Palaeohydrology

Traces, Tracks and Trails of Extreme Events

AvJürgen Herget,Alessandro Fontana

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Del i serien Geography of the Physical Environment

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Beskrivning

The book provides a review of the most relevant topics on the booming discipline of palaeohydrology and focuses on previous extreme events like exceptional floods and droughts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-07-16
Mått:178 x 254 x 18 mm
Vikt:724 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Geography of the Physical Environment
Antal sidor:230
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030233143

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Innehållsförteckning

Part A: Studies with temporal focus.- Ch.1 Global megaflood paleohydrology.- Ch.2 Flooding northern Germany: impacts and magnitudes of Middle Pleistocene glacial lake-outburst floods.- Ch.3 Outburst flood from Möhne Reservoir in May 1943 after aerial bombing.- Part B: Studies with regional focus.- Ch.4 Droughts in historical times in Europe, as derived from documentary evidence.- Ch.5 Geomorphological and geoarchaeological evidence of the Medieval deluge in the Tagliamento River (NE Italy).- Ch.6 Inverted channels in the eastern Sahara – distribution, formation, and interpretation to enable reconstruction of paleodrainage networks.- Ch.7 Noah’s Flood – probing an ancient narrative using geoscience.- Part C: Studies with methodical and technical topics.- Ch.8 Luminescence dating in fluvial settings: overcoming the challenge of partial bleaching.- Ch.9 Large palaeomeanders in Europe: distribution, formation process, age, environments and significance.- Ch.10 Palaeostage indicators in rivers - an illustrated review.- Ch.11 High-resolution sedimentary paleoflood records in alluvial river environments - a review of recent methodological advances and application to flood hazard assessment.