Geomorphological Mapping

Methods and Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-444-53446-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 610 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1120 g

Geomorphological Mapping: a professional handbook of techniques and applications is a new book targeted at academics and practitioners who use, or wish to utilise, geomorphological mapping within their work. Synthesising for the first time an historical perspective to geomorphological mapping, field based and digital tools and techniques for mapping and an extensive array of case studies from academics and professionals active in the area. Those active in geomorphology, engineering geology, reinsurance, Environmental Impact Assessors, and allied areas, will find the text of immense value.

Zielgruppe

Researchers and professionals in geomorphology, engineering geologists and applied geology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Mike J.

Griffiths, James S.

Paron, Paolo

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geomorphologie, Erosion, Glaziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geodäsie, Kartographie, Fernerkundung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geotechnik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geodäsie, Kartographie, GIS, Fernerkundung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1 - Geomorphological Mapping1. Introduction to Applied Geomorphological Mapping2. Old and New Trends in Geomorphological and Landform Mapping3. Nature and Aims of Geomorphological Mapping4. Makers and Users of Geomorphological Maps5. Geomorphological Contributions to Landslide Risk Assessment: Theory and PracticeSection 2 - Techniques in Applied Geomorphological Mapping6. Geomorphological Field Mapping7. Data Sources8. Digital Mapping: Visualisation, Iinterpretation and Quantification of Landforms9. Cartography: Design, Symbolisation and Visualisation of Geomorphological Maps10. Semi-Automated Identification and Extraction of Geomorphological Features using Digital Elevation DataSection 3 - Case Studies11. Mapping Ireland's Glaciated Continental Margin Using Marine Geophysical Data12. Submarine Geomorphology: Quantitative Methods Illustrated with the Hawaiian Volcanoes 13. Marine Geomorphology: Geomorphological Mapping and the Study of Submarine Landslides14. The Cherry Garden Landslide, Etchinghill Escarpment, Southeast England. 15. The Application of Geomorphological Mapping in the Assessment of Landslide Risk in Hong Kong16. A Geomorphological Map as a Tool for Assessing Sediment Transfer Processes in Small Catchments Prone to Debris-Flows Occurrence: A Case Study in the Bruchi Torrent (Swiss Alps)17. Geomorphological Assessment of Complex Landslide Systems Using Field Reconnaissance and Terrestrial Laser Scanning18. Digital Terrain Models From Airborne Laser Scanning for the Extraction of Natural and Anthropogenic Linear Structures19. Applied Geomorphic Mapping for Land Management in the River Murray Corridor, SE Australia20. Monitoring Braided River Change Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Optical Bathymeric Mapping21. Uses and Limitations of Field-Mapping of Lowland Glaciated Landscapes22. Mapping Late-Holocene Landscape Evolution and Human Impact - A Case-Study from Lower Khuzestan (SW Iran)23. Military Applied Geomorphological Mapping: Normandy Case Study24. Future Developments of Geomorphological Mapping

Über Autor(innen)

Paron, Paolo
Paolo is a Senior Lecturer at IHE Delft in the River Basin Development research group. He has more than 15 years of combined professional experience in the Humanitarian, Professional and Academic world in the areas of mapping, geology and geomorphology and remote sensing. In the last years he has been developing methods and tools for the use of UAV in hydraulic research including flood mapping as well as in ecology and soil erosion. He has worked and lived extensively in Eastern and Southern Africa with shorter assignments in Asia and East Asia, and at present he is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

By Mike J. Smith, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Kingston University, UK;

Paolo Paron, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, UK & UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands;

James S. Griffiths, School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, UK