Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change

by Benito, G.; Baker, Victor R.; Gregory, K. J.

• ISBN13: 9780471984658
• ISBN10: 0471984655
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-04
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change presents the most recent advances in the study of global changes in the hydrological regime during the last 20000 years. The book brings together new contributions; on regional palaeohydrology with case studies from all over the world; and on new methodologies and techniques used on palaeohydrological reconstructions. There are several key points that make this book an essential review to the international scientific community: * The major emphasis is on areas very sensitive to climate changes such as the Mediterranean, Tundra regions and the Tropical Zones of Asia, Africa and America. * New interdisciplinary methodologies in reconstructing palaeohydrological changes including palaeoecology, pollen and lichen analysis, identification of anthropogenic stressors and changes in climate circulation regimes. * Modelling studies; conceptual and mesoscale models for reconstructing palaeoenvironments during the Quaternary. This book will be a valuable reference work for all professionals and students interested in quaternary environmental, climatic and hydrological history including those in the fields of geology, geography, hydrology, biogeography, archaeology, and environmental sciences.

Author Biography

G. Benito is the editor of Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change, published by Wiley. Victor R. Baker is the editor of Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix	(4)
Preface	xiii
1. Paleohydrology and the Hydrological Sciences	1	(12)
V.R. Baker
PART I Palaeohydrological Research Strategies	13	(70)
2. Applications of Palaeohydrology	13	(14)
K.J. Gregory
3. Palaeohydrology, Palaeodischarges and Palaeochannel Dimensions: Research Strategies for Meandering Alluvial Rivers	27	(16)
I. Reinfelds
P. Bishop
4. Fluvial Evidence of the Medieval Warm Period and the Late Medieval Climatic Deterioration in Europe	43	(10)
A.G. Brown
5. Modelling Long-term Erosion and Sedimentation Processes in Fluvial Systems: A Case Study for the Allier/Loire System	53	(14)
A. Veldkamp
J.J. van Dijke
6. Arid Phases in the Western Mediterranean Region During the Last Glacial Cycle Reconstructed from Lacustrine Records	67	(16)
B. Valero-Garces
E. Zeroual
K. Kelts
PART II Palaeohydrological Interpretations from Depositional Sequences and Geomorphological Changes	83	(56)
7. Depositional Model for Cold-climate Tundra Rivers	83	(16)
C. Kasse
8. Tectonic versus Climatic Controls on the River Maas Dynamics During the Late Glacial	99	(12)
M. Huisink
9. Late Pleistocene and Holocene Siberian River Valley Geomorphogenesis as a Result of Palaeogeographical Cyclic Changes	111	(14)
A.F. Yamskikh
10. Palaeohydrological Changes in the Upper Dneper Valley, Belarus, During the Last 20 000 Years	125	(14)
T. Kalicki
A.F. Sanko
PART III Palaeohydrology and Environmental Changes	139	(60)
11. Palaeoenvironmental Changes in the Last Glacial Maximum around the Wakasa Bay Area, Central Japan	139	(14)
S. Miyamoto
Y. Yasuda
H. Kitagawa
12. Late Pleistocene and Holocene River Development in Mediterranean Steepland Environments, Southwest Crete, Greece	153	(14)
G.S. Maas
M.G. Macklin
M.J. Kirkby
13. Anthropogenic Influence on the Development of the Holocene Terraces of the River Lippe, Germany	167	(14)
J. Herget
14. Floods and Quaternary Sedimentation Style in a Bedrock-controlled Reach of the Bergantes River, Ebro Basin, Northeast Spain	181	(18)
A. Lopez-Aviles
P.J. Ashworth
M.G. Macklin
PART IV Late Pleistocene Palaeohydrology	199	(48)
15. New Approach to the Ice Age Paleohydrology of Northern Eurasia	199	(16)
M.G. Grosswald
16. Mountain Ice-dammed Lakes of Southern Siberia and their Influence on the Development and Regime of the Intracontinental Runoff Systems of North Asia in the Late Pleistocene	215	(20)
A. Rudoy
17. Simulation of the Caspian Sea Level Changes During Last 20 000 Years	235	(12)
A.V. Kislov
G.V. Surkova
PART V Tropical Zone Palaeohydrology	247	(42)
18. Late Quaternary Landscape Instability in the Humid and Sub-humid Tropics	247	(12)
M.F. Thomas
19. Late Quaternary Alluvial Sedimentation in the Upper Rio Negro Basin, Amazonia, Brazil: Palaeohydrological Implications	259	(14)
E.M. Latrubesse
E. Franzinelli
20. Palaeohydrological Changes in the Upper Parana River, Brazil, During the Late Quaternary: A Facies Approach	273	(16)
J.C. Stevaux
M.L. dos Santos
PART VI Response of Extreme Events to Climate Change	289	(60)
21. Extreme Events in the Last 200 Years in the Upper Vistula Basin: Their Palaeohydrological Implications	289	(18)
L. Starkel
22. Mid-Holocene Floods of the Syrian Euphrates Inferred from `Tell' Sediments	307	(10)
T. Oguchi
C.T. Oguchi
23. Palaeoflood Hydrology of the Tagus River, Central Spain	317	(18)
G. Benito
M.J. Machado
A. Perez-Gonzalez
A. Sopena
24. Regional Palaeoflood Databases Applied to Flood Hazards and Palaeoclimate Analysis	335	(14)
A. Diez-Herrero
G. Benito
L. Lain-Huerta
Index	349