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Titolo: | Sediment cascades : an integrated approach / / edited by Tim Burt, Robert Allison |
Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2010 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (483 p.) |
Disciplina: | 627/.122 |
Soggetto topico: | Sediment transport |
Sedimentation and deposition | |
Sediments (Geology) | |
Altri autori: | BurtT. P AllisonR. J (Robert J.) |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Sediment Cascades in the Environment: An Integrated Approach; 2 Mountains and Montane Channels; 3 Landslides and Rockfalls; 4 Sediment Cascades in Active Landscapes; 5 Pacific Rim Steeplands; 6 Local Buffers to the Sediment Cascade: Debris Cones and Alluvial Fans; 7 Overland Flow and Soil Erosion; 8 Erosional Processes and Sediment Transport in Upland Mires; 9 Gravel-Bed Rivers; 10 The Fine-Sediment Cascade; 11 Streams, Valleys and Floodplains in the Sediment Cascade; 12 Lakes and Reservoirs in the Sediment Cascade |
13 Continental-Scale River Basins14 Estuaries; 15 The Continental Shelf and Continental Slope; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach provides a comprehensive overview that addresses the transport of sediment through the landscape. Suitable for academic researchers, industry practitioners, research students and advanced level undergraduates, seeking detailed knowledge and an up-to-date review of the recent research literature. The emphasis is on contemporary sediment system dynamics with relevance both to landscape management and landform development. Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach begins with an explanation of the need for an integrated approach to sed |
Titolo autorizzato: | Sediment cascades |
ISBN: | 1-282-68999-1 |
9786612689994 | |
0-470-68287-6 | |
0-470-68286-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910810876603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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