Sediment Cascades An Integrated Approach Tim Burt R J Allison by Tim Burt, R. J. Allison 9780470682876, 9780470849620, 0470682876, 0470849622 instant download after payment.

Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach 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.

• Focuses on contemporary sediment system dynamics and current researchContent:
  Chapter 1 Sediment Cascades in the Environment: An Integrated Approach (pages 1–15): Professor Timothy P. Burt and Professor Robert J. Allison
  Chapter 2 Mountains and Montane Channels (pages 17–53): Professor Michael Church
  Chapter 3 Landslides and Rockfalls (pages 55–87): Dr Nick J. Rosser
  Chapter 4 Sediment Cascades in Active Landscapes (pages 89–115): Dr Tim R. H. Davies and Oliver Korup
  Chapter 5 Pacific Rim Steeplands (pages 117–151): Professor Basil Gomez, Professor Michael J. Page and Dr Noel A. Trustrum
  Chapter 6 Local Buffers to the Sediment Cascade: Debris Cones and Alluvial Fans (pages 153–180): Professor Adrian M. Harvey
  Chapter 7 Overland Flow and Soil Erosion (pages 181–216): Dr Louise J. Bracken
  Chapter 8 Erosional Processes and Sediment Transport in Upland Mires (pages 217–239): Dr Martin G. Evans and Professor Timothy P. Burt
  Chapter 9 Gravel?Bed Rivers (pages 241–269): Professor Michael Church
  Chapter 10 The Fine?Sediment Cascade (pages 271–305): Dr Pamela S. Naden
  Chapter 11 Streams, Valleys and Floodplains in the Sediment Cascade (pages 307–343): Professor Stanley W. Trimble
  Chapter 12 Lakes and Reservoirs in the Sediment Cascade (pages 345–376): Professor Ian D. L. Foster
  Chapter 13 Continental?Scale River Basins (pages 377–402): Professor David L. Higgitt
  Chapter 14 Estuaries (pages 403–432): Dr Tom Spencer and Professor Denise J. Reed
  Chapter 15 The Continental Shelf and Continental Slope (pages 433–448): Professor David N. Petley