Provides information on 19 large alluvial rivers. Each river selected provides an important example of natural river variability as well as the various geologic, sedimentologic, tectonic, and human control that influence river stability.
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Provides information on 19 large alluvial rivers. Each river selected provides an important example of natural river variability as well as the various geologic, sedimentologic, tectonic, and human control that influence river stability.
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Very Good. Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include: Pt. I: Variability and Complexity--Pre-cutoff morphology of the lower MIssissippi river, Response of the lower Mississippi river to flood control and navigation improvements, The river Nile in Egypt Part II: Geolgoic controls on variability--Neotectonics and rivers of the amazon headwaters, Rluvial geomorphology and flood control strategies: Sacramento river, CA, The Magdalena river, Columbia, Tectonic control fo the Indus river in Sindh, Pakistan, Inherited controls on the form of a large low energy river, the Murray river, Australia, Part III: Sedimentologic controls on variability--The Citanduy, Indonesia--one tough river, Sedimenbtation in lower Fraser river, British columbia, Sediment studies of the Orinoco river, Venezuela, Part IV: Variability in space and time--Instatility problems of the Arial Khan river, Bangladesh, River channel changes through time: Red, Canadian, and Niobrara rivers on the tGreat Plains, Alabama river: variability of overbank flooding and deposition Part V: Human impacts on variability--An analysis of Platte river channel changes, Lower Yellow river, Variable response of the Rio Grande to dam construction. Etc.
