Sediment Cascades
An Integrated Approach
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Beschreibung
Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach provides acomprehensive overview that addresses the transport of sedimentthrough the landscape. Suitable for academic researchers, industrypractitioners, research students and advanced level undergraduates,seeking detailed knowledge and an up-to-date review of the recentresearch literature. The emphasis is on contemporary sedimentsystem dynamics with relevance both to landscape management andlandform development.
Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach begins with anexplanation of the need for an integrated approach to sedimentdelivery systems and introduces the main themes of sedimentproduction, delivery, storage and transfer. Further chapters thenfocus on specific environments from mountains, through floodplains,to estuaries and the continental shelf.
* Focuses on contemporary sediment system dynamics and currentresearch
* Covers a sequence of environments from steep mountains to thecontinental shelf
* Highlights the continuity of the subject by linking eachcomponent area with its adjacent elements
Autor*in
Tim Burt
Themen in »Sediment Cascades«
Earth Sciences Geologie Geologie u. Geophysik Geology & Geophysics Geomorphologie Geomorphology Geophysik Geowissenschaften