Hydraulic Processes On Alluvial Fans

Author : R.H. French
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1987-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080870228

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Hydraulic Processes on Alluvial Fans by R.H. French Pdf

Alluvial fans are among the most prominent landscape features in the American Southwest and throughout the semi-arid and arid regions of the world. The importance of developing a qualitative and quantitative understanding of the hydraulic processes which formed, and which continue to modify, these features derives from their rapid and significant development over the past four decades. As unplanned urban sprawl has moved from valley floors onto alluvial fans, the serious damage incurred from infrequent flow events has dramatically increased. This book presents a concise, coherent discussion of our current and rapidly expanding knowledge of hydraulic processes on alluvial fans. It addresses the subject from a multidisciplinary viewpoint, acquainting the geologist with engineering principles, and the civil engineer and planner with geological principles pertinent to the analysis of hydraulic processes on alluvial fans. The book thus provides much of interest to geologists, civil engineers and planners involved in floodplain management and drainage design in arid and semi-arid regions.

Author : Richard H. French
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1986*
Category : Alluvial fans
ISBN : 0444416692

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Hydraulic processes on alluvial fans by Richard H. French Pdf

Author : A. D. Abrahams,A. Parsons
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401582544

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Geomorphology of Desert Environments by A. D. Abrahams,A. Parsons Pdf

Over the last twenty years there has been a major expansion of knowledge in the field of landforms and landforming processes of deserts. This advanced-level book provides a benchmark for the current state of science, and is written by an international team of authors who are acknowledged experts in their fields.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Alluvial Fan Flooding
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996-11-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309055420

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Alluvial Fan Flooding by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Alluvial Fan Flooding Pdf

Alluvial fans are gently sloping, fan-shaped landforms common at the base of mountain ranges in arid and semiarid regions such as the American West. Floods on alluvial fans, although characterized by relatively shallow depths, strike with little if any warning, can travel at extremely high velocities, and can carry a tremendous amount of sediment and debris. Such flooding presents unique problems to federal and state planners in terms of quantifying flood hazards, predicting the magnitude at which those hazards can be expected at a particular location, and devising reliable mitigation strategies. Alluvial Fan Flooding attempts to improve our capability to determine whether areas are subject to alluvial fan flooding and provides a practical perspective on how to make such a determination. The book presents criteria for determining whether an area is subject to flooding and provides examples of applying the definition and criteria to real situations in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and elsewhere. The volume also contains recommendations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is primarily responsible for floodplain mapping, and for state and local decisionmakers involved in flood hazard reduction.

Author : Adrian M. Harvey,Anne E. Mather,Martin R. Stokes
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862391890

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Alluvial Fans by Adrian M. Harvey,Anne E. Mather,Martin R. Stokes Pdf

Alluvial fans are important sedimentary environments. They trap sediment delivered from mountain source areas, and exert an important control on the delivery of sediment to downstream environments, to axial drainages and to sedimentary basins. They preserve a sensitive record of environmental change within the mountain source areas. Alluvial fan geomorphology and sedimentology reflect not only drainage basin size and geology, but change in response to tectonic, climatic and base-level controls. One of the challenges facing alluvial fan research is to resolve how these gross controls are reflected in alluvial fan dynamics and to apply the results of studies of modern fan processes and Quaternary fans to the understanding of sedimentary sequences in the rock record. This volume includes papers based on up-to-date research, and focuses on three themes: alluvial fan processes, dynamics of Quaternary alluvial fans and fan sedimentary sequences. Linking the papers is an emphasis on the controls of fan geomorphology, sedimentology and dynamics. This provides a basis for integration between geomorphological and sedimentological approaches, and an understanding how fluvial systems respond to tectonic, climatic and base-level changes.

Author : Dan Bowman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789402415582

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Principles of Alluvial Fan Morphology by Dan Bowman Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the alluvial fan phenomena, including all terminology, morphology, sedimentology, controlling factors, processes and the human impact. It combines the knowledge dispersed widely in existing literature with regional case studies, color figures and photographs. The chapters provide a useful basis to understand alluvial fans and a selection of papers attached to each chapter offers additional, more focused reading. This volume is aimed at engineers, planners and especially students in earth sciences.

Author : D. Ventra,L.E. Clarke
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786202673

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Geology and Geomorphology of Alluvial and Fluvial Fans by D. Ventra,L.E. Clarke Pdf

Alluvial and fluvial fans are the most widespread depositional landform bordering the margins of highland regions and actively subsiding continental basins, across a broad spectrum of tectonic and climatic settings. They are significant to the local morphodynamics of mountain regions and also to the evolution of sediment-routing systems, affecting the propagation and preservation of stratigraphic signals of environmental change over vast areas. The volume presents case studies discussing the geology and geomorphology of alluvial and fluvial fans from both active systems and ancient ones preserved in the stratigraphic record. It brings together case studies from a range of continents, climatic and tectonic settings, some introducing innovative monitoring and analysis techniques, and it provides an overview of current debates in the field. This volume will be of particular interest to geologists, geomorphologists, sedimentologists and the general reader with an interest in Earth science.

