Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology of South America

✍ Scribed by J. ROSE

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 257 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0267-8179
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199609/10)11:5<432::aid-jqs246>3.0.co;2-r

✦ Synopsis

QUATERNARY SCIENCE seen more discussion of the main findings within a wider geomorphological context indicating why the findings are important. This paper is, however, well edited and clearly illustrated throughout. Additional, more detailed, sedimentological information could have been added in the form of section logs, providing invaluable comparative data for those concerned particularly with the sedimentary record of tractive bars deposited under flood conditions. Despite the above comments, I feel that this paper is an impressive and useful piece of work which constitutes, to my knowledge, the most detailed and systematic examination of the Bonneville flood. This study also adds to our understanding of the relationships between flood hydraulics and flood channel morphology and sedimentology. O n a more practical note, this volume is excellent value for money, providing clear up-to-date reviews of various approaches used in the analysis and reconstruction of palaeofloods. As such, O'Connor (1993) will definitely be on the reading list for my final year undergraduate fluvial geomorphology course.

References ELFSTROM, A. 1987. Large boulder deposits and catastrophic floods.