Gravel Bed Rivers Processes, Tools, Environments

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Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2012-01-30
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments presents a definitive review of current knowledge of gravel-bed rivers, derived from the 7th International Gravel-bed Rivers Workshop, the 5-yearly meeting of the world's leading authorities in the field. Each chapter in the book has been specifically commissioned to represent areas in which recent progress has been made in the field. The topics covered also represent a coherent progression through the principal areas of the subject (hydraulics; sediment transport; river morphology; tools and methods; applications of science). Definitive review of the current knowledge of gravel-bed rivers Coverage of both fundamental and applied topics Edited by leading academics with contributions from key researchers Thoroughly edited for quality and consistency to provide coherent and logical progression through the principal areas of the subject.

Author Biography

Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments provides an up-to-date report of the state of the field and serves as an essential resource for river engineers and ecologists, geomorphologists, river managers and advanced students in these fields.

Table of Contents

List of Contributing Authorsp. ix
Prefacep. xv
Secondary Flows in Riversp. 1
Secondary Flows in Rivers: Theoretical Frameworkp. 3
Secondary Flows in Rivers: The Effect of Complex Geometryp. 23
Aspects of Secondary Flow in Open Channels: A Critical Literature Reviewp. 31
Sediment Transportp. 37
Gravel Transport in Granular Perspectivep. 39
On Gravel Exchange in Natural Channelsp. 56
Modelling Morphodynamicsp. 69
Morphodynamics of Bars in Gravel-bed Rivers: Bridging Analytical Models and Field Observationsp. 71
Field Observations of Gravel-bed River Morphodynamics: Perspectives and Critical Issues for Testing of Modelsp. 90
Morphodynamics of Bars in Gravel-bed Rivers: Coupling Hydraulic Geometry and Analytical Modelsp. 96
Modelling Sediment Transport and Morphodynamics of Gravel-bed Riversp. 101
The Potential of using High-resolution Process Models to Inform Parameterizations of Morphodynamic Modelsp. 116
The Importance of Off-channel Sediment Storage in 1-D Morphodynamic Modellingp. 123
River Restoration and Regulationp. 135
Stream Restoration in Gravel-bed Riversp. 137
River Restoration: Widening Perspectivesp. 150
Restoring Geomorphic Resilience in Streamsp. 160
The Geomorphic Response of Gravel-bed Rivers to Dams: Perspectives and Prospectsp. 165
Mitigating Downstream Effects of Damsp. 182
Ecological Aspects of Gravel-Bed Riversp. 191
River Geomorphology and Salmonid Habitat: Some Examples Illustrating their Complex Association, from Redd to Riverscape Scalesp. 193
Incorporating Spatial Context into the Analysis of Salmonid-Habitat Relationsp. 216
Animals and the Geomorphology of Gravel-bed Riversp. 225
Geomorphology and Gravel-bed River Ecosystem Services: Workshop Outcomesp. 242
Tools for Studyp. 259
Remote Sensing of the Hydraulic Environment in Gravel-bed
Riversp. 261
LiDAR and ADCP Use in Gravel-bed Rivers: Advances Since GBR6p. 286
Remotely Sensed Topographic Change in Gravel Riverbeds with Flowing Channelsp. 303
Modern Digital Instruments and Techniques for Hydrodynamic and Morphologic Characterization of River Channelsp. 315
Mapping Water and Sediment Flux Distributions in Gravel-bed Rivers Using ADCPsp. 342
Steep Channelsp. 351
Recent Advances in the Dynamics of Steep Channelsp. 353
Examining Individual Step Stability within Step-pool Sequencesp. 378
Alluvial Steep Channels: Flow Resistance, Bedload Transport Prediction, and Transition to Debris Flowsp. 386
Semi-Alluvial Channelsp. 399
Semi-alluvial Channels and Sediment-Flux-Driven Bedrock Erosionp. 401
Transport Capacity, Bedrock Exposure, and Process Domainsp. 419
Nomenclature, Complexity, Semi-alluvial Channels and Sediment-flux-driven Bedrock Erosionp. 424
River Channel Changep. 433
Changes in Channel Morphology Over Human Time Scalesp. 435
Channel Response and Recovery to Changes in Sediment Supplyp. 464
Alluvial Landscape Evolution: What Do We Know About Metamorphosis of Gravel-bed Meandering and Braided Streams?p. 474
Differences in Sediment Supply to Braided and Single-Thread River Channels: What Do the Data Tell Us?p. 502
Can We Link Cause and Effect in Landscape Evolution?p. 512
Ice In Gravel-Bed Riversp. 523
River-Ice Effects on Gravel-Bed Channelsp. 525
Is There a Northern Signature on Fluvial Form?p. 541
Long-term and Large-scale River-ice Processes in Cold-region Watershedsp. 546
Indexp. 555
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