Large rivers : geomorphology and management / / edited by Avijit Gupta

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , [2022]; ©2022
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1043 pages)
• Disciplina: 551.483
• Soggetto topico: Rivers
• Persona (resp. second.): GuptaAvijit
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Editor -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Large Rivers and People -- 1.2 What Is a Large River? -- 1.3 The Book and its Content -- References -- Chapter 2 Geology of Large River Systems -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Tectonic Settings of Large River Systems -- 2.2.1 Rivers in Continental Collision Belts -- 2.2.2 Rivers in Rift Settings -- 2.2.3 Rivers in Cratonic Settings -- 2.3 Complexity of Drainage Types and Channel Morphology -- 2.3.1 Controls of Regional Tectonic Setting -- 2.3.2 Source Area Characteristics and Diversity of Channel Patterns -- 2.3.3 Response to Active Tectonics and Basin Filling -- 2.3.4 Longitudinal Form and Stream Power -- 2.4 Large Rivers - Climatic Settings and Climatic Variability -- 2.5 Modern Large Rivers - Hydrology and Sediment Dispersal -- 2.5.1 Spatial Variability in Hydrology and Sediment Flux -- 2.5.2 Climatic and Geologic Controls of Sediment Yield -- 2.6 Landforms and Alluvial Architecture of Large River Systems -- 2.6.1 Longitudinal Trunk Systems -- 2.6.2 Radial Fans -- 2.6.3 Fan-Interfan Setting -- 2.6.4 Interfluves -- 2.7 Growth and Development of Large River Systems -- 2.8 Duration of Large River Systems and the Rock Record -- 2.9 Sea Level, Tectonic, and Climatic Controls on the Large River Systems -- 2.10 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 Hydrology and Discharge -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Role of Floodplains and Lakes in Discharge Attenuation in Large Rivers -- 3.1.2 Historical Alterations of the Hydrology and Discharge of Large Rivers -- 3.2 Large Rivers of the Equatorial Regions -- 3.2.1 The Amazon River -- 3.2.2 The Congo River -- 3.2.3 The Zambezi River -- 3.3 Large Rivers of the Drylands -- 3.3.1 The Nile River -- 3.3.2 The Indus River -- 3.3.3 The Colorado River. ; 3.3.4 The Murray-Darling River -- 3.4 Rivers of the Mid‐Latitudes -- 3.4.1 Mississippi River -- 3.4.2 The Danube River -- 3.5 Rivers Draining South from the Himalaya -- 3.5.1 Ganga River -- 3.5.2 The Brahmaputra River -- 3.6 Rivers of East and Southeast Asia -- 3.6.1 Huanghe -- 3.6.2 The Changjiang -- 3.6.3 The Mekong -- 3.7 High‐Latitude Rivers -- 3.7.1 Ob, Yenisei, and Lena Rivers -- 3.7.2 Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 4 Transcontinental Moving and Storage: The Orinoco and Amazon Rivers Transfer the Andes to the Atlantic -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Andean Sources and Alluvial Storage -- 4.3 Orinoco -- 4.4 Amazon -- 4.4.1 Setting -- 4.4.2 Storage and Remobilization of Floodplain Sediment -- 4.4.3 Sediment Storage in the Lowermost Amazon Valley -- 4.5 The Amazon Goes to Sea -- 4.6 Coda -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5 Megafloods and Large Rivers -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Historical Background -- 5.3 Terrestrial Glacial Megafloods -- 5.3.1 Cordilleran Ice Sheet -- 5.3.2 Laurentide Ice Sheet -- 5.3.3 Eurasia Ice Sheets and Adjacent Seas -- 5.3.4 Central Asian Mountains -- 5.4 Extraterrestrial Megafloods and Megarivers -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Classification, Architecture, and Evolution of Large River Deltas -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Definition of a Delta and Delta Components -- 6.3 Classification of Deltas -- 6.4 Morphology and Sediment -- 6.4.1 Morphology -- 6.4.2 Sediments and Sediment Facies -- 6.4.3 Sediment Accumulation Rates -- 6.5 Delta Evolution -- 6.5.1 Response to Holocene Sea‐Level Change -- 6.5.2 Changes in the Course of a River Channel and of Its Distributaries -- 6.5.3 Coastal Environment Change Related to Delta Progradation -- 6.6 Problems of Sediment Supply -- 6.6.1 Estimation of Past Sediment Discharge. ; 6.6.2 Sediment Budgets in Deltas and Sediment Supply to the Oceans -- 6.7 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Large River Deposits: Recognition and Preservation Potential in the Rock Record -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Geomorphology of Modern Big Rivers -- 7.3 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Modern Big Rivers -- 7.4 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Ancient Big Rivers -- 7.5 Discussion: Preservation Potential of Big River Deposits -- 7.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8 Effects of Tectonism and Sea‐Level Change on the Form and Behaviour of the Modern Amazon River and Its Floodplain -- 8.1 Background -- 8.2 Amazon Basin Characteristics -- 8.3 Tectonic Influences on the Modern Amazon -- 8.3.1 First‐order Basin‐Scale Influences -- 8.3.2 Second‐order Transverse Structures -- 8.3.3 Fracture Patterns -- 8.4 Structural Influences on Amazon River Geomorphology -- 8.5 Influences of Sea‐Level Changes on the Amazon River and Floodplain -- 8.