LEADER 05600nam 22007933u 450 001 9911007083003321 005 20230802010958.0 010 $a9780486139739 010 $a0486139735 010 $a9781621986553 010 $a1621986551 035 $a(CKB)2550000001187032 035 $a(EBL)1894340 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001002721 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12415445 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002721 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11016242 035 $a(PQKB)10575696 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1894340 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1894340 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL566403 035 $a(OCoLC)868270022 035 $a(Perlego)110390 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001187032 100 $a20141222d2012|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFluvial Processes in Geomorphology 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNewburyport $cDover Publications$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (740 p.) 225 1 $aDover Earth Science 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780486685885 311 08$a0486685888 311 08$a9781306351522 311 08$a1306351529 327 $aDOVER 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 327 $aInteraction 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 327 $aProducts 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 327 $aDrainage 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 327 $aShape 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 327 $aChapter 8 - Hillslope Characteristics and Processes 330 $a This excellent text is a pioneering work in the study of landform development under processes associated with running water. Its primary emphasis is on subjects that were the focus of the authors' studies in both field and laboratory. Part I deals with the process of change in the evolving landscape. Part II explores process and form, and Part III, the effects of time.In Part I, the relation of geomorphology to field problems is analyzed in studies of a mountain block in a semiarid climate, a meandering river cut into bedrock, and benches along a sea coast. Part Two contains studies of weat 410 0$aDover Earth Science 606 $aPhysical geography 606 $aRivers 606 $aGeography$2HILCC 606 $aEarth & Environmental Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aPhysical Geography$2HILCC 615 0$aPhysical geography. 615 0$aRivers. 615 7$aGeography 615 7$aEarth & Environmental Sciences 615 7$aPhysical Geography 676 $a551.3/5 700 $aLeopold$b Luna B$0441029 701 $aWolman$b M. Gordon$01822071 701 $aMiller$b John P$0206035 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911007083003321 996 $aFluvial Processes in Geomorphology$94388134 997 $aUNINA