Sediment cascades [electronic resource] : an integrated approach / edited by Timothy P. Burt, Robert J. Allison.

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Published: Chichester [England] ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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Summary:This book's emphasis is on contemporary sediment system dynamics with relevance both to landscape management and landform development. It begins with an explanation of the need for an integrated approach to sediment delivery systems and introduces the main themes of sediment production, delivery, storage and transfer. Further chapters then focus on specific environments from mountains, through floodplains, to estuaries and the continental shelf. It focuses on contemporary sediment system dynamics and current research and covers a sequence of environments from steep mountains to the continental shelf.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 471 p.) : ill., maps.
Other format:Print version: Sediment cascades : an integrated approach 9780470849620 0470849622
Notes:Title from ebook t.p. screen (viewed Mar. 29, 2010).
Bib#: 1315905
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language:English
ISBN:9780470682876
0470682876
Bib#:1315905