New Book Announcement: Debris Flow: Phenomenology and Rheological ModellingBillerica, MA. - Debris flows are among the most frequent and destructive of all geomorphic processes, mainly affecting mountainous areas in a range of morphoclimatic environments, and the damage they cause is often devastating. Increased anthropisation calls for improvements in the criteria used to identify debris-flow risk areas and the prevention measures adopted.
One of the main difficulties encountered by the approaches illustrated in previous literature is linked to their possible validation either in the field or in a laboratory environment. This new book from WIT Press provides methodological details, which can be applied to investigations on debris-flow mechanics, capable of providing an accurate representation of the phenomenology.
Contents:
Debris Flows: An Intermediate Phenomenon between Mass Wasting and Solid Transport; The Rheology of Hyperconcentrated Flows; Debris-Flow Phenomenology; The State of the Art of Modelling Debris-Flow Triggering and Mobilisation Mechanisms; The State of the Art of Modelling Debris-Flow Dynamics of Motion; Debris-Flow Modelling: A General Outline of the Motion Problem; Debris-Flow Disaster Mitigation.
Full contents details can be found at
http://www.witpressusa.com/acatalog/8023.html
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