Braided rivers : process, deposits, ecology and management / edited by Gregory H. Sambrook Smith [and others].

Other author Sambrook Smith, Gregory H.
Format Book
Publication InfoMalden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
Description390 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Braided rivers.

SeriesSpecial publication number 36 of the International Association of Sedimentologists
Special publication ... of the International Association of Sedimentologists no. 36. ^A77379
Contents Braided rivers : where have we come in 10 years? : progress and future needs -- Greg Sambrook Smith ... [et al.] -- Depositional models of braided rivers -- John S. Bridge and Ian A. Lunt -- A sedimentological model to characterize braided river deposits for hydrogeological applications / Peter Huggenberger and Christian Regli -- Scaling and hierarchy in braided rivers and their deposits : examples and implications for reservoir modelling / Sean Kelly -- Approaching the system-scale understanding of braided river behaviour / Stuart N. Lane -- Cellular modelling of braided river form and process / A.P. Nicholas, R. Thomas, and T.A. Quine -- Numerical modelling of alternate bars in shallow channels / A. Bernini, V. Caleffi, and A. Valiani -- Methods for assessing exploratory computational models of braided rivers / Andrea B. Doeschl, Peter E. Ashmore, and Matt Davison -- Bed load transport in braided gravel-bed rivers / Christian Marti and Gian Reto Bezzola -- Sediment transport in a microscale braided stream : from grain size to reach scale -- P. Meunier and F. Métivier -- Morphological analysis and prediction of river bifurcations / Guido Zolezzi, Walter Bertoldi, and Marco Tubino -- Braided river management : from assessment of river behaviour to improved sustainable development / Hervé Piégay ... [et al.] -- Bank protection and river training along the braided Brahmaputrajamuna River, Bangladesh / Erik Mosselman -- Morphological esponse of the Brahmaputra-Padma-Lower Meghna river system to the Assam earthquake of 1950 / Maminul Haque Sarker and Colin R. Thorne -- Use of remote-sensing with two-dimensional hydrodynamic models to assess impacts of hydro-operations on a large, braided, gravel-bed river : Waitaki River, New Zealand / D. Murray Hicks ... [et al.] -- Effects of human impact on braided river morphology : examples from northern Italy / Nicola Surian -- Ecology of braided rivers / Klement Tockner ... [et al.] -- Riparian tree establishment on gravel bars : interactions between plant growth strategy and the physical environment / Robert A. Francis ... [et al.].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005034253
ISBN1405151218 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781405151214 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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