Base-level Impact: A Geomorphic Approach

Author:   Dan Bowman
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
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Pages:   154
Publication Date:   12 May 2023
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Author:   Dan Bowman
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.461kg
ISBN:  

9783031249938


ISBN 10:   3031249933
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   12 May 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Introduction.- Definitions and location.- Constrains of the base-level altitude.- Main spatial and temporal trends.- Degradation.- Aggradation.- The channel profile.- Controlling factors.- Knickpoints and Knickzones.- Knickpoint retreat as a transient response.- Knickpoint evolution.- Rates.- The Messinian base-level fall.- Morphological products.- Additional adjustments to base-level changes.- The equilibrium test.- Tributary junctions.- The regional approach: The Dead Sea area as a field laboratory.

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Dan Bowman is Professor Emeritus at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. He got his Ph.D. in Geomorphology at the Hebrew University. His publications include morphology of sandy coasts, nearshore circulation, tectonic morphology and alluvial fans morphology. His main areas of research included the Israeli Mediterranean Coast, the Dead Sea Rift, Italian Coasts and the Tien-Shan Ridge in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia. Prof Bowman taught courses in nearshore circulation, coastal morphology, alluvial fans, tectonic morphology and system approach. In 2019, Springer published his book Principles of alluvial fan morphology.

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