Gravel Bed Rivers

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Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments presents adefinitive review of current knowledge of gravel-bed rivers,derived from the 7th International Gravel-bed RiversWorkshop, the 5-yearly meeting of the world's leadingauthorities in the field. Each chapter in the book has been specifically commissioned torepresent areas in which recent progress has been made in thefield. The topics covered also represent a coherent progressionthrough the principal areas of the subject (hydraulics; sedimenttransport; river morphology; tools and methods; applications ofscience). * Definitive review of the current knowledge of gravel-bedrivers * Coverage of both fundamental and applied topics * Edited by leading academics with contributions from keyresearchers * Thoroughly edited for quality and consistency to providecoherent and logical progression through the principal areas of thesubject.

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Michael Church

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Binnengewässer Earth Sciences Fluvial Hydrology & Limnology Geowissenschaften Hydrologie Hydrologie der Flüsse u. Binnengewässer

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"I highly recommend the landmark and very accessible bookGravelBed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments edited byMichael Church, Pascale Biron, and André Roy, to any riverengineers, geomorphologists, environmental groups, policy makers,industry leaders, river managers, and advanced students who areseeking a complete overview of the latest knowledge in theprocesses, tools, and environments of gravel-bed rivers. This bookprovides the most comprehensive and authoritative collection ofinformation and research available, and is definitely a landmarkpublication." (Blog Business World, 7 February2012)
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