Fluvial forms and processes: a new perspective /
David Knighton.
- Rev. and update ed.
- London ; New York : Arnold, c1998.
- xv, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-376 and index.
Chapter 4 Fluvial processes -- Mechanics of flow -- Thresholds of erosion -- Sediment transport Sediment deposition
Chapter 5 Adjustment of channel form -- Characteristics of adjustment -- Cross-sectional form -- Bed configuration -- Channel pattern -- Channel gradient and the longitudinal profile
Chapter 6 Channel changes through time -- Evidence of change -- Causes of change -- Philosophies of change -- The effects of floods -- Fluvial response to climatic change -- Channel change and human activity