Hydraulic processes on alluvial fans
Alluvial fans are among the most prominent landscape features in the American Southwest and throughout the semi-arid and arid regions of the world. The importance of developing a qualitative and quantitative understanding of the hydraulic processes which formed, and which continue to modify, these f...
| Main Author: | French, Richard H. |
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| Other Authors: | ScienceDirect (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier,
1987.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Developments in water science ;
31. |
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| Summary: |
Alluvial fans are among the most prominent landscape features in the American Southwest and throughout the semi-arid and arid regions of the world. The importance of developing a qualitative and quantitative understanding of the hydraulic processes which formed, and which continue to modify, these features derives from their rapid and significant development over the past four decades. As unplanned urban sprawl has moved from valley floors onto alluvial fans, the serious damage incurred from infrequent flow events has dramatically increased. This book presents a concise, coherent discussion of our current and rapidly expanding knowledge of hydraulic processes on alluvial fans. It addresses the subject from a multidisciplinary viewpoint, acquainting the geologist with engineering principles, and the civil engineer and planner with geological principles pertinent to the analysis of hydraulic processes on alluvial fans. The book thus provides much of interest to geologists, civil engineers and planners involved in floodplain management and drainage design in arid and semi-arid regions. |
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| Item Description: |
Alluvial fans are among the most prominent landscape features in the American Southwest and throughout the semi-arid and arid regions of the world. The importance of developing a qualitative and quantitative understanding of the hydraulic processes which formed, and which continue to modify, these features derives from their rapid and significant development over the past four decades. As unplanned urban sprawl has moved from valley floors onto alluvial fans, the serious damage incurred from infrequent flow events has dramatically increased. This book presents a concise, coherent discussion of our current and rapidly expanding knowledge of hydraulic processes on alluvial fans. It addresses the subject from a multidisciplinary viewpoint, acquainting the geologist with engineering principles, and the civil engineer and planner with geological principles pertinent to the analysis of hydraulic processes on alluvial fans. The book thus provides much of interest to geologists, civil engineers and planners involved in floodplain management and drainage design in arid and semi-arid regions. 1. Introduction. 2. Basic Geologic Concepts. 3. Basic Principles of Open Channel Hydraulics. 4. Models of Hydraulic Processes on Alluvial Fans. 5. Methods of Flood Hazard Assessment on Alluvial Fans. 6. Conclusion. Glossary. Author Index. Index. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. English. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780444427816 0444427813 9780080870229 0080870228 1281781169 9781281781161 9786611781163 6611781161 |