Fluvial Forms and Processes

Auteur
Dr David Knighton was formerly Reader in Geography at the University of Sheffield. Dr Geraldene Wharton is Reader in Physical Geography, Queen Mary, University of London.

Résumé

Fluvial Forms and Processes looks at the wide range of forms developed by natural rivers and the processes responsible for that development. The book combines empirical and theoretical approaches and provides a critical assessment of the various schools of thought which have emerged for dealing with adjustment in the fluvial system.

The book examines, using detailed analysis:

• Drainage networks
• Catchment processes
• Fluvial processes
• Adjustment of channel form
• Change through time
• Channel change and human activity

Fluvial Forms and Processes, Third Edition, is a comprehensive, integrated fluvial geomorphology textbook suitable for undergraduates and postgraduates.