Geomorphic classification of rivers

JM Buffington, DR Montgomery - In: Shroder, J.; Wohl, E., ed …, 2013 - research.fs.usda.gov
Over the last several decades, environmental legislation and a growing awareness of
historical human disturbance to rivers worldwide (Schumm, 1977; Collins et al., 2003; Surian …

To plug‐in or not to plug‐in? Geomorphic analysis of rivers using the River Styles Framework in an era of big data acquisition and automation

KA Fryirs, JM Wheaton, S Bizzi… - Wiley …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In an era of big‐data acquisition and semiautomation of geomorphic river surveys, it is timely
to consider how to better integrate this into existing and widely used conceptual frameworks …

[图书][B] River dynamics: geomorphology to support management

BL Rhoads - 2020 - books.google.com
Rivers are important agents of change that shape the Earth's surface and evolve through
time in response to fluctuations in climate and other environmental conditions. They are …

Reading the landscape: Integrating the theory and practice of geomorphology to develop place-based understandings of river systems

G Brierley, K Fryirs, C Cullum… - Progress in …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Assertions of a 'naughty world'(Kennedy, 1979) point to the importance of place-based
knowledge in informing landscape interpretations and management applications. Building …

Assemblages of geomorphic units: A building block approach to analysis and interpretation of river character, behaviour, condition and recovery

K Fryirs, G Brierley - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A geomorphic unit is a landform that has been created and reworked by a particular set of
earth surface processes. Each geomorphic unit has a particular morphology and sediment …

An approach for measuring confinement and assessing the influence of valley setting on river forms and processes

KA Fryirs, JM Wheaton… - Earth Surface Processes …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Valley setting and confinement (or lack thereof) are primary controls on river character and
behaviour. Although there are various proxies for valley confinement, direct measures that …

The use of evolutionary trajectories to guide 'moving targets' in the management of river futures

GJ Brierley, KA Fryirs - River Research and Applications, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
River histories provide important guidance with which to inform river management.
Evolutionary trajectories and appraisals of system responses to changing flux conditions …

Geomorphometric delineation of floodplains and terraces from objectively defined topographic thresholds

FJ Clubb, SM Mudd, DT Milodowski… - Earth Surface …, 2017 - esurf.copernicus.org
Floodplain and terrace features can provide information about current and past fluvial
processes, including channel response to varying discharge and sediment flux, sediment …

[HTML][HTML] The dark art of interpretation in geomorphology

G Brierley, K Fryirs, H Reid, R Williams - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
The process of interpretation, and the ways in which knowledge builds upon interpretations,
has profound implications in scientific and managerial terms. Despite the significance of …

Facies analysis, architectural elements, and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of alluvial deposits of the low terraces and floodplains in the Middle Sebou river …

IEL Yakouti, HEL Asmi, L Gourari, M Benabbou… - Journal of African Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the study of the floodplain and low terrace deposits of the Middle
Sebou Valley, which crosses the south-rif corridor and constitutes the eastern limit of the …