Fluvial Forms and Processes: A New Perspective

by Knighton,David

• ISBN13: 9780340663134
• ISBN10: 0340663138
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This is a completely revised and updated edition of David Knighton's River Forms and Processes. Looking at the wide range of forms developed by natural rivers and the processes responsible for that development, the book combines empirical and theoretical approaches, and provides a criticalassessment of the many schools of thought which have emerged for dealing with adjustment in the fluvial system. It is fully illustrated throughout by a superb range of figures, photographs and tables.

Table of Contents

List of symbols	ix	(4)
Acknowledgements	xiii
Chapter 1 Introduction	1	(8)
Chapter 2 Drainage networks	9	(56)
Network analysis	9	(15)
Hillslope processes	24	(9)
Channel initiation	33	(8)
Network evolution	41	(15)
Hillslopes, networks and channels	56	(9)
Chapter 3 Catchment processes	65	(31)
Catchment hydrology	65	(15)
Catchment denudation	80	(16)
Chapter 4 Fluvial processes	96	(55)
Mechanics of flow	96	(11)
Thresholds of erosion	107	(11)
Sediment transport	118	(23)
Sediment deposition	141	(10)
Chapter 5 Adjustment of channel form	151	(110)
Characteristics of adjustment	153	(14)
Cross-sectional form	167	(20)
Bed configuration	187	(18)
Channel pattern	205	(37)
Channel gradient and the longitudinal profile	242	(19)
Chapter 6 Channel changes through time	261	(75)
Evidence of change	263	(8)
Causes of change	271	(8)
Philosophies of change	279	(16)
The effects of floods	295	(7)
Fluvial response to climatic change	302	(5)
Channel change and human activity	307	(29)
References	336	(41)
Index	377