UID:
almafu_9959328061602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxi, 689 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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illustrations (some color), maps
ISBN:
9780470723722
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0470723726
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9780470723715
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0470723718
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9780470849873
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0470849878
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1281309796
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9781281309792
Inhalt:
Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management explores an important topic in geomorphology and sedimentology: the form and function of major rivers. Our knowledge of the big rivers of the world is limited. It is currently difficult to recognise large rivers of the past from relict sedimentary deposits or to structure management policies for long international rivers. . This exciting book brings together a set of papers on large rivers of the world, as a unique introduction to a demanding subject. The book includes thirty chapters and is organised into three sections. The first part is on the envi.
Anmerkung:
Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1: Introduction; 1.1 A BOOK ON LARGE RIVERS; 1.2 WHAT IS A LARGE RIVER?; 1.3 THE BOOK AND ITS CONTENT; REFERENCES; PART I: BACKGROUND; 2: Geology of Large River Systems; 3: Hydrology and Discharge; 4: Transcontinental Moving and Storage: the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers Transfer the Andes to the Atlantic*; 5: Greatest Floods and Largest Rivers; 6: Classification, Architecture, and Evolution of Large-river Deltas.
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7: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Large River Deposits: Recognition in the Ancient Record, and Distinction from 'Incised Valley Fills'PART II: CASE STUDIES; 8: Effects of Tectonism, Climate Change, and Sea-level Change on the Form and Behaviour of the Modern Amazon River and its Floodplain; 9: The Mississippi River System; 10: The Colorado River; 11: The Lena River: Hydromorphodynamic Features in a Deep Permafrost Zone; 12: The Danube: Morphology, Evolution and Environmental Issues; 13: The Nile: Evolution, Quat.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Large rivers. Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, ©2007 ISBN 9780470849873
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0470849878
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470723722
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470723722
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470723722
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470723722
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