This report has identified a compelling national need for an integrative river science, a science structured and conducted to develop a process-based predictive understanding of the functions of the ...

Researcher uncovers why most of the records left by ancient rivers preserve commonplace processes. The Torridon sandstone in northwestern Scotland preserves six kilometers of river sediment from ...

Joel Sholtes, PhD, PE, teaches civil engineering specializing in water resources engineering: hydraulics, hydrology and water resource management at Colorado Mesa University. His professional and ...

Dykstra says river processes are largely ignored in the conversation surrounding coastal flooding, but they need more attention. Dykstra's research, co-authored with Brian Dzwonkowski, is a regional ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Rivers are the circulatory system of the continents. They are the conduits for water, ...