Flood and megaflood processes and deposits : recent and ancient examples / edited by I. Peter Martini, Victor R. Baker and Guillermina Garzón.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martini, I. P. (Ireneo Peter), 1935-

Baker, Victor R.

Garzón, G. (Guillermina)

Cornelia Dodderer Fund.

Series:

Special publication ... of the International Association of Sedimentologists ; no. 32.

Special publication no. 32 of the International Association of Sedimentologists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Floods.

Sedimentation and deposition.

Physical Description:

vii, 312 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 2002.

Summary:

The aim of this publication is the understanding of large floods and their impact on the Earth's surface. The major objectives are, firstly, to take a second look at what constitutes a megaflood that the principle of uniformitarianism is at some loss to explain and, secondly, to try to determine what could happen in such large floods by analyzing those that occur in front of glaciers, in alluvial-fans and in alluvial valleys. In so doing, the products of such floods are presented in terms of sedimentary deposits, erosional features and damage to human activities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Cornelia Dodderer Fund.

ISBN:

0632064048

OCLC:

46785402