Modern and Ancient Fluvial Systems

Copyright © 1983 The International Association of Sedimentologists

Modern and Ancient Fluvial Systems

Editor(s): J. D. Collinson, J. Lewin

Published Online: 29 APR 2009

Print ISBN: 9780632009978

Online ISBN: 9781444303773

DOI: 10.1002/9781444303773

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      Front Matter (pages i–viii)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–2)

      J. D. Collinson and J. Lewin

  3. Hydrodynamics and Bedforms

    1. On the Interactions between Turbulent Flow, Sediment Transport and Bedform Mechanics in Channelized Flows (pages 3–18)

      M. R. Leeder

    2. River Bedforms: Progress and Problems (pages 19–33)

      J. R. L. Allen

    3. Changes in Bedform Dimensions under Unsteady Flow Conditions in a Straight Flume (pages 35–48)

      J. H. A. Wijbenga and G. J. Klaassen

    4. Flume Experiments on Bedforms and Structures at the Dune-Bed Transition (pages 49–58)

      Houston C. Saunderson and Francis P. J. Lockett

  4. Present-Day Channel Processes

    1. River Channel Changes: Retrospect and Prospect (pages 59–83)

      Edward J. Hickin

    2. Distribution of Main Flow Velocity in Alternating River Bends (pages 85–95)

      H. J. Geldof and H. J. de Vriend

    3. Changing Size Distribution of Suspended Sediment in Arid-Zone Flash Floods (pages 97–106)

      L. E. Frostick, I. Reid and J. T. Layman

    4. Trapping and Tracing: Some Recent Observations of Supply and Transport of Coarse Sediment from Upland Wales (pages 107–119)

      B. Arkell, G. Leeks, M. Newson and F. Oldfield

    5. Meander Changes in Relation to Bend Morphology and Secondary Flows (pages 121–132)

      J. M. Hooke and A. M. Harvey

    6. Lateral Accretion of Fine-Grained Concave Benches on Meandering Rivers (pages 133–143)

      Gerald C. Nanson and Kenneth Page

    7. Alluvial Cutoffs in Wales and the Borderlands (pages 145–154)

      G. W. Lewis and J. Lewin

    8. Anastomosed Fluvial Deposits: Modern Examples from Western Canada (pages 155–168)

      Derald G. Smith

    9. Pattern of Instability in a Wandering Gravel Bed Channel (pages 169–180)

      Michael Church

    10. Bar Development and Channel Changes in the Gravelly River Feshie, Scotland (pages 181–193)

      R. I. Ferguson and A. Werritty

    11. Morphology and Sedimentology of a Sinuous Gravel-Bed Channel System: Lower Babbage River, Yukon Coastal Plain, Canada (pages 195–206)

      D. L. Forbes

    12. Channel Morphology and Processes at the Riverine-Transition, the Raritan River, New Jersey (pages 207–218)

      Gail M. Ashley and William H. Renwick

    13. High-Magnitude Floods and Stream Channel Response (pages 219–227)

      Avijit Gupta

    14. Palaeohydrologic Analysis of Holocene Flood Slack-Water Sediments (pages 229–239)

      Victor R. Baker, R. Craig Kochel, Peter C. Patton and G. Pickup

    15. Present Channel Stability and Late Quaternary Valley Deposits in Northern Mississippi (pages 241–250)

      E. H. Grissinger and J. B. Murphey

    16. Proglacial Channel Systems: Change and Thresholds for Change over Long, Intermediate and Short Time-Scales (pages 251–266)

      Judith K. Maizels

    17. Facies Sequences Associated with Some Braided River Deposits of Late Pleistocene Age from Southern Britain (pages 267–275)

      Ian D. Bryant

  5. Facies Models

    1. Basin Analysis of Fluvial Sediments (pages 277–286)

      Andrew D. Miall

    2. Tabular Cross-Bedding in Messinian Fluvial Channel Conglomerates, Southern Alps, Italy (pages 287–299)

      Francesco Massari

    3. Gravel Bars in Low-Sinuosity Streams (Permian and Triassic, Central Spain) (pages 301–312)

      Amparo Ramos and Alfonso Sopeña

    4. Coarse-Grained Meander Lobe Deposits in the Jarama River, Madrid, Spain (pages 313–321)

      Alfredo Arche

    5. Coastal Alluvial Fans and Associated Marine Facies in the Miocene of S.W. Turkey (pages 323–336)

      A. B. Hayward

    6. Lithofacies of the Markanda Terminal Fan, Kurukshetra District, Haryana, India (pages 337–344)

      B. Parkash, A. K. Awasthi and K. Gohain

    7. Towards the Field Classification of Alluvial Architecture or Sequence (pages 345–354)

      P. F. Friend

    8. Sandy Fluvial Point-Bar Sediments from the Middle Eocene of Dorset, England (pages 355–368)

      A. G. Plint

    9. Possible Suspended-Load Channel Deposits from the Wealden Group (Lower Cretaceous) of Southern England (pages 369–384)

      D. J. Stewart

    10. Modern Anastomosing-Fluvial Deposits in Arid Central Australia, and a Carboniferous Analogue in New Brunswick, Canada (pages 385–392)

      Brian R. Rust and Andrew S. Legun

    11. Transient Streams in Sand-Poor Redbeds: Early-Eocene Kuldana Formation of Northern Pakistan (pages 393–403)

      Neil A. Wells

    12. Morphological Characteristics of Ephemeral Stream Channel and Overbank Splay Sandstone Bodies in the Permian Lower Beaufort Group, Karoo Basin, South Africa (pages 405–420)

      Willo M. Stear

    13. Fluvial Distributary Channels in the Fletcher Bank Grit (Namurian R2b), at Ramsbottom, Lancashire, England (pages 421–433)

      Steve A. Okolo

    14. Different Depositional Settings of the Nubian Lithofacies in Libya and Southern Egypt (pages 435–448)

      Deba P. Bhattacharyya and John C. Lorenz

    15. Descending Tabular Cross-Bed Sets and Bounding Surfaces from a Fluvial Channel in the Upper Carboniferous Coalfield of North-East England (pages 449–456)

      R. S. Haszeldine

    16. Structural and Sedimentological Controls of Coal Deposition in the Nongoma Graben, Northern Zululand, South Africa (pages 457–471)

      Brian R. Turner and Michael K. G. Whateley

    17. Analysis of the Upper Devonian Munster Basin, an Example of a Fluvial Distributary System (pages 473–483)

      John R. Graham

    18. Recent and Tertiary Fluvial Carbonates in Central Spain (pages 485–497)

      S. Ordóñez and M. A. García del Cura

  6. Economic Aspects

    1. Basin Facies Analysis of Coal-Rich Tertiary Fluvial Deposits, Northern Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming (pages 499–515)

      Romeo M. Flores

    2. Fluvial Deposits and Hydrocarbon Accumulations: Examples from the Lloydminster Area, Canada (pages 517–532)

      Peter E. Putnam

    3. Fluvial Architecture of Jurassic Uranium-Bearing Sandstones, Colorado Plateau, Western United States (pages 533–547)

      Noel Tyler and Frank G. Ethridge

    4. The Saaiplaas Quartzite Member: A Braided System of Gold- and Uranium-Bearing Channel Placers within the Proterozoic Witwatersrand Supergroup of South Africa (pages 549–562)

      S. G. Buck

    5. Gold Distribution in Relation to Depositional Processes in the Proterozoic Carbon Leader Placer, Witwatersrand, South Africa (pages 563–575)

      M. Nami

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