Fluvial forms and processes: a new perspective / David Knighton.
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Arnold, c1998Edition: Rev. and update edDescription: xv, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780340663134Subject(s): Watersheds | River channels | RiversDDC classification: 551.483 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 551.482 WAL/A Angling in the kumaun lakes/ | 551.483 BRI/G Geomorphology and River Management: Applications of the River Styles Framework | 551.483 KNI/F Fluvial forms and processes: a new perspective / | 551.483 KNI/F Fluvial forms and processes: a new perspective / | 551.483 KNI/F Fluvial forms and processes: a new perspective / | 551.483 WOH/R Rivers in the landscape: Science and management/ | 551.489 KUS/F Floods: Hazards of surface and groundwater systems/ |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-376 and index.
Chapter-I: Introduction
Chapter 2 Drainage networks -- Network analysis -- Hillslope processes -- Channel initiation -- Network evolution -- Hillslopes, networks and channels
Chapter 3 Catchment processes -- Catchment hydrology -- Catchment denudation
Chapter 4 Fluvial processes -- Mechanics of flow -- Thresholds of erosion -- Sediment transport
Sediment deposition
Chapter 5 Adjustment of channel form -- Characteristics of adjustment -- Cross-sectional form -- Bed configuration -- Channel pattern -- Channel gradient and the longitudinal profile
Chapter 6 Channel changes through time -- Evidence of change -- Causes of change -- Philosophies of change -- The effects of floods -- Fluvial response to climatic change -- Channel change and human activity
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