Geomorphological Fluid Mechanics

By: N.J. Balmforth (Editor), A. Provenzale (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 January 2002

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Geomorphology deals with some of the most striking patterns of nature. From mountain ranges and mid-ocean ridges to river networks and sand dunes, there is a whole family of forms, structures, and shapes that demand rationalization as well as mathematical description. In the various chapters of this volume, many of these patterns are explored and discussed, and attempts are made to both unravel the reasons for their very existence and to describe their dynamics in quantitative terms. Particular focus is placed on lava and mud flows, ice and snow dynamics, river and coastal morphodynamics and landscape formation. Combining a pedagogical approach with up-to-date reviews of forefront research, this volume will serve both postgraduate students and lecturers in search of advanced textbook material, and experienced researchers wishing to get acquainted with the various physical and mathematical approaches in a range of closely related research fields.

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"From mountain ranges and mid-ocean ridges, to river networks and sand dunes, there is a whole family of forms, structures, and shapes that demand rationalization as well as mathematical description. In the various chapters of this volume, many of these patters will be explored and discussed, and attempts will be made to unravel the reasons for their dynamics in quantitative terms. [...] This volume combines a pedagogical approach with up-to-date reviews of forefront research." (Applied Mechanics Review, 55/4, 2002)

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Fundamentals: Methods, Materials and Metaphors
The Language of Pattern and Form	p. 3
Geophysical Aspects of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics	p. 34
Introduction to Rheology and Application to Geophysics	p. 52
Granular Material Theories Revisited	p. 79
Hot
Earth's Surface Morphology and Convection in the Mantle	p. 111
Morphological Instabilities in Flows with Cooling, Freezing or Dissolution	p. 138
Shallow Lava Theory	p. 164
Explosive Volcanic Eruptions	p. 188
Cold
The Dynamics of Snow and Ice Masses	p. 211
Response of Italian Glaciers to Climatic Variations	p. 218
Asymptotic Theories of Ice Sheets and Ice Shelves	p. 227
Aspects of Iceberg Deterioration and Drift	p. 279
Snow Avalanches	p. 319
Dense Granular Avalanches: Mathematical Description and Experimental Validation	p. 339
Dirty
Patterns of Dirt	p. 369
Invitation to Sediment Transport	p. 394
Types of Aeolian Sand Dunes and Their Formatiom	p. 403
Dunes and Drumlins	p. 430
Estuarine Patterns: An Introduction to Their Morphology and Mechanics	p. 455
Longshore Bars and Bragg Resonance	p. 500
Debris Flows and Related Phenomena	p. 528
Mud Flow - Slow and Fast	p. 548
Index	p. 579
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