Rivers in the landscape: science and management
Ellen WohlDepartment of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Colorado, USA.
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- Full title :Rivers in the landscape : science and management / Ellen Wohl.
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Ellen WohlDepartment of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Colorado, USA.
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- Publication Date:2014.
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- Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Inc
- Place of Publication:Hoboken, New Jersey
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
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- Description:1 online resource (332 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781118414903, 111841490X
- oclc:ocn878136105
- LC Classification:GB1201.7
- Dewey Decimal:551.48/3
Table of Contents
Rivers in the Landscape -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Connectivity and inequality -- 1.2 Six degrees of connection -- 1.3 Rivers as integrators -- 1.4 Organization of this volume -- 1.5 Understanding rivers -- 1.5.1 The Colorado Front Range -- 1.6 Only connect -- 2 Creating channels and channel networks -- 2.1 Generating water, solutes, and sediment -- 2.1.1 Generating water -- 2.1.2 Generating sediment and solutes -- 2.2 Getting water, solutes, and sediment downslope to channels -- 2.2.1 Downslope pathways ofwater -- 2.2.2 Downslope movement ofsediment -- 2.2.3 Processes and patterns of water chemistry entering channels -- 2.2.4 Influence of the riparian zone on fluxes into channels -- 2.3 Channel initiation -- 2.4 Extension and development of the drainage network -- 2.4.1 Morphometric indices and scaling laws -- 2.4.2 Optimality -- 2.5 Spatial differentiation within drainage basins -- 2.6 Summary -- Channel processes I -- 3 Water dynamics -- 3.1 Hydraulics -- 3.1.1 Flow classification -- 3.1.2 Energy, flow state, and hydraulic jumps -- 3.1.3 Uniform flow equations and flow resistance -- 3.1.4 Velocity and turbulence -- 3.1.5 Measures of energy exerted against the channel boundaries -…
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