Gravel-Bed Rivers : Process and Disasters.

With contributions from key researchers across the globe, and edited by internationally recognized leading academics, Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes and Disasters presents the definitive review of current knowledge of gravel-bed rivers. Continuing an established and successful series of scholarly repo...

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Main Author: Tsutsumi, Daizo
Other Authors: Laronne, Jonathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Somerset : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017.
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Summary:With contributions from key researchers across the globe, and edited by internationally recognized leading academics, Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes and Disasters presents the definitive review of current knowledge of gravel-bed rivers. Continuing an established and successful series of scholarly reports, this book consists of the papers presented at the 8th International Gravel-Bed Rivers Workshop. Focusing on all the recent progress that has been made in the field, subjects covered include flow, physical modeling, sediment transport theory, techniques and instrumentation, morphodynamics and ecological topics, with special attention given to aspects of disasters relevant to sediment supply and integrated river management. This up-to-date compendium is essential reading for geomorphologists, river engineers and ecologists, river managers, fluvial sedimentologists and advanced students in these fields.
Daizo Tsutsumi, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Jonathan B. Laronne Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel --Book Jacket.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (845 pages)
ISBN:9781118971413
1118971418