Sediment Matters

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

This book presents insights into the complex processes controlling sediment behavior in river basins and into state of the art integrated sediment management concepts. Main topics are: sediment transport, modelling sediment transfer in rivers, sediment quality, sediment monitoring and integrated sediment management at catchment scale.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-05-11
Mått:155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:553 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:247
Upplaga:2015
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319146959

Utforska kategorier

Geovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

I. Sediment transport processes.- Sediment transport in headwater streams of the Carpathian Flysch belt: its nature and recent effects of human interventions.- Aspects of sediment transport in single-thread and anabranching river channels in flysch Carpathians (a case study from the Czech Republic).- Sediment Transport Processes Related to the Operation of a Rapid Hydraulic Structure (Boulder Ramp) in a Mountain Stream Channel: A Polish Carpathian Example.- II. Modelling sediment transfer in rivers.- Challenges in Modelling Sediment Matters.- Suspended Sediment Estimation Using an Artificial Intelligence Approach.- Projected climate change impact on soil erosion and sediment yield in the River Elbe catchment.- III. Sediment Quality.- Water quality and sediment management in Brahmaputra Basin of India: impact of agricultural land use.- Contamination of sediments in the German North Sea estuaries Elbe, Weser and Ems and its sensitivity to climate change.- IV. Sediment Monitoring.- Application of a new monitoring strategy and analysis concept of suspended sediments in Austrian rivers.- Stream sediment geochemistry of the areas impacted by mines, B1 secondary catchment of the Olifants Primary Catchment Area, South Africa.- V. Sediment Managing in river basins.- Evaluating Reservoir Siting, Design and Operating Alternatives in the Mekong River Basin.- River-basin-scale sediment management: the Elbe case.