Engineering Geomorphology
Theory and Practice
Published on 6. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-904445-38-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book highlights the basic concepts used to explain the causes, mechanisms and consequences of landform change.
It considers how the land surface works in the context of wetland, flatland, hills, mountains, rivers and coasts; and the techniques that are available to the engineering geomorphologist in the field, in the laboratory, in the office and in the various forms of remote sensing.
It is a significant book written by foremost experts in the field and is the first to truly cover the topic of engineering geomorphology as a distinct discipline. It is an essential guide for both practitioners and students.
It considers how the land surface works in the context of wetland, flatland, hills, mountains, rivers and coasts; and the techniques that are available to the engineering geomorphologist in the field, in the laboratory, in the office and in the various forms of remote sensing.
It is a significant book written by foremost experts in the field and is the first to truly cover the topic of engineering geomorphology as a distinct discipline. It is an essential guide for both practitioners and students.
Reviews / Votes
'This is the handy source that brings together a wealth of basic data from a huge range of published and unpublished sources... it comes at a sensible price and it is tailored down and then expanded laterally to provide the basic facts that the engineer needs at work. ...great to pull off the shelf for a snapshot of available data and status quo in the huge field of geomorphology. This book really does belong on the office shelf, where it will soon become very well thumbed.' to be published in the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and HydrologyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Porto Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
liberally
Dimensions
Height: 295 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
1145 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-904445-38-8 (9781904445388)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction. BASIC CONCEPTS: Energy Inputs and Geomorphological Activity. The Basics of Change: Stress, Strain and Strength. Earth Surface Systems. The Behaviour of Earth Surface Systems. SYSTEM CONTROLS: Geology; Engineering Soils; Mobile Sediments; Climate Variation; Sea-Level Change. The Nature of Change: Rates and Events. The Implications of Change: Hazards and Risks. Construction Resources: Aggregates. Engineering and Change: Environmental Impacts. SLOPES: The Supply of Water and Sediment; The Role of Water; Soil Erosion by Water; Wind Erosion and Deposition; Landslides; Landslide Hazard and Risk; Karst Terrain. RIVERS: The Drainage Basin; Water and Sediment Loads; Channel Form; Channel Change; Flooding; Flood Hazard and Risk; THE COAST: Energy Inputs; Sediment Cells and Budgets; Hazard and Risk Assessment; Estuaries, Mudflats and Saltmarshes; Deltas; Fringing Beaches; Barrier Beaches; Dunes; Cliffs. COMMON TECHNIQUES: Methods of Investigation. Desk Study and Initial Terrain Models. Geographical Information Systems. Satellite Imagery and Aerial Photographs. Historical Research. Terrain Evaluation. Geomorphological Mapping. Measurement and Monitoring of Change. Dating Methods. Uncertainty and Expert Judgement. Further Reading