Field Instrumentation and Geomorphological Problems

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Language: English

Contents

Introduction V

I. Experimental design considerations

CONACHER, A. J. & J. B. DALRYMPLE: Identifcation, measurement and
interpretation of some pedogeomorphic processes 1

BOVIS,M. J.: Soil loss in the Colorado Front Range: Sampling design and
areal variation (with 3 figures and 7 tables) 10

SCHICK, A. P.: Field experiments in arid fluvial environments: considerations
for research design 22

WALLING, D. E.: Reliability considerations in the evaluation and analysis of
river loads (with 4 figures and 5 tables) 29

STRöMQUIST, L. & D. JOHANSSON: Studies of soil erosion and sediment
transport in the Mtera Reservoir Reglon, Central Tansania (with 2
figures, 3 photos and 3 tables) 43

II. Geomotphological problems and hydrologic processes

ANDERSON, M. G. & T. P. BURT: Experimental investigations concerning
the topographic control of soil water movement on hillslopes (with 6
figures, 1 photo and 1 table) 52

HUMBERT, J., J. L. MERCIER, J. METTHEY, P. PAUE, J. C. SCHERER & H.
VOGT: Les mesures de terrain effectuées dans le bassin-versant du
Ringelbach (avec 2 Egures et 1 tableau) 64

YAIR, A., D. SHARON & H. LAVEE: An instrumented watershed for the
study of partial area contribution of runoff in the arid zone (with 5
figures and 1 photo) 71

BUTCHER, G. C. & J. B. THORNES: Spatial variability in runoff processes in
an ephemeral channel (with 4 figures) 83

ICHIM, I., M. RADOANE & N. RADOANE: Recherches experTmentales effectuees
dans le terrain sur le role du niveau de base locale (avec 5 figures et 1
tableau) 93

III. Slope processes and geomorphological problems

YOUNG, A.: A twelve-year record of soil movement on a slope (with 2
Egures) 104

DEDKOV, A. P., V. I. NIOS/HERTN & E. A. TCHASOVNIKOVA: Field station
study of soll creep in the central Volgaland (with 2 figures and 2 tables) 111

LUCKMAN, B. H.: The measurement of debris movement on alpine talus
slopes (with 2 figures) 117

DUNNE, TH., W. E:. DIERRICH & M. J. BRUNENGO: Recent and past erosion
rates in semi-arid Kenya (with 8 Ggures) 130

STOCKINC;, M. A.: The measurement, use and relovance of rainfall energy
in investigations into erosion (with 2 figures and 3 tables) 141

IV. Drainage basin processes and geomorphological problems

BRYAN, R. B., A. YAIR & W. K. HODGES: Factors controlling the initiation
of runoff and piping in Dinosaur Provincial Park badlands, Alberta
Canada (with 1 figur, 8 photos and 3 tables) 151

ARNEIT, R. R.: Regional disparities in the denudation rate of organic
sediments (with 4 figures and 1 table) 169

BELLO, A., DIANA DAY, J. DOUGLAS, J. FIELD, KIN-CHE LAM & ZAKARIA
BIN HAJI AWANG SOH: Field experiments to analyse runoff, sediment and
solute production in the New England region of Australia (with 3
figures) 180

DIETRICH, W. E. & TH. DUNNE: Sediment budget for a small catchment
in mountainous terrain (with 6 Egures and 3 tables) 191

 

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