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Palaeohydrology

Traces, Tracks and Trails of Extreme Events

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Editors:
  1. Jürgen Herget

    1. Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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  2. Alessandro Fontana

    1. Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy

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  • Provides a comprehensive updated review of the different topics investigated by palaeohydrology
  • Applies a multidisciplinary approach including methods from geosciences and archaeological/historical background
  • Combines general theory and description of key examples in a single book
  • Presents an ideal introduction into the topic and discipline of palaeohydrology

Part of the book series: Geography of the Physical Environment (GEOPHY)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Studies with Temporal Focus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Global Megaflood Paleohydrology

      • Victor R. Baker
      Pages 3-28

    3. Flooding Northern Germany: Impacts and Magnitudes of Middle Pleistocene Glacial Lake-Outburst Floods

      • Jutta Winsemann, Jörg Lang
      Pages 29-47

    4. Outburst Flood from Möhne Reservoir in May 1943 After Aerial Bombing

      • Jürgen Herget, Lukas Gregori
      Pages 49-61

  3. Studies with Regional Focus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Droughts in Historical Times in Europe, as Derived from Documentary Evidence

      • Rudolf Brázdil, Andrea Kiss, Ladislava Řezníčková, Mariano Barriendos
      Pages 65-96

    3. Geomorphological and Geoarchaeological Evidence of the Medieval Deluge in the Tagliamento River (NE Italy)

      • Alessandro Fontana, Matteo Frassine, Livio Ronchi
      Pages 97-116

    4. Inverted Channels in the Eastern Sahara—Distribution, Formation, and Interpretation to Enable Reconstruction of Paleodrainage Networks

      • Abdallah S. Zaki, Robert Giegengack, Sébastien Castelltort
      Pages 117-134

    5. Noah’s Flood—Probing an Ancient Narrative Using Geoscience

      • Helmut Brückner, Max Engel
      Pages 135-151

  4. Studies with Methodical and Technical Topics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Luminescence Dating in Fluvial Settings: Overcoming the Challenge of Partial Bleaching

      • Rachel K. Smedley, Grace K. A. Skirrow
      Pages 155-168

    3. Large Palaeomeanders in Europe: Distribution, Formation Process, Age, Environments and Significance

      • Jef Vandenberghe, Aleksey Sidorchuk
      Pages 169-186

    4. Palaeostage Indicators in Rivers—An Illustrated Review

      • Jürgen Herget
      Pages 187-211

    5. High-Resolution Sedimentary Paleoflood Records in Alluvial River Environments: A Review of Recent Methodological Advances and Application to Flood Hazard Assessment

      • Willem H. J. Toonen, Samuel E. Munoz, Kim M. Cohen, Mark G. Macklin
      Pages 213-228

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 229-230
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The book provides a review of the most relevant topics on the booming discipline of palaeohydrology and focuses on previous extreme events like exceptional floods and droughts. Reviews written by leading experts of their fields are combined with selected key studies and presentations on up-to-day methodical and conceptional topics as a perspective for further research. Consequently, the compilation provides an excellent review on the state of the art of numerous relevant topics of palaeohydrology and acts as unique introduction for early career scientists and scientists of different disciplines working on hydrological extreme events, both in basic research and applied aspects. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Jürgen Herget

  • Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy

    Alessandro Fontana

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