Field Experiments and Measurement Programs in Geomorphology

Edited by Olav Slaymaker
Categories: Geography, Geography, Science, Technology & Society
Publisher: UBC Press
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774844680, 236 pages, November 2011
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774856607, 236 pages, January 1991

Table of contents

1. The Nature of Geomorphic Field Experiments / Olav
Slaymaker

Why Field Experiments?

Appropriate Categories of Geomorphic Field Experiments

Actual and Potential Contributions of Field Experiments in Earth
Science

2. Drainage Basin Studies / Des
Walling

Introduction

The Survey

Organization and Objectives

The Catchment Scale

Instrumentation Networks

Results -- The Geomorphological Context

3. Rapid Mass Movement / Setsuo Okuda

Introduction

Slope Morphometry

'In situ' Measurement for Slope Failure Study

Hydrologic Factors

Dynamic Phenomena

Laboratory Work, Modelling, and Simulation

Rapid Mass Movement and Hillslope Evolution

4. Surface Wash / Rorke Bryan

Introduction

Runoff Plots and Practical Land Management Problems

Surface Wash Processes

Laboratory Experiments

Rainsplash Experiments

5. Fluvial Processes / Bill Dietrich and John
Gallinatti

Introduction

Channel Mechanics

Bed Topography

Planform Channel Geometry

Channel Changes

Large Rivers

Commissioned by the International Geographical Union, this work is the
first to document different field methodologies in geomorphology, the
study of the form of the earth's surface and the evolution of its
relief.

Description

This book advances a typology of experimentation in the field science
of geomorphology -- the study of the form of the earth's surface
and the evolution of its relief. Commissioned by the International
Geographical Union, this work is the first to document different field
methodologies in geomorphology. The contributors are internationally
known geomorphologists from Canada, the United States, the United
Kingdom, and Japan. They review methods, global coverage, and advances
in understanding while at the same time promoting a more dynamic, more
relevant, and more applied science of earth surface change -- the
geomorphological aspects of global change.

Reviews

... the book is a gold mine for experimental geomorphology and its high price should not keep professional geomorphologists from buying the book.

- J.M.M. Dubois

The well-prepared and well-edited text is illustrated with excellent line drawings and photographs.

- J.D. Ives