Historical Change of Large Alluvial Rivers: Western Europe - Hardcover

Petts, Geoffrey E.

 
9780471921639: Historical Change of Large Alluvial Rivers: Western Europe

Synopsis

Integrates hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology over a time span of 200 years. Describes palaeocological methods, climatically induced and man-induced changes, and provides sources of cartographic and documentary data. Methods are illustrated by examples from different hydrogeomorphic regions of Western Europe. Includes four case studies of historical change on the Garonne, the Meuse, the Weser, and the Rhone. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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A unified approach to the analysis of changes in large alluvial rivers. Integrates hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology over a time span of 200 years. Describes palaeoecological methods and climatically-induced and man-induced changes, and provides sources of cartographic and documentary data. Methods are illustrated by examples from different hydrogeomorphic regions of Western Europe. Includes four case studies of historical change on the Garonne, the Meuse, the Weser, and the Rhone.

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