Sediment Cascades (eBook, PDF)

An Integrated Approach
Redaktion: Burt, Tim; Allison, Robert

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 sediment delivery systems and introduces the main themes of sediment production, delivery, storage and transfer. Further chapters then focus on specific environments from mountains, through floodplains, to estuaries and the continental shelf. * Focuses on contemporary sediment system dynamics and current research * Covers a sequence of environments from steep mountains to the continental shelf * Highlights the continuity of the subject by linking each component area with its adjacent elements

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 482
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470682869
• Artikelnr.: 37298505

Autorenporträt

Tim Burt is Professor of Physical Geography and Master of Hatfield College at the University of Durham. His research interests are hillslope hydrology, nitrate and phosphate pollution, soil erosion, and long instrumental records of climate change. Current research is focused on nitrate leaching from agricultural land, riparian buffer zones, and the hydrology of upland peat. Professor Burt teaches on undergraduate programmes in Geography and the Masters course in Geomorphology & Environmental Change. He has edited Nitrate Processes, Patterns and Management (with Louise Heathwaite and Stephen Trudgill) and is presently chief editor for Volume 4 of the History of the Study of Landforms (to be published in 2008 by the Geological Society of London). Robert Allison is Professor in Physical Geography and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sussex. His research interests are in slopes, weathering & geotechnics and the geomorphology of arid environments. Current research is focused on sediment generation and transfer in arid environments, modelling failure in fractured rock masses and the geotechnical behaviour of soft sediments. Professor Allison teaches on undergraduate programmes in Geography and Masters courses in Geomorphology & Environmental Change and Engineering Geology. He edited Landscape Sensitivity (with David S.G. Thomas) and Applied Geomorphology, both published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors. Preface. 1 Sediment Cascades in the Environment: An Integrated Approach (Timothy P. Burt
Durham University
UK and Robert J. Allison
University of Sussex
UK ). 2 Mountains and Montane Channels (Michael Church
University of British Columbia
Canada). 3 Landslides and Rockfalls (Nick J. Rosser
Durham University
UK). 4 Sediment Cascades in Active Landscapes (Tim R. H. Davies
University of Canterbury
New Zealand and Oliver Korup
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest
Snow and Landscape Research). 5 Pacific Rim Steeplands (Basil Gomez
Indiana State University
USA; Michael J. Page
GNS Science
New Zealand; Noel A. Trustrum
GNS Science
New Zealand). 6 Local Buffers to the Sediment Cascade: Debris Cones and Alluvial Fans ( Adrian M. Harvey
University of Liverpool
UK). 7 Overland Flow and Soil Erosion (Louise J. Bracken
Durham University
UK ). 8 Erosional Processes and Sediment Transport in Upland Mires (Martin G. Evans
University of Manchester
UK and Timothy P. Burt
Durham University
UK). 9 Gravel-Bed Rivers (Michael Church
University of British Columbia
Canada ). 10 The Fine-Sediment Cascade (Pamela S. Naden
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
UK). 11 Streams
Valleys and Floodplains in the Sediment Cascade (Stanley W. Trimble
University of California at Los Angeles
USA). 12 Lakes and Reservoirs in the Sediment Cascade (Ian D.L. Foster
University of Westminster
UK). 13 Continental-Scale River Basins (David L. Higgitt
National University of Singapore). 14 Estuaries (Tom Spencer
Cambridge University
UK and Denise J. Reed
University of New Orleans
USA). 15 The Continental Shelf and Continental Slope (David N. Petley
Durham University
UK). Index.