Palaeohydrology : traces, tracks and trails of extreme events / Jürgen Herget, Alessandro Fontana, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herget, Jürgen.

Fontana, Alessandro, 1975-

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Geography of the physical environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleohydrology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2020]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Studies with Temporal Focus; 1 Global Megaflood Paleohydrology; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Historical and Philosophical Background; 1.2.1 Earliest History of Megaflood Paleohydrology; 1.2.2 The Spokane Flood Controversy; 1.3 Modern Methodologies; 1.3.1 Paleohydraulics; 1.3.2 Geochronology; 1.4 More Controversies; 1.4.1 Asian Megafloods; 1.4.2 Subglacial Megafloods; 1.5 Global Distribution of Megafloods; 1.5.1 Iceland; 1.5.2 Asia; 1.5.3 Europe; 1.5.4 North America; 1.5.5 South America; 1.5.6 Antarctica; 1.6 Research Frontiers

1.6.1 Marine Megafloods1.6.2 Martian Megafloods; 1.6.3 Megafloods and Planetary Change; 1.7 Discussion and Conclusions; References; 2 Flooding Northern Germany: Impacts and Magnitudes of Middle Pleistocene Glacial Lake-Outburst Floods; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Middle Pleistocene Glaciations and Related Ice-Dammed Lakes in Northern Central Europe; 2.2.1 Palaeogeographic Reconstructions of Middle Pleistocene Ice-Dammed Lakes in Northern Germany and the Southern North Sea Basin; 2.3 Lake Drainage; 2.3.1 Lake-Outburst Flood-Related Erosional and Depositional Features

2.3.2 Flood Magnitudes and Flood Simulations2.4 2D Hydraulic Simulation; 2.5 Impact of Middle Pleistocene Lake-Outburst Floods on the Evolution of Ice-Marginal Valleys and Post-glacial Fluvial Systems; 2.6 Summary; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Outburst Flood from Möhne Reservoir in May 1943 After Aerial Bombing; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Ruhr District of 1943 and Its Water Supply; 3.3 Weapon Technology and the Attack in May 1943; 3.4 Applied Methods; 3.5 Reconstruction of the Outburst Flood Along the River Ruhr Valley

3.6 Damage, Psychological Effects and Political Consequences Caused by the Outburst Flood3.7 Context and Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Studies with Regional Focus; 4 Droughts in Historical Times in Europe, as Derived from Documentary Evidence; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Documentary Evidence; 4.3 Methods of Drought Reconstruction; 4.3.1 Interpretation of Droughts from Documentary Data; 4.3.2 Drought Reconstructions; 4.4 Droughts in Historical Times in Europe; 4.4.1 Spatiotemporal Overview of the Long-Term Variability of Droughts; 4.4.1.1 The Mediterranean

4.4.1.2 Western Europe4.4.1.3 Central Europe; 4.4.1.4 Eastern Europe; 4.4.2 Examples of Outstanding European Droughts in the Past; 4.4.2.1 Drought in 1361; 4.4.2.2 Drought in 1616; 4.4.2.3 Drought in 1718-1719; 4.5 Drought Impacts and Societal Responses; 4.5.1 Impacts of Drought on Society; 4.5.2 Social Responses; 4.5.2.1 Perception, Spiritual and Ritual Approaches; 4.5.2.2 Institutional/Legal-Administrative Decisions and Changes; 4.6 Perspectives for Future Research into Historical Droughts in Europe; Acknowledgements; References

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

5 Geomorphological and Geoarchaeological Evidence of the Medieval Deluge in the Tagliamento River (NE Italy)

Other Format:

Print version: Herget, Jürgen. Palaeohydrology : Traces, Tracks and Trails of Extreme Events.

ISBN:

9783030233150

3030233154

Publisher Number:

99982436510

10.1007/978-3-030-23

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