Rivers and River Terraces

  • Editors
  • G. H. Dury
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Part of the Geographical Readings book series (GR)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages 1-9
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  2. Introduction
    G. H. Dury
    Pages 11-18
  3. Methods and Results of River Terracing
    Hugh Miller
    Pages 19-35
  4. River Tenaces in New England
    W. M. Davis
    Pages 36-72
  5. Longitudinal Profiles of the Upper Towy Drainage System
    O. T. Jones
    Pages 73-94
  6. Land Sculpture in the Henry Mountains
    G. K. Gilbert
    Pages 95-116
  7. Erosional Development of Streams: Quantitative Physiographic Factors
    R. E. Horton
    Pages 117-165
  8. Flood Plains
    M. Gordon Wolman, Luna B. Leopold
    Pages 166-196
  9. River Channel Patterns
    Luna B. Leopold, M. Gordon Wolman
    Pages 197-237
  10. River Meanders and the Theory of Minimum Variance
    Walter B. Langbein, Luna B. Leopold
    Pages 238-263
  11. General Theory of Meandering Valleys and Underfit Streams
    G. H. Dury
    Pages 264-275
  12. Back Matter
    Pages 277-283
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Keywords

geography physical geography rivers

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15382-4
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1970
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Earth and Environmental Science
  • Print ISBN 978-0-333-11032-4
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-15382-4
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