Synopses & Reviews
The heightened interest in gravel-bed rivers among scientists and engineers has been spurred by recent industrial utilization of water resources and forests in upland areas, as well as developmenat of these lands for recreational use. This book describes and quantifies the movement and storage of sediment in rivers with gravel-bed material based upon scientific and engineering principles. The material includes a selection of papers presented at a recent symposium, along with several discussions which develop and broaden coverage. Topics cover both theory and experimental findings, plus several case studies.
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents:
Differences Between Gravel and Sand-Bed Rivers (D. B. Simons & R. K.
Simons).
River Dynamics, Flow Regime and Sediment Transport (R. D. Hey).
SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS.
River Bed Gravels: Sampling and Analysis (M. A. Church, D. G.
McLean & J. F.
Wolcott).
Bed Load Sampling and Analysis (D. W. Hubbell).
SEDIMENT SUPPLY.
Sediment Supply to Upland Streams: Influence on Channel Adjustment (A. M. Harvey).
Sediment Supply, Movement and Storage in an Unstable Gravel-Bed River (J. C. Pitlick & C. R.
Thorne).
LARGE-SCALE SEDIMENT PROCESSES.
Transport Processes at the Catchment Scale (M. D. Newsom & G. R.
Leeks).
Sediment Balance Considerations Linking Long-term Transport and Channel Processes (C. R. Neill).
ARMOURING PROCESSES.
Static Armour Layers by Selective Erosion (A. J. Sutherland).
Formation of a Coarse Surface Layer as the Response to Gravel Mobility (E. D. Andrews & G. Parker).
CHANNEL DESIGN (CASE STUDIES).
Canal Design by an Armouring Process (P. C. Helwig).
Riverbed Scour and Construction of Stone Riprap Protection (V. J. Galay, E. K.
Yaremko & M. E.
Quazi).
MODELLING SEDIMENT TRANSPORT.
Conceptual Models of Sediment Transport in Streams (R. L. Beschta).
Investigation of Sediment Routing by Size Fractions in a Gravel-Bed River (R. M. Li & W. Fullerton).
TESTS OF BED LOAD EQUATIONS.
Bed Load Discharge Equations for Steep Mountain Rivers ( J. C.
Bathurst, W. H.
Graf & H. H.
Cao).
Index.