With the Midwest under water, America had a chance to see how effectively it had "improved" its rivers. We've straightened and dredged them, revetted and rerouted them, made massive efforts to control them, yet our actions have been less than successful. Too often, physical chan…
Braided rivers
by Bristow, C. S., Best, J. L.
fromGeological Society special publication
This text offers a thorough analysis of erosion, transport and sedimentation of soil and solid particles by surface waters. The author has aimed for simplicity of presentation, stressing physical understanding based on Newtonian mechanics. He explains fundamental concepts pertai…
Open channel flow
by Henderson, F. M., (Francis Martin)
fromMacmillan series in civil engineering
