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Rivers and River Terraces

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  • © 1970

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

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  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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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rivers and River Terraces

  • Editors: G. H. Dury

  • Series Title: Geographical Readings

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15382-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1970

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-15382-4Published: 01 September 1970

  • Series ISSN: 2947-2776

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-2784

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 275

  • Topics: Physical Geography

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