Megaflooding on Earth and Mars / 
 Megaflooding on Earth & Mars 
edited by Devon M. Burr, Paul A. Carling, Victor R. Baker. 
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<br/><br/> Overview of megaflooding : Earth and Mars /  Channel-scale erosional bedforms in bedrock and in loos granular material : character, processes and implications /  Review of open-channel megaflood depositional landforms on Earth and Mars /  Jökulhlaups in Iceland : sources, release and drainage /  Channeled Scabland morphology /  Morphology and sedimentology of landforms created by subglacial megafloods /  Proglacial megaflooding along the margins of the Laurentide Ice Sheet /  Floods from natural rock-material dams /  Surface morphology and origin of outflow channels in the Valles Marineris region /  Floods from fossae : a review of Amazonian-aged extensional-tectonic megaflood channels on Mars /  Large basin overflow floods on Mars /  Criteria for identifying jökulhlaup deposits in the sedimentary record /  Megaflood sedimentary valley fill : Altai Mountains, Siberia /  Jökulhlaups from Kverkfjöll volcano, Iceland : modelling transient hydraulic phenomena /  Dynamics of fluid flow in Martian outflow channels /  Victor R. Baker --  Paul A. Carling [and others] --  Paul A. Carling [and others] --  Helgi Björnsson --  Victor R. Baker --  Mandy J. Munro-Stasiuk [and others] --  Alan E. Kehew [and others] --  Jim E. O'Connor and Robin A. Beebee --  Neil M. Coleman and Victor R. Baker --  Devon M. Burr, Lionel Wilson and Alistair S. Bargery --  Rossman P. Irwin III and John A. Grant --  Philip M. Marren and Matthias Schuh --  Paul A. Carling [and others] -- Modelling of subaerial jökulhlaups in Iceland / Snorri Páll Kjaran [and others] --  Jonathan L. Carrivick --  Lionel Wilson, Alistair S. Bargery and Devon M. Burr. 
<br/><br/> Megaflooding is the sudden discharge of exceptional volumes of water. Megafloods have significantly altered the terrain of Earth and Mars, and may have acted as triggers for climate change on these planets. Recently, research into megaflooding has made important advances: on Earth, real-time measurements of contemporary floods in Iceland complement research into older and larger terrestrial floods, while on Mars terabytes of data from several spacecraft orbiting that planet are dramatically revising our view of flooding there. Beginning with a historical overview of flood science, the book presents sections on morphology and mechanisms, flood sedimentology, and modelling, each illustrated with examples from Earth and Mars.  By juxtaposing terrestrial and Martian research, this volume creates a unique synthesis to further our understanding of these enormous paleoflood events. It is an invaluable reference for researchers and students of hydrology, geomorphology, sedimentology and planetary science, as well as environmental and hydraulic engineers. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780511635632 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Floods.<br/>Sedimentation and deposition.<br/>Paleoclimatology--Quaternary.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Earth (Planet)<br/>Mars (Planet)--Water.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GB1399  / .M44 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>551.48/9