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Autore: | Fryirs Kirstie A |
Titolo: | Geomorphic analysis of river systems : an approach to reading the landscape / / Kirstie A. Fryirs, Gary J. Brierley |
Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (345 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
Disciplina: | 551.48/3011 |
Soggetto topico: | Watersheds |
Fluvial geomorphology | |
Altri autori: | BrierleyGary J |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER ONE: Geomorphic analysis of river systems: an approach to reading the landscape; Introduction; How is geomorphology useful?; Geomorphic analysis of river systems: our approach to reading the landscape; Key messages from this chapter; CHAPTER TWO: Key concepts in river geomorphology; Introduction; Spatial considerations in reading the landscape; Catchments as nested hierarchies: the spatial configuration of landscapes; Imposed and flux boundary conditions; Heterogeneity and homogeneity of landscapes |
Catchment linkages and (dis)connectivityConceptualisation of time; Timeframes of river analysis; Davisian cycle of landscape erosion; Equilibrium notions in river systems; Differentiating behaviour from change; Disturbance events; Magnitude-frequency relationships in river systems; River sensitivity and resilience; Catchment-specific analysis of river systems: combining spatial and temporal concepts; Conclusion; Key messages from this chapter; CHAPTER THREE: Catchment-scale controls on river geomorphology; Introduction: what is a catchment? | |
Process zones in catchments: sediment source, transfer and accumulation zonesLongitudinal profiles of rivers; Geomorphic transitions along river longitudinal profiles; Catchment morphometrics as controls on river character and behaviour; Catchment shape; Catchment relief; Drainage density and network extension; Drainage pattern; Geologic controls on drainage network form, and river character and behaviour; Lithologic controls upon sediment calibre and volume; Tributary-trunk stream relationships; Stream order; The influence of catchment configuration upon flow and sediment flux; Conclusion | |
Key messages from this chapterCHAPTER FOUR: Catchment hydrology; Introduction: what is hydrology?; The hydrological cycle; Operation of the hydrological cycle; Runoff generation; Groundwater flows; Catchment-scale runoff and discharge generation models; Channel initiation; Gully and channel formation; Flow regimes of perennial, intermittent and ephemeral rivers; Discharge and the magnitude/frequency of flow in river systems; Flood stages and hydrographs; Analysis of hydrograph shape; Discharge measurement; Direct measurements in the field; Slope-area method; Stage-discharge relationships | |
Catchment area-discharge relationshipsRetrospective analysis of high flow stage; Flow frequency; Flow variability; Conclusion; Key messages from this chapter; CHAPTER FIVE: Impelling and resisting forces in river systems; Introduction; Impelling and resisting forces and Lane's balance of erosion and deposition in channels; Mechanics of fluid flow; Impelling forces in river channels; Total, specific and critical stream power; Mean boundary shear stress; Resisting forces in channels; Valley-scale resistance; Channel-scale resistance; Boundary resistance | |
Fluid resistance (Reynolds and Froude numbers) | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Filling a niche in the geomorphology teaching market, this introductory book is built around a 12 week course in fluvial geomorphology. 'Reading the landscape' entails making sense of what a riverscape looks like, how it works, how it has evolved over time, and how alterations to one part of a catchment may have secondary consequences elsewhere, over different timeframes. These place-based field analyses are framed within their topographic, climatic and environmental context. Issues and principles presented in the first part of this book provide foundational understandings tha |
Titolo autorizzato: | Geomorphic analysis of river systems |
ISBN: | 9781118305454 |
1283644436 | |
1118305450 | |
1118305426 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910877550503321 |
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