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9 The Mississippi River System -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Cenozoic Drainage Evolution -- 9.3 Influence of Quaternary Glaciations -- 9.4 Proglacial Lakes and Extreme Floods -- 9.5 Response of the Lower Mississippi Valley to Upper Valley Glaciation and Flooding -- 9.6 The Mississippi River System During the Holocene -- 9.6.1 Climate and Vegetation Changes -- 9.6.2 Holocene Alluvial Episodes -- 9.6.3 Holocene Flood Episodes in the Upper Mississippi Valley -- 9.6.4 Lower Valley Alluvial Responses to Upper Valley Holocene Environmental Change -- 9.7 Morphology of the Mississippi River -- 9.7.1 Upper Mississippi River -- 9.7.2 Lower Mississippi River -- 9.8 Modern Hydrology -- 9.8.1 Climate, Runoff, and Floods -- 9.8.2 Dams: Flow Modification and Sediment Storage. ; 9.9 The Mississippi River System: Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 10 The Colorado River -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Physiography -- 10.3 Gradient, Valley Width, and Channel Form in the Colorado Plateau -- 10.4 Hydrology -- 10.5 The Colorado River in the Millennium Drought -- 10.5.1 The Upper Basin -- 10.5.1.1 The Upper Colorado River -- 10.5.1.2 The Green River -- 10.5.1.3 The San Juan River -- 10.5.2 Lower Basin -- 10.5.2.1 The Grand Canyon Segment -- 10.5.2.2 The Lower River -- 10.5.2.3 The Delta -- 10.6 Hydrology: Past and Future -- 10.6.1 Early Efforts to Estimate the Annual Flow of the Colorado River -- 10.6.2 Tree‐ring Estimates of Hydrology -- 10.6.3 Paleoflood Hydrology -- 10.6.4 Colorado River Hydrology in the Future -- 10.7 Pre‐dam and Post‐dam Sediment Yield and Sediment Transport -- 10.8 Channel Adjustment and Ecological Change During the Twentieth Century -- 10.8.1 The Delta and Its Transformation -- 10.8.2 The Imperial Valley and Salton Sea -- 10.8.3 The Lower River -- 10.8.4 The River System Within the Colorado Plateau -- 10.8.4.1 Channel Adjustment in Segments Where Transport Capacity Exceeds Supply -- 10.8.4.2 Channel Adjustment in Segments Where Capacity is Less Than Supply -- 10.9 Modern Fish Community -- 10.10 Environmental Management of the Modern River -- 10.10.1 The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program -- 10.10.1.1 The 1996 Controlled Flood -- 10.10.2 Opportunities for Recovery of the Delta Ecosystem -- 10.11 The Future -- 10.12 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 The Lena: A Large River in a Deep Permafrost Zone -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Description of the Lena Drainage Basin -- 11.3 A Periglacial Environment -- 11.4 Floodplain, Delta, and Periglacial Land Forms -- 11.4.1 Fluvial Dynamics and Landforms -- 11.4.1.1 Hydrologic Functioning of a Periglacial River. ; 11.4.2 Fluvial Forms of the Middle and Lower Lena River -- 11.4.3 Thermal Erosion and Its Impact on the Fluvial Forms -- 11.5 Impact of Climatic Change on the Hydrosystem -- 11.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 The Danube: Morphology, Evolution, and Environmental Issues -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Water and Sediment -- 12.3 Headwaters of the Danube -- 12.4 Hydromorphology of the Danube Sections -- 12.4.1 The Upper Danube in Germany and Austria -- 12.4.2 The Middle Danube (Slovakia, Hungary, and Serbia) -- 12.4.3 The Lower Danube (Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine) -- 12.5 The Danube Delta -- 12.5.1 Delta Habitats and Environmental Problems -- 12.6 The Evolution of the Valley of the Danube -- 12.6.1 The Upper Section -- 12.6.2 The Middle Section -- 12.6.3 The Lower Section -- 12.6.4 The Delta -- 12.7 Human Impacts -- 12.7.1 A Brief History of Channelization -- 12.7.2 The Rhine-Main-Danube Canal -- 12.7.3 An Example of Damming the Danube: the Gabčíkovo Barrage in Slovakia -- 12.7.4 The Rise in Water Temperature -- 12.7.5 Pollution -- 12.7.6 How Much is the Danube Worth? -- References -- Chapter 13 The Yukon and the Mackenzie: Large Arctic Rivers of North America -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Large Arctic Rivers of North America -- 13.2.1 Geography -- 13.2.2 Unique Characteristics of Arctic and Subarctic Rivers Relative to Large Rivers in Other Climates -- 13.3 The Yukon and the Mackenzie: A Study in Contrasts -- 13.3.1 Physical Characteristics -- 13.3.1.1 The Mackenzie -- 13.3.1.2 The Yukon -- 13.3.2 Similarities and Differences Between the Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers -- 13.4 The Future of Large Arctic Rivers in North America -- 13.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14 The River Nile: Evolution and Environment -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Nile Basin River Environments -- 14.3 Early Origins and the Neogene Nile. ; 14.3.1 The Late Miocene Nile Canyon in Egypt.
• Titolo autorizzato: Large rivers
• ISBN: 1-119-41263-3; 1-119-41264-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830877903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II