Smith H. Greg Sambrook

Braided Rivers

Process, Deposits, Ecology and Management
Herausgeber: Sambrook Smith, Gregory H; Jarvis, Ian; Petts, Geoffrey E; Bristow, Charlie S; Best, James L

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Produktbeschreibung

Braided rivers form some of the world's most dynamic and varied alluvial environments. They present issues in relation to flood control, irrigation, habitat protection and river regulation; and their deposits act as important aquifiers and hydrocarbon reservoirs giving them a key role in resource management. This important book brings together eighteen cutting-edge research papers first presented at the Second International Conference on Braided Rivers. The conference discussed the latest research on the dynamics, deposits and ecology of these rivers. The papers in this book include discussions of the morphology of braided rivers and aspects of their sediment transport, depositional models, numerical modeling, engineering applications, system scale understanding, aspects of bank protection and the sustainable management of braided rivers and their ecology. The study of braided rivers is of interest to a wide range of geomorphologists, earth scientists, engineers and ecologists, and this book will be essential reading for all those who have pure and applied interest in the study, modelling and management of braided rivers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 975g
• ISBN-13: 9781405151214
• ISBN-10: 1405151218
• Artikelnr.: 22081100

Autorenporträt

Gregory H. Sambrook Smith is a Lecturer at the University of Birmingham James L. Best is a Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Leeds Charlie S. Bristow is a Senior Lecturer of Sedimentology at the University College, London Geoff E. Petts is a Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Birmingham

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Acknowledgements.

Braided Rivers: Where Have We Come in 10 Years? Progress andFuture Needs (Greg Sambrook Smith, Jim Best, Charlie Bristow andGeoff Petts).

Depositional Models of Braided Rivers (John S. Bridge and Ian A.Lunt).

A Sedimentological Model to Characterize Braided River Depositsfor Hydrogeological Applications (Peter Huggenberger and ChristianRegli).

Scaling and Hierarchy in Braided Rivers and Their Deposits:Examples and Implications for Reservoir Modelling (Sean Kelly).

Approaching the System-Scale Understanding of Braided RiverBehaviour (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 ofBraided Rivers (Andrea B. Doeschl-Wilson, Peter E. Ashmore and MattDavison).

Bed Load Transport in Braided Gravel-Bed Rivers (Christian Martiand Gian Reto Bezzola).

Sediment Transport in a Microscale Braided Stream: From GrainSize to Reach Size (P. Meunier and F. Métivier).

Morphological Analysis and Prediction of River Bifurcations(Guido Zolezzi, Walter Bertoldi, Marco Tubino).

Braided River Management: From Assessment of River Behaviour toImproved Sustainable Development (H. Piégay, Gordon Grant,Futoshi Nakamura and Noel Trustrum).

Bank Protection and River Training Along the BraidedBrahmaputra-Jamuna River, Bangladesh (Erik Mosselman).

Morphological Response of the Brahmaputra-Padma-Lower MeghnaRiver System to the Assam Earthquake of 1950 (Maminul Haque Sarkerand Colin R. Thorne).

Use of Remote-Sensing with Two-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Modelsto Assess Impacts of Hydro-Operations on a Large, Braided,Gravel-Bed River: Waitaki River, New Zealand (D. Murray Hicks,U.Shankar, M. J. Duncan, M. Rebuffé and J. Aberle).

Effects of Human Impact on Braided River Morphology: ExamplesFrom Northern Italy (Nicola Surian).

Ecology Of Braided Rivers (Klement Tockner, Achim Paetzold, UteKaraus, Cécile Claret and Jürg Zettel).

Riparian Tree Establishment on Gravel Bars: Interactions BetweenPlant Growth Strategy and the Physical Environment (Robert A.Francis, Angela M. Gurnell, Geoffrey E. Petts and Peter J.Edwards).

Index.