Titre : | River discharge to the coastal ocean : a global synthesis |
Auteurs : | JOHN D. Milliman, Auteur ; Katherine L. Farnsworth, Auteur |
Type de document : | Livre |
Editeur : | CAMBRIDGE : CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2011 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-521-87987-3 |
Format : | 1 vol. (VIII-384 p.) / ill. / 29 cm |
Note générale : | Notes bibliogr. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Concepts : |
GEOMORPHOLOGIE
Cours d'eau -- Jaugeage Géomorphologie fluviale |
Index. décimale : | 551.483 |
Résumé : | Rivers provide the primary link between land and sea. Utilizing the world's largest database, this book presents a detailed analysis and synthesis of the processes affecting fluvial discharge of water, sediment and dissolved solids. It also discusses the ways in which climatic variation, episodic events and anthropogenic activities – past, present and future – affect the quantity and quality of river discharge. The book contains more than 165 figures – many in full color – including global and regional maps. An extensive appendix presents the 1534-river database as a series of 44 tables that provide quantitative data regarding the discharge of water, sediment and dissolved solids. The complete database is also presented within a GIS-based package available online at www.cambridge.org/milliman. Now available in paperback, reprinted with corrections, this is an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students in hydrology, oceanography, geology, geomorphology and environmental policy. |
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551.483 MIL | Livre | G - Géosciences | Disponible |