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9781444304381

Braided Rivers: Process, Deposits, Ecology and Management (Special Publication 36 of the IAS)

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  • ISBN13:

    9781444304381

  • ISBN10:

    1444304380

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2009-03-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Braided Rivers: Where Have We Come in 10 Years? Progress and Future Needs
Depositional Models of Braided Rivers
A Sedimentological Model to Characterize Braided River Deposits for Hydrogeological Applications
Scaling and Hierarchy in Braided Rivers and Their Deposits: Examples and Implications for Reservoir Modelling
Approaching the System-Scale Understanding of Braided River Behaviour
Cellular Modelling of Braided River Form and Process
Numerical Modelling of Alternate Bars in Shallow Channels
Methods for Assessing Exploratory Computational Models of Braided Rivers
Bed Load Transport in Braided Gravel-Bed Rivers
Sediment Transport in a Microscale Braided Stream: From Grain Size to Reach Size
Morphological Analysis and Prediction of River Bifurcations
Braided River Management: From Assessment of River Behaviour to Improved Sustainable Development
Bank Protection and River Training Along the Braided Brahmaputra-Jamuna River, Bangladesh
Morphological Response of the Brahmaputra-Padma-Lower Meghna River System to the Assam Earthquake of 1950
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
Effects of Human Impact on Braided River Morphology: Examples From Northern Italy
Ecology Of Braided Rivers
Riparian Tree Establishment on Gravel Bars: Interactions Between Plant Growth Strategy and the Physical Environment
Index
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