Gravel Bed Rivers : Processes, Tools, Environments

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Gravel Bed RiversProcesses, Tools, Environments\nAuthor(s): Michael Church, Pascale Biron, Andre Roy\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780470688908, 978-0470688908\nSynopsis\nGravel-bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments presents a definitive review of current knowledge of gravel-bed rivers, derived from the 7th International Gravel-bed Rivers Workshop, the 5-yearly meeting of the worlds leading authorities in the field. \n\nEach chapter in the book has been specifically commissioned to represent areas in which recent progress has been made in the field. The topics covered also represent a coherent progression through the principal areas of the subject (hydraulics; sediment transport; river morphology; tools and methods; applications of science). \n\nDefinitive review of the current knowledge of gravel-bed rivers\nCoverage of both fundamental and applied topics\nEdited by leading academics with contributions.