Soil erosion and sediment redistribution in river catchments : measurement, modelling and management /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: River sediments.; Soil erosion.; Watershed management.; Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy.; Water Resources.; Erosion: Soil and Water Conservation.; Mathematics and Statistics.; Erosion.; Geological sedimentation.; Models.; Monitoring.; Rivers.; Sediment.; Soil conservation.; Spatial variation.; Temporal variation.; Transport processes.; Water conservation.; Watersheds.; Electronic books.
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This book, which contains 28 chapters grouped into 5 parts, reviews the major achievements recently made in soil erosion and sediment redistribution study and management as well as the future requirements. The chapters included represent the variety of temporal and spatial scales of operation, from...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Soil Erosion and Sediment Redistribution in River Catchments : Measurement, Modelling and Management in the 21st Century / A.J. Collins and P.N. Owens
• Tracing versus Monitoring : New Challenges and Opportunities in Erosion and Sediment Delivery Research / D.E. Walling
• A Comparison of Caesium-137 and Erosion Pin Data from Tai To Yan, Hong Kong / M.R. Peart, M.E. Ruse and R.D. Hill
• Assessing the Contribution of Different Processes to Soil Degradation within an Arable Catchment of the Stavropol Upland, Southern European Russia / V.R. Belyaev, A.Yu. Sidorchuk, V.N. Golosov, P.J. Wallbrink and A.S. Murray
• Hillslope Soil Erosion and Bioturbation after the Christmas 2001 Forest Fires near Sydney, Australia / R.A. Shakesby, W.H. Blake, S.H. Doerr, G.S. Humphreys, P.J. Wallbrink and C.J. Chafer
• Tracing Eroded Soil in a Burnt Water Supply Catchment, Sydney, Australia : Linking Magnetic Enhancement to Soil Water Repellency / W.H. Blake, S.H. Doerr, R.A. Shakesby, P.J. Wallbrink, G.S. Humphreys and C.J. Chafer
• Land Use, Sediment Delivery and Sediment Yield in England and Wales / R. Evans
• Seasonal Trends of Suspended Sediment Concentration in a Mediterranean Basin (Anoia River, NE Spain) / J. Farguell and M. Sala
• Suspended Sediment Transport during Rainfall and Snowmelt-Rainfall Floods in a Small Lowland Catchment, Central Poland / L. Hejduk, A. Hejduk and K. Banasik
• Sediment in the River Bush, Northern Ireland : Transport, Sources and Management Implications / D.J. Evans and C.E. Gibson
• The Physical and Biological Influence of Spawning Fish on Fine Sediment Transport and Storage / E.L. Petticrew
• Lakes and Reservoirs in the Sediment Delivery System : Reconstructing Sediment Yields / I.D.L. Foster
• Can Soil Erosion be Predicted? / M.A. Nearing
• Erodibility Assessment in Dynamic Event-based Erosion Models / N.J. Kuhn
• Double-averaging Methodology in Stochastic Modelling of Soil Erosion / A.Yu. Sidorchuk, A. Smith and V. Nikora
• Runoff and Predicting Erosion on Hillslopes within Catchments / P.I.A. Kinnell
• The Roles of Natural and Human Disturbances in Forest Soil Erosion / W.J. Elliot
• Runoff and Erosion Modelling by WEPP in an Experimental Mediterranean Watershed / F. Licciardello, E. Amore, M.A. Nearing and S.M. Zimbone
• Spatial Modelling of Ephemeral Gully Incision : a Combined Empirical and Physical Approach / V. Jetten, J. Poesen, J. Nachtergaele and D. van de Vlag
• Simulating Fine Sediment Delivery in Lowland Catchments : Model Development and Application of INCA-Sed / N.P. Jarritt and D.S.L. Lawrence
• Estimating Sediment Generation from Hillslopes in England and Wales : Development of a Management Planning Tool / G.A. Wood, M. McHugh, R.P.C. Morgan and A. Williamson
• Management of Sediment Production and Prevention in River Catchments : a Matter of Scale? / R.J. Rickson
• Changes in the Spatial Distribution of Erosion within a Selectively Logged Rainforest Catchment in Borneo 1988-2003 / R.P.D. Walsh, M.A. Clarke, K. Bidin, W.H. Blake, N.A. Chappell, I. Douglas, N. Ramli, A.M. Sayer, W. Sinun, J. Larenus and J. Hanapi
• Erosion and Deposition Rates on 'Headlands' in Low-gradient Sugarcane Land in Australia / F. Visser
• Land Use Change, Sediment Fluxes and Reef Conservation in Belize, Central America / R.S. Nunny, P. Stone and D.E. Walling
• Understanding the Distribution, Structure and Behaviour of Urban Sediments and Associated Metals Towards Improving Water Management Strategies / I.G. Droppo, K.N. Irvine, K.J. Curran, E. Carrigan, S. Mayo, C. Jaskot and B. Trapp
• Managing Sediment in the Landscape : Current Practices and Future Vision / R.P.C. Morgan
• Soil Erosion and Sediment Redistribution in River Catchments : Summary, Outlook and Future Requirements / P.N. Owens and A.J. Collins.