Methods for the Quantitative Assessment of Channel Processes in Torrents (Steep Streams) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781138029613)

This book presents an overview of methods to quantify channel processes in steep catchments. The understanding and the quantitative description of channel processes provides an essential basis for the planning of protection measures. Channel processes are mostly triggered by rainfall events and associated runoff processes. Apart from possible flood hazards during an intense rainstorm event, a lot of damage is often caused by fine and coarse sediment in the form of fluvial bedload transport or of a debris flow. This work mainly discusses the topics of flow resistance, bedload transport, debris flows and the relation between magnitude and frequency of torrential sediment events.

Author: Dieter Rickenmann
ISBN-10: 1138029610
ISBN-13: 9781138029613
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 03/24/2016
Pages: 152
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.80w x 0.50d