Experimental Fluvial GeomorphologyThis book brings together the results of several years of experimental work - much of it never before published - in drainage basin evolution, hydrology, river-channel morphology and sedimentology. These investigations are related to real-world applications, particularly geological exploration and mapping. The book shows how awareness of natural phenomena can improve management of the natural environment, such as the control of rivers and eroding gullies. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter | 4 |
DRAINAGE BASIN MORPHOLOGY AND DYNAMICS | 9 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
aggradation alluvial fan alluvium alternate bars bank erosion baselevel lowering bedrock bend braided braided channel Channel filled channel incision channel morphology concentration confluence cross sections decreased degradation deposition depth downcutting downfan downstream drainage basin drainage density drainage network effect episodic eroded evolution experimental studies experiments fan apex fan delta fan surface fanhead trenching FIGURE first-order streams flume fluvial fan formed geomorphic geomorphology gradient headcut headward heavy minerals incised channel increased kaolinite L/sec landforms longitudinal profile magnetite main channel maximum extension midfan Mosley mudflow fan network development network growth nickpoint migration observed occurred Parker placer processes produced progradation reach relatively result river runoff sand Schumm scour sediment discharge sediment load sediment production sediment yield sedimentology sinuosity source area steeper straight channel stratigraphy streamflow subsidence Table tectonic thalweg transport tributaries uplift upstream valley slope variables vertical watershed Weaver width Zone
Bibliographic information
| Title | Experimental Fluvial Geomorphology A Wiley-Interscience publication Experimental Geomorphology and Hydrology |
| Authors | Stanley Alfred Schumm, M. Paul Mosley, William E. Weaver |
| Contributors | M. Paul Mosley, William E. Weaver |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Wiley, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | May 8, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0471830771, 9780471830771 |
| Length | 413 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / Experiments & Projects |
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