Rivers Over Rock: Fluvial Processes in Bedrock Channels [Hardcover]

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 107.

Bedrock river channels are sites of primary erosion in the landscape, fixing the baselevel for all points upstream. This volume provides for the first time an integrated view of the characteristics and operation of this important, though hitherto neglected, class of channels. Examples are provided from several continents and cover a wide range of spatial scales from the large river basins (such as the Colorado River in the United States and the Indus River in Pakistan) down to reach scales and individual sites. Likewise the geologic timescales considered range from erosion and transportation during individual flows to accumulated effects over periods of tens of millions of years.

Preface
Keith Tinkler and Ellen Wohl? vii

A Primer on Bedrock Channels
Keith Tinkler and Ellen Wohl? 1

Hydraulics, Sediment Transport, and Erosional Processes

Conditions for the Entrainment of Cuboid Boulders in Bedrock Streams:
An Historical Review of Literature w ith Respect to Recent Investigations
Paul Cading and Keith Tinkler? 19

Beyond Power: Bedrock River Incision Process and Form
Gregory?B. Hancock, Robert . Anderson, and Kelin X. Whipple? 35

Modeling Considerations for Simulation of Flow in Bedrock Channels
Andrew J. Miller and Brian L. Cluer? 61

Morphological Features of Bedrock Channels

Depositional Processes and Sediment Supply in Resistant-Boundary?Channels: Examples from
Two Case Studies
Daniel A. Cenderelli and Brian L. Cluer? 105

Bedrock Channel Morphology in Relation to lã5