River discharge to the coastal ocean : a global synthesis

Author(s)

• Milliman, John D.
• Farnsworth, Katherine L.

Bibliographic Information

River discharge to the coastal ocean : a global synthesis

John D. Milliman, Katherine L. Farnsworth

Cambridge University Press, 2011

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-366) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Runoff, erosion and delivery to the coastal ocean
• 3. Temporal variations
• 4. Human impacts
• Appendices. Global River Database: 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
• References
• Index.

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Details

• NCID: BB05131029
• ISBN:
  • 9780521879873
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 384 p.
• Size: 29 cm.