Publisher Summary Coarse woody debris (CWD) is an important component of temperate
stream and forest ecosystems. This chapter reviews the rates at which CWD is added and …

Large wood is an important physical component of woodland rivers and significantly
influences river morphology. It is also a key component of stream ecosystems. However …

uring the spring of 1960, an uncle showed me a 'petrifying spring'near Plaxtol in Kent
Dwhere twigs had been encased in a calcareous jacket. A twig was collected and having …

The first such reference work in thirty-five years, this is a comprehensive guide to both
specific landforms and the major types of processes that create them. This two-volume set …

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 …

Cows are important agents of geomorphological change. On the uplands, heavy grazing
compacts the soil, reduces infiltration, increases runoff, and increases erosion and sediment …

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 …

Field surveys in the 724-km2 Queets river basin on the west slope of the Olympic Mountains
in NW Washington reveal basin-wide patterns of distinctive wood debris (WD) …

Field surveys of stream channels in forested mountain drainage basins in southeast Alaska
and Washington reveal that pool spacing depends on large woody debris (LWD) loading …

Biogeomorphological research blossomed during the second half of the twentieth century,
partly in response to some big, unanswered questions about the role of vegetation in fluvial …