Author : V.P. Singh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400939554

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Application of Frequency and Risk in Water Resources by V.P. Singh Pdf

Floods constitute a persistent and serious problem throughout the United States and many other parts of the world. They are responsible for losses amounting to billions of dollars and scores of deaths annually. Virtually all parts of the nation--coastal, moun tainous and rural--are affected by them. Two aspects of the problem of flooding that have long been topics of scientific inquiry are flood frequency and risk analyses. Many new, even improved, tech niques have recently been developed for performing these analyses. Nevertheless, actual experience points out that the frequency of say a IOO-year flood, in lieu of being encountered on the average once in one hundred years, may be as little as once in 25 years. It is therefore appropriate to pause and ask where we are, where we are going and where we ought to be going with regard to the technology of flood frequency and risk analyses. One way to address these ques tions is to provide a forum where people from all quarters of the world can assemble, discuss and share their experience and expertise pertaining to flood frequency and risk analyses. This is what con stituted the motivation for organizing the International Symposium on Flood Frequency and Risk Analyses held May 14-17, 1986, at Louisiana State Universj. ty, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Author : Robert C. MacArthur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Alluvial fans
ISBN : UCR:31210024756841

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Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Involvement with Alluvial Fan Flooding Problems by Robert C. MacArthur Pdf

This technical paper presents a general overview of the Corps of Engineers' past involvements, present practices, and the future roles in dealing with alluvial fan flooding problems. The Corps' approach to alluvial fan flooding studies and the analytical methods they use to assess potential flood hazards are summarized. Selected case studies are presented. Six important issues that need to be considered as part of an effective alluvial fan management approach are presented. An extensive list of references is also included. (fr).

Author : Lawrence K. Wang,Chih Ted Yang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781627035958

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Modern Water Resources Engineering by Lawrence K. Wang,Chih Ted Yang Pdf

The Handbook of Environmental Engineering series is an incredible collection of methodologies that study the effects of pollution and waste in their three basic forms: gas, solid, and liquid. This exciting new addition to the series, Volume 15: Modern Water Resources Engineering , has been designed to serve as a water resources engineering reference book as well as a supplemental textbook. We hope and expect it will prove of equal high value to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, to designers of water resources systems, and to scientists and researchers. A critical volume in the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series, chapters employ methods of practical design and calculation illustrated by numerical examples, include pertinent cost data whenever possible, and explore in great detail the fundamental principles of the field. Volume 15: Modern Water Resources Engineering, provides information on some of the most innovative and ground-breaking advances in the field today from a panel of esteemed experts.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1198 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Hydrology
ISBN : UOM:39015034738271

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Selected Water Resources Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard H. French,Julianne J. Miller
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789814355100

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Flood Hazard Identification and Mitigation in Semi- and Arid Environments by Richard H. French,Julianne J. Miller Pdf

Alluvial fans are ubiquitous geomorphological features that occur throughout the world, regardless of climate, at the front of mountains as the result of erosion and deposition. They are more prominent in semi- and arid climates simply because of the lack of vegetative cover that masks their fan shapes in more humid areas. From both engineering and geological viewpoints, alluvial fans present particular fluvial and sedimentation hazards in semi- and arid regions because episodic rainfall-runoff events can result in debris, mud, and fluvial flows through complex and, in some cases, migratory channel systems. Further, in semi- and arid climates alluvial fans often end in terminal or playa lakes. Given the uniform topography of playa lakes, these features often present ideal locations for facilities such as airports; however, regardless of the engineering advantages of the topography, the episodic and often long-term flooding of these lakes attracts migratory birds. The purpose of this volume is to summarize the current state-of-the-art, from the viewpoint of engineering, in the identification and mitigation of flood hazard on alluvial fans; and to accomplish this a fundamental understanding of geology is required.

Author : H. W. Hjalmarson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Flood control
ISBN : UOM:39015037738534

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Potential Flood Hazards and Hydraulic Characteristics of Distributary-flow Areas in Maricopa County, Arizona by H. W. Hjalmarson Pdf

Author : Saeid Eslamian,Faezeh A. Eslamian
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429872297

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Flood Handbook by Saeid Eslamian,Faezeh A. Eslamian Pdf

Floods are difficult to prevent but can be managed in order to reduce their environmental, social, cultural, and economic impacts. Flooding poses a serious threat to life and property, and therefore it’s very important that flood risks be taken into account during any planning process. This handbook presents different aspects of flooding in the context of a changing climate and across various geographical locations. Written by experts from around the world, it examines flooding in various climates and landscapes, taking into account environmental, ecological, hydrological, and geomorphic factors, and considers urban, agriculture, rangeland, forest, coastal, and desert areas. Features Presents the main principles and applications of the science of floods, including engineering and technology, natural science, as well as sociological implications. Examines flooding in various climates and diverse landscapes, taking into account environmental, ecological, hydrological, and geomorphic factors. Considers floods in urban, agriculture, rangeland, forest, coastal, and desert areas Covers flood control structures as well as preparedness and response methods. Written in a global context, by contributors from around the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Hydrology
ISBN : MINN:31951P004219664

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Water-resources Investigations Report by Anonim Pdf