Rivers

Form and Process in Alluvial Channels

Keith Richards

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781032737584
• eBook ISBN: 9781040009727
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science

Originally published in 1982, this book presents a detailed review of alluvial river form and process and integrates the distinct but related approaches of geomorphologists, geologists and engineers to the subject. It outlines the environmental catchment factors that control the development of channel equilibrium and provides a detailed account of the sediment transport processes that represent the physical mechanisms by which channel adjustment occurs. Where possible it evaluates theoretical analyses in the context of the empirical evidence. Rivers should prove a valuable textbook for geomorphology students on advanced undergraduate courses on river behaviour and will also be of interest to students of hydraulics and sedimentology and to those concerned with civil and environmental engineering, river management and channel design, maintenance and management in the water industry

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Alluvial river channels: their nature and significance
• 2 The drainage basin: environmental controls of the river channel
• 3 The mechanics of flow and the initiation of sediment transport
• 4 Sediment transport processes
• 5 The magnitude and frequency of channel-forming events
• 6 The morphology of iver cross-sections
• 7 River channel pattern: processes, forms and sedimentology
• 8 Channel gradient and the long profile
• 9 River channel changes: adjustments of equilibrium
• 10 Channel management and design
• Appendix Units, dimensions and variables
• References
• Subject index
• Index of rivers and streams