Description - Rivers in the Landscape by Ellen Wohl
Rivers in the Landscape: Science and Management offers a
comprehensive and accessible overview of the current state of
knowledge for river process and form, taking a holistic approach to
the subject with coverage of integrated river science and
management in practice.
The processes and forms present in channelized surface
flow?rivers?are systematically explored in this book
to
? emphasize the connectivity between rivers and the
greater landscape by explicitly considering the
interactions between rivers and tectonics, climate, biota,
and human activities;
? provide a concise summary of the current state of
knowledge for physical process and form in rivers;
? reflect the diversity of river environments, from
mountainous, headwater channels to large, lowland,
floodplain rivers and from the arctic to the tropics;
? reflect the diverse methods that scientists use to
characterize and understand river process and form,
including remote sensing, field measurements, physical
experiments, and numerical simulations;
? reflect the increasing emphasis on quantification in
fluvial geomorphology and the study of Earth surfaces in
general;
? provide both an introduction to the classic,
foundational papers on each topic, and a guide to the
latest, particularly insightful and integrative
references.
Aimed at advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and
professionals looking for a concise summary of physical aspects of
rivers, this book emphasizes general principles and conceptual
models, as well as concrete examples of each topic drawn from the
extensive literature on river process and form.
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