation$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U28000 606 $aEnvironmental Geography$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J19010 606 $aNatural Hazards$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G32000 615 0$aSedimentology. 615 0$aGeomorphology. 615 0$aSoil science. 615 0$aSoil conservation. 615 0$aEnvironmental geography. 615 0$aNatural disasters. 615 14$aSedimentology. 615 24$aGeomorphology. 615 24$aSoil Science & Conservation. 615 24$aEnvironmental Geography. 615 24$aNatural Hazards. 676 $a363.3493 700 $aBowman$b Dan$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0954551 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910337899503321 996 $aPrinciples of Alluvial Fan Morphology$92159157 997 $aUNINA