Fluvial Meanders and Their Sedimentary Products in the Rock Record (IAS SP 48) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fluvial Meanders and Their Sedimentary Products in the Rock Record (IAS SP 48) write by Massimiliano Ghinassi. This book was released on 2019-01-22. Fluvial Meanders and Their Sedimentary Products in the Rock Record (IAS SP 48) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The sinuous form and peculiar evolution of meandering rivers has long captured the imagination of people. Today, meandering rivers exist in some of the most densely populated areas in the World, where they provide environmental and economic wealth and opportunities, as well as posing hazards. Through geological time, the ancestors of these modern meanders built deposits that are now host to mineral resources, groundwater, and hydrocarbons. This Special Publication illustrates the breadth of current research on meandering rivers and their deposits. The collection of research papers demonstrates the state of science on fluvial process–product relationships. The articles cover fundamental and applied studies of both modern and ancient rivers, are based on state-of-the-art technology, include complementary philosophical approaches, and span a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. This book includes some of the most recent advances in the study of the morphodynamics and sedimentology of meandering rivers, and is an important resource for those who want to investigate fluvial systems and their deposits.
From River to Rock Record
From River to Rock Record - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From River to Rock Record write by Stephanie K. Davidson. This book was released on 2011-01-01. From River to Rock Record available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Fluvial Sedimentology VI
Fluvial Sedimentology VI - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fluvial Sedimentology VI write by Norman D. Smith. This book was released on 2009-03-16. Fluvial Sedimentology VI available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Understanding of rivers and their sediments, both as modern systems and as ancient counterparts in the geological record, has progressed steadily but markedly over the past several decades, with contributions by practitioners in diverse fields of geosciences and engineering. This book contains 31 papers, with authors from 13 countries, who participated in the Sixth International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology held in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1977. True to the nature of these quadrennial conferences, the papers in this book discuss a broad range of fluvial subjects that include the character of bedforms and sediment transport in river channels, morphological and sedimentological features of modern fluvial environments, modern and ancient avulsions, internal and external controls on the behaviour of river systems, and the facies and architectural organization of alluvial deposits. A specialist volume detailing the latest advances in fluvial sedimentology. Authorship includes the leaders in the field. If you are a member of the International Association of Sedimentologists, for purchasing details, please see: http://www.iasnet.org/publications/details.asp?code=SP28
The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit
The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit write by Jan Zalasiewicz. This book was released on 2019-03-07. The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reviews the evidence underpinning the Anthropocene as a geological epoch written by the Anthropocene Working Group investigating it. The book discusses ongoing changes to the Earth system within the context of deep geological time, allowing a comparison between the global transition taking place today with major transitions in Earth history.
Modeling and Practice of Erosion and Sediment Transport under Change
Modeling and Practice of Erosion and Sediment Transport under Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Modeling and Practice of Erosion and Sediment Transport under Change write by Mohamed Meddi. This book was released on 2019-09-17. Modeling and Practice of Erosion and Sediment Transport under Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Climate and anthropogenic changes impact the conditions of erosion and sediment transport in rivers. Rainfall variability and, in many places, the increase of rainfall intensity have a direct impact on rainfall erosivity. Increasing changes in demography have led to the acceleration of land cover changes in natural areas, as well as in cultivated areas, and, sometimes, in degraded areas and desertified landscapes. These anthropogenized landscapes are more sensitive to erosion. On the other hand, the increase in the number of dams in watersheds traps a great portion of sediment fluxes, which do not reach the sea in the same amount, nor at the same quality, with consequences on coastal geomorphodynamics. This book is dedicated to studies on sediment fluxes from continental areas to coastal areas, as well as observation, modeling, and impact analysis at different scales from watershed slopes to the outputs of large river basins. This book is concentrated on a number of keywords: “erosion” and “sediment transport”, “model” and “practice”, and “change”. The keywords are briefly discussed with respect to the relevant literature. The contributions in this book address observations and models based on laboratory and field data, allowing researchers to make use of such resources in practice under changing conditions.
