Braided Rivers Process, Deposits, Ecology and Management

by Sambrook Smith, Gregory H.; Best, James L.; Bristow, Charlie S.; Petts, Geoffrey E.; Jarvis, Ian

• ISBN13: 9781405151214
• ISBN10: 1405151218
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This important book brings together eighteen cutting-edge research papers first presented at the Second International Conference on Braided Rivers. It includes the latest research on the dynamics, deposits and ecology of these rivers. Essential reading for geomorphologists, earth scientists, engineers and ecologists with a pure and applied interest in the study, modelling and management of braided rivers.

Author Biography

Gregory H. Sambrook Smith is a Lecturer at the University of Birmingham

James L. Best is a Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Leeds

Charlie S. Bristow is a Senior Lecturer of Sedimentology at the University College, London

Geoff E. Petts is a Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Birmingham

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Braided rivers: where have we come in 10 years? Progress and future needs	1	(10)
Greg Sambrook Smith
Jim Best
Charlie Bristow
Geoff Petts
Depositional models of braided rivers	11	(40)
John S. Bridge
Ian A. Lunt
A sedimentological model to characterize braided river deposits for hydrogeological applications	51	(24)
Peter Huggenberger
Christian Regli
Scaling and hierarchy in braided rivers and their deposits: examples and implications for reservoir modelling	75	(32)
Sean Kelly
Approaching the system-scale understanding of braided river behaviour	107	(30)
Stuart N. Lane
Cellular modelling of braided river form and process	137	(16)
A.P. Nicholas
R. Thomas
T.A. Quine
Numerical modelling of alternate bars in shallow channels	153	(24)
A. Bernini
V. Caleffi
A. Valiani
Methods for assessing exploratory computational models of braided rivers	177	(22)
Andrea B. Doeschl
Peter E. Ashmore
Matt Davison
Bed load transport in braided gravel-bed rivers	199	(18)
Christian Marti
Gian Reto Bezzola
Sediment transport in a microscale braided stream: from grain size to reach scale	217	(16)
P. Meunier
F. Metivier
Morphological analysis and prediction of river bifurcations	233	(24)
Guido Zolezzi
Walter Bertoldi
Marco Tubino
Braided river management: from assessment of river behaviour to improved sustainable development	257	(20)
Herve Piegay
Gordon Grant
Futoshi Nakamura
Noel Trustrum
Bank protection and river training along the braided Brahmaputra--Jamuna River, Bangladesh	277	(12)
Erik Mosselman
Morphological response of the Brahmaputra--Padma--Lower Meghna river system to the Assam earthquake of 1950	289	(22)
Maminul Haque Sarker
Colin R. Thorne
Use of remote-sensing with two-dimensional hydrodynamic models to assess impacts of hydro-operations on a large, braided, gravel-bed river: Waitaki River, New Zealand	311	(16)
D. Murray Hicks
U. Shankar
M.J. Duncan
M. Rebuffe
J. Aberle
Effects of human impact on braided river morphology: examples from northern Italy	327	(12)
Nicola Surian
Ecology of braided rivers	339	(22)
Klement Tockner
Achim Paetzold
Ute Karaus
Cecile Claret
Jurg Zettel
Riparian tree establishment on gravel bars: interactions between plant growth strategy and the physical environment	361	(20)
Robert A. Francis
Angela M. Gurnell
Geoffrey E. Petts
Peter J. Edwards
Index	381