Methods of computing sedimentation in lakes and reservoirs, UNESCO technical report, 1985. No of pages: 224. Available from IHP secretariat, division of water sciences, Unesco, Paris, France
✍ Scribed by D. E. Walling
- Book ID
- 102198862
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 237 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-1269
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✦ Synopsis
the soils beneath 43km2 of vastly unmodified beech woods in the Zonien Forest are almost identical with the loess soils that man started to deforest more than 6000 years ago. The region lies on a flat interfluve with remarkable simplicity of relief. Valley form and soil type show regular relationships over space and, for the past 20,000 years, the area has been remarkably stable, with just one erosion cycle occurring towards the end of the Weichselian glaciation. In the final chapter Billard presents a study of contrasts between Quaternary landscape changes in the northern and southern Alpine piedmonts. Palaeosols developed on the northern piedmont indicate an interglacial climate ranging from oceanic to a drier continental regime. While evidence from the southern piedmont suggests sequence ranging from subtropical conditions towards a more arid or Mediterranean climate.
This well produced book will be a valuable reference for teachers and researchers alike, yet aside from a twopage preface by the Editor, there is no attempt at an overview or synthesis at any stage of the volume,