Gravel–bed Rivers – Processes, Tools, Environments

Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments presents a definitive review of current knowledge of gravel-bed rivers, derived from the 7th International Gravel-bed Rivers Workshop, the 5-yearly meeting of the world's leading authorities in the field. Each chapter in the book has been specifically commissioned to represent areas in which recent progress has been made in the field. The topics covered also represent a coherent progression through the principal areas of the subject (hydraulics; sediment transport; river morphology; tools and methods; applications of science). * Definitive review of the current knowledge of gravel-bed rivers * Coverage of both fundamental and applied topics * Edited by leading academics with contributions from key researchers * Thoroughly edited for quality and consistency to provide coherent and logical progression through the principal areas of the subject.

Table of Contents:
List of Contributing Authors ix Preface xv SECONDARY FLOWS IN RIVERS 1 1 Secondary Flows in Rivers: Theoretical Framework, Recent Advances, and Current Challenges, Vladimir Nikora and Andre'G.Roy 3 2 Secondary Flows in Rivers: The Effect of Complex Geometry, Bruce MacVicar 23 3 Aspects of Secondary Flow in Open Channels: A Critical Literature Review, Athanasios (Thanos) N. Papanicolaou 31 SEDIMENT TRANSPORT 37 4 Gravel Transport in Granular Perspective, Philippe Frey and Michael Church 39 5 On Gravel Exchange in Natural Channels, Judith K. Haschenburger 56 MODELLING MORPHODYNAMICS 69 6 Morphodynamics of Bars in Gravel-bed Rivers: Bridging Analytical Models and Field Observations, Guido Zolezzi, Walter Bertoldi, and Marco Tubino 71 7 Field Observations of Gravel-bed River Morphodynamics: Perspectives and Critical Issues for Testing of Models, Nicola Surian 90 8 Morphodynamics of Bars in Gravel-bed Rivers: Coupling Hydraulic Geometry and Analytical Models, Robert G. Millar 96 9 Modelling Sediment Transport and Morphodynamics of Gravel-bed Rivers, Erik Mosselman 101 10 The Potential of using High-resolution Process Models to Inform Parameterizations of Morphodynamic Models, Richard J. Hardy 116 11 The Importance of Off-channel Sediment Storage in 1-D Morphodynamic Modelling, J. Wesley Lauer 123 RIVER RESTORATION AND REGULATION 135 12 Stream Restoration in Gravel-bed Rivers, Peter R. Wilcock 137 13 River Restoration: Widening Perspectives, Nicholas J. Clifford 150 14 Restoring Geomorphic Resilience in Streams, Noah P. Snyder 160 15 The Geomorphic Response of Gravel-bed Rivers to Dams: Perspectives and Prospects, Gordon E. Grant 165 16 Mitigating Downstream Effects of Dams, David Gaeuman 182 ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF GRAVEL-BED RIVERS 191 17 River Geomorphology and Salmonid Habitat: Some Examples Illustrating their Complex Association, from Redd to Riverscape Scales, Michel Lapointe 193 18 Incorporating Spatial Context into the Analysis of Salmonid-Habitat Relations, Christian E. Torgersen, Colden V. Baxter, Joseph L. Ebersole, and Robert E. Gresswell 216 19 Animals and the Geomorphology of Gravel-bed Rivers, Stephen P. Rice, Matthew F. Johnson, and Ian Reid 225 20 Geomorphology and Gravel-bed River Ecosystem Services: Workshop Outcomes, Normand Bergeron and Joanna Eyquem 242 TOOLS FOR STUDY 259 21 Remote Sensing of the Hydraulic Environment in Gravel-bed Rivers, W. Andrew Marcus 261 22 LiDAR and ADCP Use in Gravel-bed Rivers: Advances Since GBR6, David J. Milan and George L. Heritage 286 23 Remotely Sensed Topographic Change in Gravel Riverbeds with Flowing Channels, D. Murray Hicks 303 24 Modern Digital Instruments and Techniques for Hydrodynamic and Morphologic Characterization of River Channels, Marian Muste, Dongsu Kim, and Venkatesh Merwade 315 25 Mapping Water and Sediment Flux Distributions in Gravel-bed Rivers Using ADCPs, Colin D. Rennie 342 STEEP CHANNELS 351 26 Recent Advances in the Dynamics of Steep Channels, Francesco Comiti and Luca Mao 353 27 Examining Individual Step Stability within Step-pool Sequences, Joanna Crowe Curran 378 28 Alluvial Steep Channels: Flow Resistance, Bedload Transport Prediction, and Transition to Debris Flows, Dieter Rickenmann 386 SEMI-ALLUVIAL CHANNELS 399 29 Semi-alluvial Channels and Sediment-Flux-Driven Bedrock Erosion, Jens M. Turowski 401 30 Transport Capacity, Bedrock Exposure, and Process Domains, Thomas E. Lisle 419 31 Nomenclature, Complexity, Semi-alluvial Channels and Sediment-flux-driven Bedrock Erosion, Lyubov V. Meshkova, Paul A. Carling, and Thomas Buffin-Be'langer 424 RIVER CHANNEL CHANGE 433 32 Changes in Channel Morphology Over Human Time Scales, John M. Buffington 435 33 Channel Response and Recovery to Changes in Sediment Supply, Marwan A. Hassan and Andre' E. Zimmermann 464 34 Alluvial Landscape Evolution: What Do We Know About Metamorphosis of Gravel-bed Meandering and Braided Streams?, FrancCois Me'tivier and Laurie Barrier 474 35 Differences in Sediment Supply to Braided and Single-Thread River Channels: What Do the Data Tell Us?, John Pitlick, Erich R. Mueller, and Catalina Segura 502 36 Can We Link Cause and Effect in Landscape Evolution?, Thomas J. Coulthard and Marco J. Van De Wiel 512 ICE IN GRAVEL-BED RIVERS 523 37 River-Ice Effects on Gravel-Bed Channels, Robert Ettema and Edward W. Kempema 525 38 Is There a Northern Signature on Fluvial Form?, James P. McNamara 541 39 Long-term and Large-scale River-ice Processes in Cold-region Watersheds, Etienne Boucher, Yves Be'gin, Dominique Arseneault, and Taha B.M.J. Ouarda 546 Index

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Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments provides an up-to-date report of the state of the field and serves as an essential resource for river engineers and ecologists, geomorphologists, river managers and advanced students in these fields.