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www.researchandmarkets.com - Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b3314e/river_confluences) has announced the addition of the "River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network" report to their offering.
River Confluences and the Fluvial Network brings together state of the art thinking on confluence dynamics tributary impacts and the links between processes at these scales and river
network functions. The book is unique in focus, content, scope and in bringing together engineering, ecological and geomorphological approaches to the three key areas of river system science.
Taking a global approach this multi-authored text features a team of carefully selected, internationally-renowned, experts who have all contributed significantly to recent ground breaking advancements in the field. Each chapter includes a comprehensive review of work to date highlighting recent discoveries and the main thrust of knowledge, previously unpublished research and case studies, challenges and questions, detailed references as well as a forward looking assessment of the state of the science.
Key Topics Covered:
List of contributors.
Preface.
1. Introduction: river confluences, tributaries and the fluvial network (Stephen P. Rice, Bruce L. Rhoads and Andre G. Roy).
PART I: RIVER CHANNEL CONFLUENCES.
2. Introduction to Part I: river channel confluences (Andre G. Roy).
3. Modelling hydraulics and sediment transport at river confluences (Pascale M. Biron and Stuart N. Lane).
4. Sediment transport, bed morphology and the sedimentology of river channel confluences (James L. Best and Bruce L. Rhoads).
5. Large river channel confluences (Daniel R. Parsons, James L. Best, Stuart N. Lane, Ray A. Kostachuk, Richard J. Hardy, Oscar Orfeo, Mario L. Amsler and Ricardo N. Szupiany).
6. Management of confluences (Robert Ettema).
7. Unconfined confluences in braided rivers (Peter Ashmore and J. Tobi Gardner).
PART II: TRIBUTARY-MAIN-STEM INTERACTIONS.
8. Introduction to Part II: tributary-main-stem interactions (Stephen P. Rice).
9. Spatial identification of tributary impacts in river networks (Christian E. Torgersen, Robert E. Gresswell, Douglas S. Bateman and Kelly M. Burnett).
10. Effects of tributaries on main-channel geomorphology (Robert Ferguson and Trevor Hoey)
11. The ecological importance of tributaries and confluences (Stephen P. Rice, Peter Kiffney, Correigh Greene and George R. Pess).
12. Tributaries and the management of main-stem geomorphology (Frederic Liebault, Herve Piegay, Philippe Frey and Norbert Landon).
13. Confluence environments at the scale of river networks (Lee Benda).
PART III: CHANNEL NETWORKS.
14. Introduction to Part III: channel networks (Bruce L. Rhoads).
15. Hydrologic dispersion in fluvial networks (Patricia M. Saco and Praveen Kumar).
16. Sediment delivery: new approaches to modelling an old problem (Hua Lu and Keith Richards).
17. Numerical predictions of the sensitivity of grain size and channel slope to an increase in precipitation (Nicole M. Gasparini,
18. Solute transport along stream and river networks (Michael N. Gooseff, Kenneth E. Bencala and Steve M. Wondzell).
19. Fluvial valley networks on Mars (Rossman P. Irwin III, Alan D. Howard and Robert A. Craddock).
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