Rivers and Floodplains: Forms, Processes, and Sedimentary RecordISBN: 978-0-632-06489-2
Paperback
512 pages
April 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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1. Introduction.
2. Overview of River Systems.
3. Fundamentals of Water Flow.
4. Fundamentals of Sediment Transport.
5. Bed forms and Sedimentary Structures.
6. Alluvial Channels and Bars.
7. Floodplains.
8. Along-valley Variations in Channels and Floodplains.
9. Channel-belt movements across floodplains.
10. Long-term, Large-scale Evolution of Fluvial Systems.
11. Fossils in Fluvial Deposits.
Appendix 1. Methods of Measuring Bed Topography, Water flow, Sediment Transport, Erosion and Deposition in Rivers.
Appendix 2. Methods of Describing and Interpreting Sedimentary Strata.
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