John D. Milliman, Katherine L. Farnsworth

River Discharge to the Coastal Ocean

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first in-depth synthesis of processes controlling river discharge to the global ocean, including climatic and anthropogenic factors; includes online database.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 988g
• ISBN-13: 9781107612181
• ISBN-10: 1107612187
• Artikelnr.: 37720115

Autorenporträt

John D. Milliman is Chancellor Professor of Marine Science at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at the College of William and Mary, Virginia, and has been at the forefront of studies of river runoff to the coastal ocean since the 1970s. He is an Honorary Professor at the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and recipient of the 1992 Francis P. Shepard Medal for Excellence in Marine Geology. He is Editor of Deep-Sea Research Part II and has published more than 150 research papers and book chapters.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
1. Introduction
2. Runoff, erosion and delivery to the coastal ocean
3. Temporal variations
4. Human impacts
Appendices. Global River Database: Appendix A: North and Central America
Appendix B: South America
Appendix C: Europe
Appendix D: Africa
Appendix E: Eurasia
Appendix F: Asia
Appendix G: Oceania
References
Index.