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BACKGROUND TO PALAEOHYDROLOGY: A PERSPECTIVE

by K.J. Gregory

Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st. 1983

Very good condition. This book is the first to concentrate solely on palaeohydrology, which is the study devoted to the movement of water and sediment in environments before the time of continuous hydrological records. The content of the book relates to research under the International Geological Correlation Programme Project 158 on the palaeohydrology of the temperate zone in the last 15000 years. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams. B/w photos. xvi and 486 pages including index.

Tape marks to endpapers. Small set of initials in ink to top of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

ISBN: 0471901792
Stock no. 1710854

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Contents

  • BACKGROUND:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Modelling climatic change
  • 3. Discharge: empirical observations and statistical models of change
  • 4. Patterns of sediment yield
  • 5. Palaeovelocity and palaeodischarge determination for coarse gravel deposits
  • 6. The role of magnetic studies in palaeohydrology
  • 7. Soils and hydrological change
  • 8. Archaeology and palaeohydrology
  • 9. The reflection of hydrologic changes in the fluvial environment of the temperate zone during the last 15000 years
  • 10. Palaeohydrological studies in lakes and mires - a palaeoecological research strategy
  • PERSPECTIVES:
  • 11. Drainage networks and palaeohydrology
  • 12. The arroyo problem - palaeohydrology and palaeohydraulics in the short term
  • 13. Changes of channel patterns and floodplains
  • 14. Modelling past discharges of meandering rivers
  • 15. River channel adjustment to climatic change in west central Poland
  • 16. Floodplain deposits and accelerated sedimentation in the lower Severn basin
  • 17. Osage-type underfitness on the River Severn near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
  • 18. The utilization of Arctic river analogue studies in the interpretation of periglacial river sediments from southern Britain
  • 19. Palaeovegetation and palaeohydrology in uplaind Britain
  • 20. Large-scale fluvial palaeohydrology
  • 21. Postscript for palaeohydrology

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