River Morphodynamics and Stream Ecology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Hardcover)

Preface

1 Geomorphology of the Qinghai ? Tibet Plateau
1.1 Uplift of the Qinghai?Tibet Plateau
1.1.1 Geomorphological characteristics
1.1.2 Geological background
1.1.3 Uplift process and mechanism
1.2 Impacts of the uplift of the plateau on stream networks
1.2.1 Stream ordering system and Horton’s Laws
1.2.2 River networks on the Qinghai?Tibet Plateau
1.2.3 Influence of plateau uplift on topologic structure of the river networks
1.3 Impacts of tectonic motion on river morphology
1.3.1 Development of the Yarlung Tsangpo River
1.3.2 Massive sediment storage in the Yarlung Tsangpo
1.4 Morphological characteristics of rivers in the Tongde basin
1.4.1 Development of the Baqu River elongating stream network
1.4.2 Characteristics of the Daheba River 35

2 Fluvial processes of incised rivers in Tibet
2.1 Landslides and debris flows
2.1.1 Spatial distribution of landslides and debris flows
2.1.2 Effects of the Yigong landslides on fluvial processes
2.1.3 Debris flow dams
2.2 Glacial processes
2.2.1 Glaciers in the Palong Tsangpo basin
2.2.2 Effects of glaciers on fluvial morphology
2.2.3 Impacts of glaciers on the Palong Tsangpo
2.3 Streambed structures controlling riverbed incision
2.3.1 Streambed structures
2.3.2 Equivalency principle of bed structure and bedload motion

3 Meandering rivers in Sanjiangyuan
3.1 Meandering rivers
3.1.1 Meandering tributaries of the Yellow River
3.1.2 Sinuosity of the Bai and Hei Rivers
3.1.3 Oxbow lakes
3.2 Development process of meanders
3.2.1 Meandering river in alpine meadow
3.2.2 Physical characters of slump blocks
3.2.3 Bank failure in the meandering process
3.2.4 Transverse migration rate of meanders
3.3 Cutoff of meanders
3.3.1 Types of cutoff
3.3.2 Neck cutoff
3.3.3 Mechanism of cutoff
3.4 Evolution of oxbow lakes
3.4.1 Formation of oxbow lakes
3.4.2 Long-term evolution of oxbow lakes

4 Wetlands and wetland shrinkage
4.1 Wetlands in Yellow River source
4.2 Shrinkage of the Ruoergai Swamp
4.2.1 The Ruoergai Basin
4.2.2 Shrinkage of the Ruoergai Swamp
4.2.3 Shrinkage mechanisms of the Ruoergai Swamp
4.3 Crescent lakes in the Maduo desert
4.3.1 Crescent lakes
4.3.2 Formation mechanisms of crescent lakes
4.3.3 Ecological effect of crescent lakes
4.4 Wetland protection and restoration

5 Desertification and restoration strategies
5.1 Desertification in Sanjiangyuan
5.1.1 Sanjiangyuan and desertification
5.1.2 Characteristics of aeolian sand
5.2 Vegetation development on sand dunes
5.2.1 Interaction of fixed sand dunes and vegetation
5.2.2 Vegetation succession in desertification areas
5.3 Vegetation-aeolian erosion dynamics
5.3.1 Interaction of aeolian sand dune and vegetation development
5.3.2 Vegetation-aeolian erosion model
5.3.3 Application of the model to the Mugetan desert

6 Erosion and vegetation
6.1 Erosion in the Yarlung Tsangpo basin
6.1.1 Various types of erosion
6.1.2 Glacier erosion
6.2 Vegetation in the Yarlung Tsangpo basin
6.2.1 Various types of vegetation
6.2.2 Effects of elevation and erosion on vegetation
6.3 Grain erosion and control strategies
6.3.1 Grain erosion
6.3.2 Mechanisms of grain erosion
6.3.3 Control strategies

7 Aquatic ecology
7.1 Aquatic ecology in the Yarlung Tsangpo basin
7.1.1 Investigation of benthic macroinvertebrates
7.1.2 Environmental parameters
7.1.3 Composition of macroinvertebrate assemblages
7.1.4 Effect of elevation gradients on biodiversity of macroinvertebrates
7.1.5 Effect of environmental parameters on macroinvertebrate
7.2 Aquatic ecology in Sangjiangyuan
7.2.1 Ecological conditions in Sanjiangyuan
7.2.2 Field investigations of macroinvertebrates
7.2.3 Taxa and biodiversity
7.2.4 Densities, biomass and functional structure of macroinvertebrates
7.2.5 Effect of human disturbances
7.3 Aquatic ecology of abandoned channels
7.3.1 Typical types of abandoned channels
7.3.2 Taxa composition and biodiversity
7.3.3 Management of abandoned channels

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