River Variability and Complexity

Stanley A. Schumm

220 pages, parution le 11/05/2005

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Résumé

Rivers differ among themselves and through time. An individual river can vary significantly downstream, changing its dimensions and pattern dramatically over a short distance. If hydrology and hydraulics were the primary controls on the morphology and behavior of large rivers, we would expect long reaches of rivers to maintain characteristic and relatively uniform morphologies. In fact, this is not the case - the variability of large rivers indicates that other important factors are involved. River Variability and Complexity presents a new approach to the understanding of river variability. It provides examples of river variability and explains the reasons for them, including fluvial response to human activities. Understanding the mechanisms of variability is important for geomorphologists, geologists, river engineers and sedimentologists as they attempt to interpret ancient fluvial deposits or anticipate river behavior at different locations and through time. This book provides an excellent background for graduates, researchers and professionals.

A concise new approach to the understanding of river variability, building on the author's 40 years experience of river geomorphology

Includes helpful reference tables and charts for the study of river characteristics (type) and behaviour (dynamics)

Includes a discussion of the unintended consequences of human actions and develops a hypothesis regarding the effect of river characteristics on human behaviour

L'auteur - Stanley A. Schumm

Stanley A. Schumm is an internationally recognized geomorphologist, whose primary experience has been the investigation and analysis of fluvial systems. During his career, Dr. Schumm has worked as a geologist with the United States Geological survey and has taught at Colorado state university for 30 years. He has served on numerous professional, technical, and government advisory committees in the USA and around the world. He is the recipient of many prizes and awards for his scientific contributions and papers, including the Kirk Bryan Award of the Geological society of America for his book The Fluvial System, and in 1997 the GSA'S Distinguished career Award. He has published two other books with Cambridge To interpret the Earth: Ten ways to Be wrong (1991) and Active Tectonics and Alluvial Rivers'' (Schumm, Dumontand Holbrook, 2000).

Sommaire

Preface
Acknowledgments
Background
Upstream Controls
Fixed Local Controls
Variable Local Controls
Downstream Controls
Rivers and Humans
References
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Stanley A. Schumm
Parution	11/05/2005
Nb. de pages	220
Format	19,5 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	706g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521846714
ISBN13	978-0-521-84671-4