The biosphere contains only 0.014% of Earth's water, distributed among lakes (0.008%),
soils (0.005%), and the atmosphere, rivers, and biota (0.001%)(79). An additional 2.58% of …

Flood estimation and flood management have traditionally been the domain of hydrologists,
water resources engineers and statisticians, and disciplinary approaches abound. Dominant …

An extreme (weather or climate) event is generally defined as the occurrence of a value of a
weather or climate variable above (or below) a threshold value near the upper (or lower) …

A warming climate may increase flood hazard through boosting the global hydrological
cycle. However, human impact through modifications to the river and its catchment is not …

Applied historical ecology is the use of historical knowledge in the management of
ecosystems. Historical perspectives increase our understanding of the dynamic nature of …

The Holocene provides students, researchers and lay-readers with the remarkable story of
how the natural world has been transformed since the end of the last Ice Age around 15,000 …

This comprehensive technical manual is designed to give archaeologists the necessary
background knowledge in environmental science required to excavate and analyze …

Dryland Rivers Page 1 William L. Graf Fluvial Processes Dryland Rivers With 143 Figures i¡¡tl,$r,a,"nt
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg NewYork London Paris Tokyo Page 2 Professor Dr. WlllI¡.tvI …

Quantitative modelling of the filling of sedimentary basins was begun in earnest in the
1960s. Dozens of themes and variations have been proposed since then, and have yielded …

Paleoflood hydrology is the study of past or ancient flood events. The most accurate
technique involves the analysis of slackwater deposits and paleostage indicators (SWD …