Author: William B. BullPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
A study of the interrelations of alluvial-fan morphology, drainage-basin characteristics and tectonic and climatic events.
Geomorphology of Segmented Alluvial Fans in Western Fresno County, California
Author: William B. BullPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
A study of the interrelations of alluvial-fan morphology, drainage-basin characteristics and tectonic and climatic events.
Alluvial Fans
Author: Adrian M. HarveyPublisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862391895
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Alluvial fans are important sedimentary environments. They trap sediment delivered from mountain source areas, and exert an important control on the delivery of sediment to downstream environments, to axial drainages and to sedimentary basins. They preserve a sensitive record of environmental change within the mountain source areas. Alluvial fan geomorphology and sedimentology reflect not only drainage basin size and geology, but change in response to tectonic, climatic and base-level controls. One of the challenges facing alluvial fan research is to resolve how these gross controls are reflected in alluvial fan dynamics and to apply the results of studies of modern fan processes and Quaternary fans to the understanding of sedimentary sequences in the rock record. This volume includes papers based on up-to-date research, and focuses on three themes: alluvial fan processes, dynamics of Quaternary alluvial fans and fan sedimentary sequences. Linking the papers is an emphasis on the controls of fan geomorphology, sedimentology and dynamics. This provides a basis for integration between geomorphological and sedimentological approaches, and an understanding how fluvial systems respond to tectonic, climatic and base-level changes.
Geology and Geomorphology of Alluvial and Fluvial Fans
Author: D. VentraPublisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1786202670
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Alluvial and fluvial fans are the most widespread depositional landform bordering the margins of highland regions and actively subsiding continental basins, across a broad spectrum of tectonic and climatic settings. They are significant to the local morphodynamics of mountain regions and also to the evolution of sediment-routing systems, affecting the propagation and preservation of stratigraphic signals of environmental change over vast areas. The volume presents case studies discussing the geology and geomorphology of alluvial and fluvial fans from both active systems and ancient ones preserved in the stratigraphic record. It brings together case studies from a range of continents, climatic and tectonic settings, some introducing innovative monitoring and analysis techniques, and it provides an overview of current debates in the field. This volume will be of particular interest to geologists, geomorphologists, sedimentologists and the general reader with an interest in Earth science.
Alluvial Fans and Near-surface Subsidence in Western Fresno County, California
Author: William B. BullPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alluvial fans
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A study of compaction caused by water percolating through certain alluvial-fan deposits for the first time since burial.
Analysis of Alternative Modifications for Reducing Backwater Flooding at the Honey Creek Coal Strip Mine Reclamation Site in Henry County, Missouri
Author: Terry W. AlexanderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Water-resources Investigations Report
Author: List of U.S. Geological Survey Geologic and Water-supply Reports and Maps for California
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
List of U.S. Geological Survey Geologic and Water-supply Reports and Maps for California
Author: Open-file Report
Author: Introduction to Process Geomorphology
Author: Vijay K. SharmaPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439882789
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Introduction to Process Geomorphology provides an integrative approach to the process dynamics and the origin of landforms by the contemporary processes involved in their evolution. The author highlights the physical and chemical laws governing the activity of the earth-surface processes in specific environmental stress conditions, puts forward com