Braided Rivers: Process, Deposits, Ecology and Management

Copyright © 2006 International Association of Sedimentologists

Braided Rivers: Process, Deposits, Ecology and Management

Editor(s): Gregory H. Sambrook Smith, James L. Best, Charlie S. Bristow, Geoff E. Petts

Published Online: 30 MAR 2009

Print ISBN: 9781405151214

Online ISBN: 9781444304374

DOI: 10.1002/9781444304374

Series Editor(s): Ian Jarvis

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This important book brings together eighteen cutting-edge research papers first presented at the Second International Conference on Braided Rivers. It includes the latest research on the dynamics, deposits and ecology of these rivers.

  • Essential reading for geomorphologists, earth scientists, engineers and ecologists with a pure and applied interest in the study, modelling and management of braided rivers.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–vi)

    2. Braided Rivers: Where have we Come in 10 Years? Progress and Future Needs (pages 1–10)

      Greg Sambrook Smith, Jim Best, Charlie Bristow and Geoff Petts

    3. Depositional Models of Braided Rivers (pages 11–50)

      John S. Bridge and Ian A. Lunt

    4. A Sedimentological Model to Characterize Braided River Deposits for Hydrogeological Applications (pages 51–74)

      Peter Huggenberger and Christian Regli

    5. Scaling and Hierarchy in Braided Rivers and their Deposits: Examples and Implications for Reservoir Modelling (pages 75–106)

      Sean Kelly

    6. Approaching the System-Scale Understanding of Braided River Behaviour (pages 107–135)

      Stuart N. Lane

    7. Cellular Modelling of Braided River form and Process (pages 137–151)

      A. P. Nicholas, R. Thomas and T. A. Quine

    8. Numerical Modelling of Alternate Bars in Shallow Channels (pages 153–175)

      A. Bernini, V. Caleffi and A. Valiani

    9. Methods for Assessing Exploratory Computational Models of Braided Rivers (pages 177–197)

      Andrea B. Doeschl, Peter E. Ashmore and Matt Davison

    10. Bed Load Transport in Braided Gravel-Bed Rivers (pages 199–215)

      Christian Marti and Gian Reto Bezzola

    11. Sediment Transport in a Microscale Braided Stream: From Grain Size to Reach Scale (pages 217–231)

      P. Meunier and F. Métivier

    12. Morphological Analysis and Prediction of River Bifurcations (pages 233–256)

      Guido Zolezzi, Walter Bertoldi and Marco Tubino

    13. Braided River Management: from Assessment of River Behaviour to Improved Sustainable Development (pages 257–275)

      Hervé Piégay, Gordon Grant, Futoshi Nakamura and Noel Trustrum

    14. Bank Protection and River Training Along the Braided Brahmaputra–Jamuna River, Bangladesh (pages 277–287)

      Erik Mosselman

    15. Morphological Response of the Brahmaputra–Padma–Lower Meghna River System to the Assam Earthquake of 1950 (pages 289–310)

      Maminul Haque Sarker and Colin R. Thorne

    16. Use of Remote-Sensing with Two-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Models to Assess Impacts of Hydro-Operations on a Large, Braided, Gravel-Bed River: Waitaki River, New Zealand (pages 311–326)

      D. Murray Hicks, U. Shankar, M. J. Duncan, M. Rebuffé and J. Aberle

    17. Effects of Human Impact on Braided River Morphology: Examples from Northern Italy (pages 327–338)

      Nicola Surian

    18. Ecology of Braided Rivers (pages 339–359)

      Klement Tockner, Achim Paetzold, Ute Karaus, Cécile Claret and Jürg Zettel

    19. Riparian Tree Establishment on Gravel Bars: Interactions between Plant Growth Strategy and the Physical Environment (pages 361–380)

      Robert A. Francis, Angela M. Gurnell, Geoffrey E. Petts and Peter J. Edwards

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      Index (pages 381–390)

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