Geomorphology and sedimentology of lakes and reservoirs

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Geomorphology and sedimentology of lakes and reservoirs

edited by J. McManus and R.W. Duck

(British Geomorphological Research Group symposia series)

Wiley & Sons, c1993

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

A collection of essays on geomorphological research, which focuses on lakes and reservoirs. Topics range from geochemical analysis, using the Chernobyl fall-out identification and tracing, to long-term accretion studies of Pleistocene rhythmites.

Table of Contents

  • Sedimentation in natural and artificial impoundments - an indicator of evolving climate, land use and dynamic conditions, R.W. Duck and J. McManus
  • lake sediments and geomorphological processes, J. Dearing and I. Foster
  • the effects of urbanization on lake sedimentation - the history of two lakes in Coventry, S. Charlesworth and I. Foster
  • towards improved interpretation of Caesium-117 profiles in lake sediments, D. Walling and Q. He
  • incorporation of Chernobyl-derived radiocaesium into reservoir sedimentary sequences, J. Rowan et al
  • reservoir sedimentation rates in the southern Pennine region, D. Butcher et al
  • estimation of sediment yields in the Cameron Reservoir catchment, Fife, Scotland, H. Al-Jibburi and J. McManus
  • lacustrine sediment budgets in the coast mountains of British Columbia, P. Owens and O. Slaymaker
  • sedimentation and desiltation in the Sefid-Rud Reservoir, Iran, E. Tolouie et al
  • a particle tracing experiment in Loe Pool, J. Marsh et al
  • aspects of the environmental and depositional history of a rock basic lake in eastern Scotland, K. Edwards and G. Whittington
  • seismic reflection and sonar survey as an aid to the investigation of lake sediment stratigraphy, S. Cronin et al
  • underwater geomorphology of Loch Lomond readvance ice limits in Loch Muick, P. Lowe
  • seismicity and bed sediment morphology in a Perthshire reservoir, R. Duck et al
  • electron microanalysis of diatoms and lake floor sediments of Loch Leven, J. Peakall
  • late Pleistocene rhythmite sedimentation at the margin of the Dead Sea trough, I. Reid and L. Frostick.

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  • NCID
    BA19964488
  • ISBN
    • 0471937738
  • LCCN
    92023465
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Chichester ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 278 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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