Process Models and Theoretical Geomorphology
M. J. Kirkby(Editor)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 10. January 1994
Book
Hardback
440 pages
978-0-471-94104-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains research papers presented at an international symposium on geomorphology and its applications. The contributors discuss such topics as channel processes, tectonics and valley heads. The applications include the modelling of hydrogeomorphic processes.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
930 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-94104-0 (9780471941040)
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Content
Part 1 Tectonic and general approaches: randomness in geomorphological process response models, F. Ahnert; apatite fission track analysis - its potential for the estimation of denudation rates and implications for models of long-term landscape development, R.W. Brown, et al; tectonic models of passive margin evolution and their implications for theories of long-term landscape development, A.R. Gilchrist and M.A. Summerfield; a quantitative expression for external forces, K. Kashiwaya; the evolutionary model for the coastal range, Eastern Taiwan, J.C. Lin. Part 2 Channel processes: the physical modelling of braided rivers and deposition of fine-grained sediment, P.J. Ashworth, et al; interrelationships between bedload transfer and river-bed adjustment in mountain rivers - an example from Squaw Creek, Montana, P.E. Ergenzinger, et al; towards a model of changes in bed material texture at the drainage basin scale, S. Rice; a theory of channel and floodplain responses to alternating regimes and its application to actual adjustments in the Hawkesbury River, Australia, R. Warner; analytical approach to flow resistance in gravel-bed channels with vegetated banks, R. Masterman and C.R. Thorne. Part 3 Valley heads: landscape dissection and drainage area slope thresholds, D.R. Montgomery and W.E. Dietrich; influence of slope/stream coupling on process interactions on eroding gully slopes - Howgill Fells, North West England, A.M. Harvey; hydro-geomorphology modelling with a physically based river basin evolution model, G. Willgoose, et al; thresholds and instability in stream head hollows - a model of magnitude and frequency for wash processes, M.J. Kirkby; theoretical constraints on the development of surface rills - mode shapes, amplitude limitations and implications for non-linear evolution, D. Loewenherz-Lawrence. Part 4 Applications: variation in runoff on steep, unstable loess slopes near Lanzhou, China - initial results using rainfall simulation, T. Muxart, et al; modelling hydrogeomorphic processes to assess the stability of rehabilitated land forms, Ranger Uranium Mine, Northern Territory, Australia - a research strategy, S.J. Riley; applications of a numerical model for shore-normal sediment size variation, D. Horn.