{"product_id":"geomorphic-analysis-of-river-systems-9781405192743","title":"Geomorphic Analysis of River Systems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFilling a niche in the geomorphology teaching market, this introductory book is built around a 12 week course in fluvial geomorphology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReading the landscape' entails making sense of what a riverscape looks like, how it works, how it has evolved over time, and how alterations to one part of a catchment may have secondary consequences elsewhere, over different timeframes. These place-based field analyses are framed within their topographic, climatic and environmental context. Issues and principles presented in the first part of this book provide foundational understandings that underpin the approach to reading the landscape that is presented in the second half of the book. In reading the landscape, detective-style investigations and interpretations are tied to theoretical and conceptual principles to generate catchment-specific analyses of river character, behaviour and evolution, including responses to human disturbance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book has been constructed as an intr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Recommended readings for each chapter complement the bibliography and enhance the book's overall value. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals\/practitioners.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 August 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Geomorphic analysis of river systems: an approach to reading the landscape 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow is geomorphology useful? 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeomorphic analysis of river systems: our approach to reading the landscape 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Key concepts in river geomorphology 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpatial considerations in reading the landscape 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatchment linkages and (dis)connectivity 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceptualisation of time 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferentiating behaviour from change 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisturbance events 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMagnitude–frequency relationships in river systems 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRiver sensitivity and resilience 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatchment-specific analysis of river systems: combining spatial and temporal concepts 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Catchment-scale controls on river geomorphology 29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: what is a catchment? 29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProcess zones in catchments: sediment source, transfer and accumulation zones 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLongitudinal profiles of rivers 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeomorphic transitions along river longitudinal profiles 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatchment morphometrics as controls on river character and behaviour 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeologic controls on drainage network form, and river character and behaviour 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe influence of catchment configuration upon flow and sediment flux 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Catchment hydrology 44\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: what is hydrology? 44\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe hydrological cycle 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOperation of the hydrological cycle 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRunoff generation 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGroundwater flows 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatchment-scale runoff and discharge generation models 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChannel initiation 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGully and channel formation 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlow regimes of perennial, intermittent and ephemeral rivers 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDischarge and the magnitude\/frequency of flow in river systems 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlood stages and hydrographs 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalysis of hydrograph shape 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDischarge measurement 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlow frequency 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlow variability 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Impelling and resisting forces in river systems 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImpelling and resisting forces and Lane’s balance of erosion and deposition in channels 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMechanics of fluid flow 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImpelling forces in river channels 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResisting forces in channels 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVegetation and wood as resistance elements in river systems 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManning’s n as a unifying roughness parameter 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe balance of impelling and resisting forces along longitudinal profiles 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Sediment movement and deposition in river systems 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrain size (sediment calibre) and definitions of bedload, mixed load and suspended load in rivers 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhases of sediment movement along rivers: the Hjulström diagram 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEntrainment of sediment in river channels 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransport of sediment in river channels 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaterial properties that affect sediment movement in river systems 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeposition in river systems 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpreting sediment sequences as a tool to read the landscape 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Channel geometry 116\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBed and bank processes that influence channel shape 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChannel shape: putting the bed and banks together 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHydraulic geometry and adjustments to channel morphology 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Instream geomorphic units 132\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCategories of geomorphic units and measures used to identify them in the field 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProcess–form associations of instream geomorphic units 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnit and compound instream geomorphic units 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForced instream geomorphic units 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe continuum of instream geomorphic units and transformations in type 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Floodplain forms and processes 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFloodplain formation processes 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFloodplain reworking processes 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFloodplain geomorphic units 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe energy spectrum of floodplain types 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 River diversity 174\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFraming rivers as assemblages of cross-scalar features 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining reach boundaries 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe continuum of river form 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe spectrum of river diversity 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscriminating among river types 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe River Styles framework 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTips for reading the landscape to interpret river diversity 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 River behaviour 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRiver behaviour versus river change 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions of river adjustment 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural capacity for adjustment of differing river types 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eControls on the natural capacity for adjustment of different river types 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpreting the behavioural regime of different river types by reading the landscape 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples of behavioural regimes for differing types of rivers 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalysis of river behaviour using the river evolution diagram 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePredicting river responses to altered flux boundary conditions 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTips for reading the landscape to interpret river behaviour 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 River evolution 235\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimescales of river adjustment 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePathways and rates of river evolution 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeologic controls upon river evolution 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimatic influences on river evolution 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLandscape memory: imprint of past geologic and climatic conditions upon contemporary river processes, forms and evolutionary trajectory 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRiver responses to altered boundary conditions 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinking river evolution to the natural capacity for adjustment: adding river change to the river evolution diagram 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReading the landscape to interpret river evolution 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTips for reading the landscape to interpret river evolution 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Human impacts on river systems 269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical overview of human impacts upon river systems 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDirect and indirect forms of human disturbance to rivers 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceptualising river responses to human disturbance: adding human disturbance to the river evolution diagram 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing geomorphic river condition and recovery potential 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTips for reading the landscape to interpret human impacts on river systems 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Sediment flux at the catchment scale: source-to-sink relationships 297\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceptualising sediment flux through catchments 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechniques used to construct a sediment budget 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eControls upon sediment flux 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalysis of sediment flux across various scales 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTips for reading the landscape to interpret catchment-scale sediment flux 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey messages from this chapter 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 The usefulness of river geomorphology: reading the landscape in practice 320\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRespect diversity 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstand system dynamics and evolution 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnow your catchment 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClosing comment: how the book should be used 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected readings 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 335\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default 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