River discharge to the coastal ocean : a global synthesis /
Milliman, John D.,
River discharge to the coastal ocean : a global synthesis / John D. Milliman, Katherine L. Farnsworth. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011 - viii, 384 pages : pb. ;
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Runoff, erosion and delivery to the coastal ocean -- Temporal variations -- Human activities and their impacts -- Appendices. Global river data base: Appendix A: North and Central America -- Appendix B: South America -- Appendix C: Europe -- Appendix D: Africa -- Appendix E: Eurasia -- Appendix F: Asia -- Appendix G: Oceania.
Rivers provide the primary link between land and sea. Utilizing the world's largest database, this book presents a detailed analysis and synthesis of the processes affecting fluvial discharge of water, sediment and dissolved solids. It also discusses the ways in which climatic variation, episodic events and anthropogenic activities - past, present and future - affect the quantity and quality of river discharge. The book contains more than 165 figures - many in full color - including global and regional maps. An extensive appendix presents the 1534-river database as a series of 44 tables that provide quantitative data regarding the discharge of water, sediment and dissolved solids. The complete database is also presented within a GIS-based package available online at www.cambridge.org/milliman. Now available in paperback, reprinted with corrections, this is an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students in hydrology, oceanography, geology, geomorphology and environmental policy.
9780511781247 (ebook)
Stream measurements.
Rivers.
Fluvial geomorphology.
551.483 / MIL
River discharge to the coastal ocean : a global synthesis / John D. Milliman, Katherine L. Farnsworth. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011 - viii, 384 pages : pb. ;
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Runoff, erosion and delivery to the coastal ocean -- Temporal variations -- Human activities and their impacts -- Appendices. Global river data base: Appendix A: North and Central America -- Appendix B: South America -- Appendix C: Europe -- Appendix D: Africa -- Appendix E: Eurasia -- Appendix F: Asia -- Appendix G: Oceania.
Rivers provide the primary link between land and sea. Utilizing the world's largest database, this book presents a detailed analysis and synthesis of the processes affecting fluvial discharge of water, sediment and dissolved solids. It also discusses the ways in which climatic variation, episodic events and anthropogenic activities - past, present and future - affect the quantity and quality of river discharge. The book contains more than 165 figures - many in full color - including global and regional maps. An extensive appendix presents the 1534-river database as a series of 44 tables that provide quantitative data regarding the discharge of water, sediment and dissolved solids. The complete database is also presented within a GIS-based package available online at www.cambridge.org/milliman. Now available in paperback, reprinted with corrections, this is an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students in hydrology, oceanography, geology, geomorphology and environmental policy.
9780511781247 (ebook)
Stream measurements.
Rivers.
Fluvial geomorphology.
551.483 / MIL