Title: Dryland rivers : hydrology and geomorphology of semi-arid channels /
Authors: Bull, L. J.; Kirkby, M. J.
Publisher: Wiley,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Arid regions Mediterranean Region.; River channels Mediterranean Region.
Contents: Dryland river characteristics and concepts /Louise J. Bull and Mike J. Kirkby -- Global perspective on dryland rivers / Gerald C. Nanson, Stephen Tooth and A. David Knighton -- Runoff generation in semi-arid areas / Keith Beven -- Sediment dynamics of ephemeral channels / Ian Reid -- Modelling event-based fluxes in ephemeral streams / Julie Shannon, Roy Richardson and John Thornes -- Morpho-dynamics of ephemeral streams / Janet Hooke and Jenny Mant -- Relationships between alluvial fans and fan channels within mediterranean mountain fluvial systems / Adrian M. Harvey -- Gully erosion in dryland environments / J. Poesen [and others] -- Channel heads and channel extension / Louise J. Bull and Mike J. Kirkby -- Badland systems in the mediterranean / Francesc Gallart [and others] -- Floods / Francisco Lopez-Bermudez, Carmelo Conesa-Garcia and Francisco Alonso-Sarria -- Synoptic conditions producing extreme rainfall events along the mediterranean coast of the Iberian peninsula / Francisco Alonso-Sarria, Francisco Lopez-Bermudez and Carmelo Conesa-Garcia.